Woman prepares for English Channel swim 100 years after the first successful female crossing, celebrating women in high ...

Now that 2026 has arrived, we can embark on a year-long celebration of Gertrude Ederle, who became the first woman to cross the English Channel a century ago. One hundred years ago, Gertrude Ederle ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Many area swimming coaches competed in their teens. But no one can match the experiences — exhilarating and harrowing — of First Colonial’s Robin Lang, who almost completed a swim of ...

It was 40 years ago this summer that Carol Hartman entered the frigid waters of the Strait of Dover at Shakespeare Beach, near Dover, U.K., and began swimming. She swam ...

Hyderabad: While many women her age are juggling family and work, this 43-year-old mother of two is doing something different. Meet Queeni Victoriya Gandam, who on June 25 became the first woman from ...