Word: tirabocchi
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Capt. Webb... 1875 21 hr. 45 min. William Burgess......... 1911 22 hr. 35 min. Charles Toth......... 1923 16 hr. 40 min. H. F. Sullivan............ 1923 27hr. 25 min. Enrique Tirabocchi..... 1923 16hr...
...popular of natatorial obstacles, is 22.5 miles wide where swimmers attempt it-Dover to Calais or vice versa-and a swimmer's course is often 56 miles long through the shifting tides. It has been traversed several times, most recently and fastest (16 hr. 33 min.) by Enrique Tirabocchi, Argentine porpoise-man. Channel water, however, is warmer than the Firth of Forth. (TIME, Aug. 20, 1923). The Hellespont, between Gallipoli Peninsula and Asia Minor-famed in fable for being negotiated by Leander, amorous Greek, and in romance because Lord Byron did it for all his maimed...
...Enrique Tirabocchi, who swam the English Channel last Summer, failed in the Plate. Henry Sullivan, Lowell, Mass., took five hours longer to swim the Channel than Lillian took to swim the Plate. Yet he was strong enough to march to the nearest restaurant for ice cream and soup. Details as to what Lillian asked for after her swim was done are lacking...
...Tirabocchi from Firpoland ? beardless, breathless, triumphant...
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