New Long Distance Swimming Record
TRENCH SWIMMER’S FEAT United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Tuesday, 8.5 p.m. VENICE (California), July 26. Paul Chottcau, the French swimmer, was taken from the water 11 miles from his goal after failure to swim 58 miles from Santa Barbara Island to the mainland. Chotteau, however, established a new long distance record in open water of approximately 53 miles in one day, 21 hours, four minutes.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 175, 27 July 1938, Page 5
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71New Long Distance Swimming Record Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 175, 27 July 1938, Page 5
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