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The Deputy Director of France's Coastguard wants to ban people from swimming across the English Channel, .
Jean-Christophe Burvingt cites the danger of a swimmer-vessel collision as the main reason to ban swimmers from crossing the Strait of Dover from England to France's La Manche region.聽
The 21-mile swim has become the ultimate test of endurance for swimmers, with the completed in 1875.
鈥淐hannel swimming has been going for 135 years and I can鈥檛 believe the French would want to ban it,” the 's president told the Telegraph. The Association officially recognized 27 individual crossings in 2009.
For the British point of view on this salty issue, check out .
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