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Amber-Rose swam the Channel — 100 years after Gertrude Ederle

South Africa's Amber-Rose became the youngest South African woman to swim the English Channel, completing the crossing exactly a century after Gertrude Ederle first did it in 1926. She had already entered the record books at 16 as the youngest to cross False Bay.

The upbeat factorThe upbeat factor: A century apart, the same brave water.
✓ Verified · SA Good News · 2026-08-06 · France
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