How fast was the fastest English Channel swim?
4.9 km/hAbout 3.04 mph · Run
Trent Grimsey swam the 34 km in 6 hours 55 minutes in 2012.
That's about 9% of a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
🏊4.9 km/h
🏗️Bagger 288
By speed: a Channel swim is about 8.2× faster than Bagger 288.
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