“The really long-distance records, like swimming the Channel, are held by women. “
Really?
“The fastest verified swim of the Channel was by the Australian Trent Grimsey on 8 September 2012, in 6 hours 55 minutes,[86][87] beating the previous record set in 2007 by Bulgarian swimmer Petar Stoychev.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel#By_swimming
I stand corrected!