SINGAPORE, May 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Two Singaporeans have been preparing for the challenge of swimming across the English Channel in August this year, according to Channel News Asia report on Monday.

    Thum Ping Tjin, a former national swimmer, will try his luck on Aug. 11, while adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow, who learned freestyle swimming just a year ago, plans to challenge the Everest of swimming two weeks after Thum.

    Thum and Khoo, who are currently engaged in their long-distancetraining, will go to England and Australia's Perth respectively for cold water training next month.

    They are supposed to swim in cold, choppy waters of no more than 17 degree Celsius to cross the narrowest point of the channel,measuring 34 kilometers from Dover in the United Kingdom to Cape Gris-Nez in France. Enditem