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In Channel crosser's feat lies a lesson in limits
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Yung-Hryniewiecki, the first Singaporean woman to swim the Channel, should inspire you, says the writer.
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF LI LING YUNG-HRYNIEWIECKI
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Salt water is corroding her throat, the tide changing and nudging her off course, doubt nitpicking at her brain, tiredness accumulating after 11 hours in the water of the English Channel. But it's the option Li Ling Yung-Hryniewiecki won't consider which is telling.
She won't give herself permission to stop.
