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...swimmers who didn't make it had plenty of excuses. Egyptian Fahmy Attallah was put off by 6-in. practice shells from an English shore battery which kept plopping into the water ahead of him. Panagiotis Kamberos of Greece was disqualified when his trainers yanked him into the boat out of the jaws of a shark. "Papa" Eduard Mussche, 63, the oldest competitor, got lost in the Channel, had a mackerel tickle his stomach, finally sighted a boat and climbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big Swim | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

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