Watch This I’m hoping to become the first blind person to swim the 21 miles across the English Channel By Jessica Martin Published 11th Aug 2024, 19:45 BST Comment Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now This video More videos Watch three time Paralympian Gerrard Gosens discuss his challenge to become the first blind person to swim the 21 miles across the English Channel and, with his daughter Taylor, become the first father-daughter duo to compete in the games. A former Paralympian is hoping to become the first blind person to swim the English Channel. Gerrard Gosens, 54, a retired athlete, has been training twice a day for two years and sets off on the 21-mile challenge from Dover to France in the coming days.
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