<h3>Background information: </h3><h3>My name is Lauren Tininenko, I have lived in Shanghai for almost 3 years, I’m 25 years old, and I started swimming when I was 5 years old. I began a swim team for chinese and foreigners in Shanghai, called the Shanghai Xiaolongxia 上海小龍蝦. I swam the Qiongzhou Strait last December.</h3> <h3>嗨，</h3><h3>我的英文名字是Lauren Tininenko，中文名字：珞瑯。我是一個(gè)美國姑娘，已經(jīng)在上海生活了近3年，今年25歲，5歲的時(shí)候我就開始游泳了。我在上海的中外游泳隊(duì)，名叫小龍蝦，“上海小龍蝦”，哈哈！可愛吧</h3><h3><br></h3><h3><b>2018年12月4號(hào)，飛魚團(tuán)隊(duì)幫我導(dǎo)航，我順利橫渡了瓊州海峽，是第一個(gè)冬季橫渡瓊州海峽的女子。</b><br></h3> <h3>這就是飛魚團(tuán)隊(duì)，非常棒的團(tuán)隊(duì)，2018年給了我一個(gè)完美的導(dǎo)航，我成功橫渡瓊州海峽啦！也讓我2019年橫渡英吉利海峽的計(jì)劃，信心滿滿！</h3> <h3>英吉利海峽，又名拉芒什海峽，是分隔英國與歐洲大陸的法國、并連接大西洋與北海的海峽。海峽長560公里（350英里），最狹窄處又稱多佛爾海峽，僅寬34公里（21英里）。英國的多佛爾與法國的加來隔海峽相望。</h3> <h3>為了順利完成橫渡英吉利海峽，2019年新年開始，我就著手準(zhǔn)備工作啦。</h3> <h3>So many of my American friends couldn’t believe that I’d take on a challenge like this while I was living in China. They asked, “Won’t it be harder to train for this swim in China? In the USA, many swimmers are training for this and you could swim with them.”</h3><h3>I agree that maybe it would be easier to train in the USA where I’m familiar with where to swim and I know who to talk to for advice about training. However, training for the Channel was so much more rewarding. </h3><h3>Every time I reached out to someone in the swimming community in China, they were more than happy to help me with questions that I had, or connect me with someone who could help me. I’ve never felt more taken care of than I did by local swimmers in China. Immediately I was put in touch with 陳蘇偉 and 王平川. One who was the third Chinese person to ever complete the channel swim and the other who hopes to complete it next month and be the 4th chinese person. They were both so helpful to me.</h3> <h3>我的許多美國朋友都無法相信，當(dāng)我在中國生活的時(shí)候，我會(huì)接受這樣的質(zhì)疑，他們問，“在中國進(jìn)行這樣的游泳訓(xùn)練會(huì)不會(huì)更困難？在美國，許多游泳者正在為這個(gè)訓(xùn)練，你可以過來和他們一起游泳?！?lt;/h3><h3>我同意這個(gè)建議！也許在我熟悉的游泳地點(diǎn)：美國訓(xùn)練，會(huì)更容易些我知道該找誰談?wù)動(dòng)嘘P(guān)培訓(xùn)的建議，并且，為英吉利海峽的訓(xùn)練這是非常值得的。</h3><h3>每次我與中國游泳團(tuán)隊(duì)的人接觸時(shí)，他們都很樂意幫助我回答我的問題，或者聯(lián)系可以幫助我的人。在中國，我感覺得我比中國的游泳運(yùn)動(dòng)員，還要被照顧得好。我立刻被安排與陳蘇偉和王平川聯(lián)系。一個(gè)是第三個(gè)完成海峽游泳的中國人，另一個(gè)希望在下個(gè)月完成，成為第4個(gè)中國人。他們對(duì)我都很有幫助。謝謝您們！</h3> <h3>Then for training, I would meet a swimmer in an area that was ideal for swim training, and they were so excited to help host me and help me plan training for when I would be there. This also meant the whole team would come out to swim with me, which I love. I would always prefer to be surrounded by swimmers rather than training alone, and I met so many amazing people along this way, and that’s the part I’m most thankful for about this entire journey. </h3><h3>I hope I can inspire people through this swim. It was incredible to see how many people were cheering for me, and also for the first relay of Chinese Women who succeeded in their crossing, and I hope that more men and women will keep rising up to the challenge. 