Swimming the English Channel Part 2- Sports Bizarre Bizarre with Mick Molloy and Titus O’Reily

On 12 August 1872, Captain Matthew Webb stood on the English shore and covered himself with porpoise oil before setting off to attempt to be the first person to swim the English Channel.

Webb swam breaststroke as no Englishman would be caught dead swimming the new 'freestyle' stroke. It was considered “violent and grotesque.”

When Webb was just over halfway, a storm hit the Channel. It appeared once again the Channel would never be conquered.

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