Double-crossing
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A 39 hour 9 minute two-way crossing of the English Channel commemorated via a tattoo on the foot of Wendy Trehiou
noun, adjective - Double crossing or two-way crossing is a solo open water swim or a relay that continues two consecutive legs across a channel, lake, river or other open body of water. Traditionally, there can be up to a ten-minute break at the shoreline between the first and second crossing.
Usage
The swimmer set the record for a double crossing in the Catalina Channel.
The relay negative split its double crossing of the English Channel, swimming one hour faster in the second crossing than the first.
She was planning on a double-crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar.
Synonyms
Two-way crossing, there and back, back and forth, 2-way, round-trip, double
External links
- Tough Triple Crossing Roughing It
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Wendy Trehiou Of Jersey Joins The 24-hour Club
- Steve Minaglia, Pioneering Pailolo Two-Way
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming website
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Wendy Trehiou Honored Among Her Peers And Public
- 100 New Year's Resolutions For Open Water Swimmers
- Sarah Thomas Honored By The Hall Of Fame
- Rules Of Two-Way, Three-Way Crossings