加油！</h3> <h3>比如：去訓(xùn)練，我會(huì)在一個(gè)最適合游泳訓(xùn)練的地方偶遇一些游泳者，他們非常興奮地幫助接待我，幫我計(jì)劃我什么時(shí)候能在那里訓(xùn)練。這也意味著整支隊(duì)伍都會(huì)和我一起去游泳，這是我喜歡的。我總是更喜歡被游泳者所包圍，而不是獨(dú)自訓(xùn)練，而且我在這個(gè)過程中遇到了很多很棒的人，這是我對(duì)整個(gè)旅程最感激的部分。</h3><h3>我希望我能通過這次游泳激勵(lì)人們。看到這么多人為我歡呼真是難以置信，也為成功穿越大陸的中國女子傳遞了第一棒，我希望更多的男男女女將繼續(xù)迎接這一挑戰(zhàn)。加油!</h3> <h3>希望這個(gè)圖片的“好運(yùn)連連”可以帶給我幸運(yùn)，預(yù)祝我成功吧，我的朋友們，我愛你們！</h3> <h3>我的能量補(bǔ)給和我的裝備。希望關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻它們可以給我力量！</h3> <h3>Before the swim: </h3><h3>I waited in Dover for many days. My for the swim started on June 22 and ended on June 30. A few times, my boat pilot said I would swim the next day, and then it got canceled for bad weather. I was starting to get worried that I wouldn’t get to swim at all because my of time was going to end. Finally, on June 28th at night, my pilot, Eddie, said “We will make the call at 6 am tomorrow. If the weather is good, we meet at 8 am.”</h3><h3>I went to sleep not knowing if I was going to swim the next day.</h3> <h3>游泳前：</h3><h3>我在多佛等了許多天。我的橫渡假期從6月22日開始，于6月30日結(jié)束。有幾次，我的船舵手說我第二天會(huì)去游泳，但后來因?yàn)樘鞖獠缓枚∠?。我開始擔(dān)心自己根本不能橫渡了，因?yàn)槲业募倨诳煲Y(jié)束了。最后，6月28日晚上，我的飛行員伙伴埃迪說“我們將在明天早上6點(diǎn)打電話。如果天氣好，我們上午8點(diǎn)見面。”</h3><h3>我忐忑中睡著了，不知道我明天是否要去游泳?</h3> <h3><br></h3><h3>The swim:</h3><h3>The next morning at 6 am, Eddie texted and said, “We’re going. See you at 8.” I screamed and woke up my family, as my dad and sister were on my boat crew. We packed up our things and headed to the boat. </h3><h3>I put my grease and sunscreen on, and suddenly it was time to start. I jumped off the boat into the water. The water was about 15 degrees Celsius at the start, but it didn’t feel very cold because the sun was out, and that felt warm.</h3> <h3><br></h3><h3>“8點(diǎn)見！”29號(hào)一大早，我接完電話，尖叫著叫醒我的家人，因?yàn)槲业陌职趾徒憬愣荚谖业拇?。我們收拾好東西，向船走去。</h3><h3><br></h3> <h3>我的姐姐在幫助涂抹防寒膏</h3> <h3><br></h3><h3>我橫渡英吉利海峽的下水時(shí)間：</h3><h3>英國????時(shí)間：2019/06/29號(hào)AM08：52。</h3><h3>剛開始的時(shí)候，水大約是15攝氏度，但并不覺得很冷，因?yàn)樘柍鰜砹?，感覺很溫暖。</h3> <h3>I felt so great in the water, and I was enjoying the swim so much. The water was so clear and blue. Time passed quickly because I was dodging jellyfish and watching what people were doing on the boat. My feeds were every 30 minutes, and those 30 minutes seemed to pass quickly. I realized that I had no idea if I had been swimming for 3 hours or 6 hours. I was just swimming cluelessly, but I still felt very strong. I was told not to look up because France often looks very close even when you’re very far away, so I tried not to. I could tell that it seemed like I was getting close.