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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...take-off for English Channel swimmers, eight men (six of them Egyptians) and a British girl, 17, last week started the 21-mile swim. The girl was pulled out of the water after two hours. Two men finally made it: Phil Rising, 41, an English watchmaker, and Abdel Latis Abou Heif, 22, an Egyptian student. Next day Ned Barnie, 54, a science teacher in Edinburgh, became the fourth man in history to swim the Channel in both directions. ¶ Lloyd Prest is a hot (mid 70s) golfer in southern Australia; Mick O'Donnell shoots in the high 90s. Over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winners | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

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