Great Swimmers

Datuk Abdul Malik Mydin: First Malaysian to swim across the English Channel
Lennard Lee: Second Malaysian to swim to across the English Channel (EC)

Datuk Abdul Malik Mydin: 28 years old when he swam across the EC
Lennard Lee: 20 years old

Datuk Abdul Malik Mydin: Took 17 hours and 35 minutes
Lennard Lee: Took 9 hours and 45 minutes

Datuk Abdul Malik Mydin: Swam with barriers
Lennard Lee: Swam in the open sea (no barriers)

Datuk Abdul Malik Mydin: Datuk
Lennard Lee: ??

Congratulation, Lennard!

Say, are M Magendran dan N Mohandas (the first Malaysian teams to reach the summit of Mount Everest) Datuks?

Update 18/8/2004:
The government has approved a RM35000 incentive for Lennard who became the second Malaysian to swim across the English Channel. :)