Talk:Brenda Fisher

Jenny James??
The article currently states that Brenda Fisher broke the women's world record "set by Jenny James". That was widely reported at the time but does not appear to be true. The women's world record of 13:20 had been set a year earlier by Florence Chadwick. It appears that the only time Jenny James swam the channel, on August 16, 1951, was some kind of mass swim featuring multiple women. Brenda Fisher won the day and broke Chadwick's record by swimming it in 12:42. Jenny James swam it in 13:55, slower than Chadwick, and came in third. She never set any world record. I am removing any mention of Jenny James from the article. --MelanieN (talk) 16:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)