29-year-old Hsu Wen-erh has become the first Taiwanese person to swim solo across the English Channel. She completed the 44-kilometer journey in just over 12 hours.
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00:00A 29-year-old woman has become Taiwan's first swimmer to cross the English Channel alone.
00:06Xu Wen'er completed the solo swim of around 44 kilometers in just over 12 hours.
00:13It's her second long-distance swim in two years, after she crossed the Strait of Gibraltar
00:19in October 2023.
00:21Xu says there were several challenges this time, but that she'll soon start training
00:26for another big swim in the United States.