A Kiss For The ***** Swim Winner -- A kiss from ***** Swindon, of Nottingham, ***** swimmer Baptista ***** at Dover today (Saturday) after he had ***** the international cross-channel race ***** cap Grisnoz in 12 hours 25 minutes ***** second. Pereira, ***** as attempting the race for the first *****, came ashore at 12.55p.m. just to the west of South Foreland point at a soot inaccessible to spectators. He finished just a head of the Egyptian Hassan Hammad in a dramatic finish during which he had to fight against a strong current. Channel Swimmer. Portuguese Baptista Pereira gets a kiss from young Valeria Swindon after winning the international cross-Channel race in 12 hours 25 minutes 1 second. It was his first try in the famous endurance test. August 21, 1954.