Zahra’s Date With History

Submitted by pekwan on Monday, June 29th, 2009

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Malaysian teen’s attempt to swim the English Channel

Haliza Hashim-Doyle

Monday, June 29th, 2009 06:22:00

PUSHING LIMITS: Zahra (left) and Salman swam from Pangkor island to Lumut in 2006 — Pic courtesy of Zahra

WHILE the British are bracing for hot sunny weather this week, Zahra Ma'soumah Abdul Halim will be bracing for her biggest challenge yet - swimming across the English Channel non-stop.

If the swim on July 2 goes well, she is set to become the first Malaysian woman to achieve this feat at the age of 17.

Zahra, who arrived in Britain a month ago, is scheduled to make the historic swim at 2am local time (Malaysia 9am) from Shakespeare beach, Dover in England to Calais, France.