SWIMMING.
NEW CHANNEL RECORD
GERMAN CONQUEROR WILL TRY
AGAIN
DOUBLE .TOURNEY IN VIEW
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Aug. 31. Vierkotter, the German Channel swimmer, announces that he will return next year in am attempt to establish better time. He will also attempt to swim to Dover and back. He will bring bis wife, who he hopes will beat Miss Ederle’s time. Vierkotter, who is 25 years of age, holds the championship of the Rhine, in which he swam 66 miles with the tide in 10 hours 36 minutes. He uses e crawl stroke with strength and speed. The Channel swim amazed experts.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 3 September 1926, Page 6
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102SWIMMING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 3 September 1926, Page 6
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