</h3> <h3>我在水里感覺好極了，而且我非常享受游泳的樂趣。海水是那么清澈，那么藍(lán)。時(shí)間過得很快，因?yàn)槲艺诙惚芩?，看著人們在船上做什么。我的補(bǔ)給是每30分鐘，而這30分鐘似乎過得很快。我意識(shí)到我不知道自己是否已經(jīng)游了3個(gè)小時(shí)或6個(gè)小時(shí)。我只是毫無頭緒地游著，但我還是覺得自己很強(qiáng)壯。我被告知不要抬頭看，因?yàn)榧词鼓阍诤苓h(yuǎn)的地方，法國看起來也很近，所以我盡量不這樣做。我只想說，我越來越接近。</h3> <h3>I stopped for a feed and my crew told me that I was close to the end, but they said the currents in France will push me off course if I don’t pick up the pace. So even though I’d been giving my best effort for ten hours, I’d have to go faster now or else I would get blown off course by the currents and need to swim more. It was so hard, but I tried so hard to go faster. I knew that this was the end so I used everything I had left, and finally, I looked up and I was so close to France. The boat with me can’t go into the shallow waters so a little boat came off the back and escorted me into France. Finally, I finished the swim on a small strip of land that was a ramp down into the water. I cried because I was so happy that I actually made it. Part of me doubted that I would ever make it this far, so I was so happy to prove myself wrong.</h3> <h3>我停下來進(jìn)食，我的船員告訴我，我快接近尾聲，但他們說，法國的水流會(huì)把我推離軌道，如果我不加快速度。即使我已經(jīng)盡力了10個(gè)小時(shí)，我現(xiàn)在還是得加快速度，否則我就會(huì)被水流吹離航道，需要游更多。它是如此的困難，但我還是更加努力，以便走得更快。我知道這就是結(jié)局！</h3><h3>所以我用了所有我可以用的力量，最后，我抬頭看了看，當(dāng)時(shí)我離法國這么近。我的船不能在淺水區(qū)航行，所以一艘小船從后面駛來，護(hù)送我進(jìn)入法國。最后，我完成了在一小片土地，這是一個(gè)斜坡下入水。我哭了，因?yàn)槲沂侨绱烁吲d，我真的做到了。我的一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)懷疑我是否能走到這一步，我很高興證明自己錯(cuò)了。</h3> <h3>時(shí)間定格在：英國????時(shí)間2019/06/29PM8：07,</h3><h3>我成功了！嘢，我好像做夢一樣，Oh, My God，我還活著，這個(gè)感覺太棒啦！</h3> <h3>此時(shí)此刻慶賀的香檳是必須有的！我喜歡這個(gè)喜悅的感覺！</h3> <h3>My dad and sister were on the boat. Mom stayed in Dover because she didn’t want to see me</h3><h3> suffer </h3><h3>我爸爸和姐姐在船上，媽媽呆在多佛，因?yàn)樗幌肟吹轿沂芸郲偷笑]</h3> <h3>這是我的船長</h3> <h3>The swim summary: </h3><h3>On June 29, I completed a solo swim across the English Channel. The total swim was 43.5 kilometers, and my total time was 11 hours and 15 minutes.</h3> <h3>游程概要：</h3><h3>6月29日，我完成了橫渡英吉利海峽的個(gè)人游泳。我總共游了43.5公里，總時(shí)間是11小時(shí)15分鐘。</h3> <h3><b><font color="#ed2308">姓名：TININENKO LAUREN JANE（女）</font></b></h3><h3><b><font color="#ed2308">珞瑯（USA）</font></b></h3><h3><b><font color="#ed2308">1.美國大學(xué)游泳運(yùn)動(dòng)員（青年隊(duì)）</font></b></h3><h3><b><font color="#ed2308">2.中國飛魚聯(lián)盟注冊會(huì)員</font></b></h3><h3><b><font color="#ed2308">3.中國上海中外小龍蝦游泳隊(duì)員</font></b></h3><h3><b><font color="#ed2308">4.中國張健橫渡隊(duì)成員</font></b></h3><h3><b><font color="#ed2308">橫渡經(jīng)歷</font></b></h3><h3><b><font color="#ed2308">1.2018年08月15日中國興城海峽馬拉松第四名（10公里）</font></b></h3><h3><b><font color="#ed2308">2.2018年12月04日中國冬季橫渡瓊州海峽女子第一人</font></b></h3><h3><b><font color="#ed2308">3.2019年06月29日美國旅居中國橫渡英吉利海峽女子第一人</font></b></h3>