Over 2,000 swimmers cross Bosphorus Strait in annual race
Swimmers from 50 countries have raced from Asia to Europe in the 30th Bosphorus Cross-continental Swimming competition.
Participants swim during the 30th Bosphorus Cross-continental Swimming competition over the Bosphorus strait between Istanbul's Asian and European sides, Turkey, July 22, 2018.
Over 2,000 swimmers from 50 countries raced from Asia to Europe in the annual Bosphorus Cross-continental Swimming Race on Sunday.
Swimmers are transported by ferries to the start of the 30th Bosphorus Cross-continental Swimming competition over the Bosphorus strait between Istanbul's Asian and European sides, Turkey, July 22, 2018.
They thrashed across the Bosphorus, the Istanbul seaway which marks the traditional boundary between the two continents, about 700 metres at its narrowest point.
Swimmers jump into the water to participate in the 30th Bosphorus Cross-continental Swimming competition over the Bosphorus strait between Istanbul's Asian and European sides, Turkey, July 22, 2018.
The race began on the Asian side of Istanbul at the harbour of the Kanlica borough, as swimmers took to the water and headed for Europe.
Aerial photo shows swimmers compete during the 30th Samsung Cross-continental Swimming Race organised by the Turkish Olympic Committee in Istanbul, Turkey on July 22, 2018.
The 30 kilometre strait, bridged for the first time in 1973, is one of the world's most spectacular and hotly contested waterways.
This year's Bosphorus Cross-continental Swimming Race attracted contestants from 50 countries, Istanbul, Turkey, July 22, 2018.
In my happy place...today we are in Istanbul with the Turkish Olympic Committee celebrating 30years of the @SamsungTurkiye Bosphorus swim - a 6.5km Swim from Asia to Europe. I will definitely be competing next year. #bosphorus #Istanbul #Turkey #Samsung ❤️🇹🇷🇿🇼❤️ pic.twitter.com/SNkbfSZkBE
— Kirsty Coventry (@KirstyCoventry) July 21, 2018
The annual race from Istanbul’s Asian side to European side, sees hundreds of swimmers cross the Bosphorus in the only cross-continental swimming contest, Turkey, July 22, 2018.
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