Filip Pytel is youngest Czech to swim across La Manche

At 18 Filip Pytel is the youngest Czech to have swum across the channel La Manche separating the French and English coasts, the daily Pravo reports. He set his own personal record last Thursday swimming from England to France in 11 hours and 3 minutes. Last year 31-year old Czech swimmer Yvetta Hlavacova became the fastest woman to swim across the channel, covering the 36-kilometer distance in just 7 hours and 25 minutes. Hlavacova's time is very impressive since it is the fourth best achievement in swimming history ever. She was very close to beating the absolute (male) record of 7 hours and 3 minutes.