12# Meis – Kaş (Kastellorizo to Kas) Yüzme Maratonu 2016, Kaş – Antalya, Turkey
Date: Sunday, 5 June, 2016 (All day)7 kminfo 2015 >>>here<<< new info in May 2016
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11# Meis – Kaş (Kastellorizo to Kas) Yüzme Maratonu Turkey
Lykean Festival Swim This was the 11th year of the swim, from Europe to Asia (Kastellorizo to Kas). Over 250 swimmers took part. It was a nearly 7 km swim in open waters of the South Aegean. They swam...
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Adam Walker is invited as special guest at the Bosporus race
Adam Walker celebrity guest...at the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race on 26th July 2015 - Turkey.Thousands of swimmers will take part in this increasingly popular 6,5 km open water...
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Gelibolu 1915 Yüzme Etkinliği - Gallipoli 1915 Memorial Swim, Turkey
Date: Saturday, 1 August, 2015 - 07:00http://gallipoli.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/?dil=en
View Articlereport: Adam Walker crossing the Bosphorus
On the 25th July, I had the great honour of hosting the 27th year of the “Samsung Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race” from Asia to Europe. I became the first host to swim the 6.5 kilometre...
View ArticleSyrian refugee swims for 7 hours to start new life in Europe
A desperate Syrian refugee has revealed how he braved massive waves and deadly currents to swim for seven hours to reach Greece from Turkey.Ameer Mehtr explained he did not have enough money to pay...
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Swimming adventures in Turkey with Strel Swimming
Strel Swimming operates week long swimming trips in Southern Turkey. The warm and clear Mediterranean sea attracts many tourists and adventurers every year. Strel team will run two types of trip during...
View Article10# Kış Yüzme Maratonu - City of Winter Swimming Marathon, Datça.Turkey
Date: Saturday, 27 February, 2016 - 12:00http://kisyuzmemaratonu.org1500 m 5000 mhttps://www.facebook.com/kisyuzmemaratonu/
View ArticleSyrian Refugee Who Swam to Greece Sets Sights on Olympics
This 18-year-old’s quest - and what she has overcome - will inspire you.BERLIN—When a tiny motorboat’s engine stalled in salty, cold waters just off the shore of Turkey, the fate of the 20 refugees...
View Article29# Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim - Boğaziçi Kitalararasi Yüzme, Kanlica...
Date: Sunday, 23 July, 2017 (All day)Applications for Turkish Olympic Committee's (TOC) traditional Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race will be accepted as of 4th January 20176.5...
View ArticleSwimming contest on Bosporus world's best open water event in 2016
The World Open Water Swimming Association (WOWSA) has announced the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim as 2016's best open water swimming event in the category of "Offering of the Year."At the...
View ArticleSwimming the Turkish Hellespont: Alex Preston follows in Lord Byron's wake
After swimming the Hellespont, the fast-flowing strait that separates Europe from Asia, Lord Byron wrote to his mother. ‘I plume myself on this achievement more than I could possibly do on any kind of...
View ArticleThe day I swam from Europe to Asia
Some say that you can’t call yourself a true open water swimmer until you’ve conquered the Hellespont. Steeped in mythology, history, literature and geographical significance, this crossing from Europe...
View ArticleTurkish athletes win 31st Bosporus Cross-Continental Swimming Race
The Bosporus, an iconic waterway that divides Istanbul, was unusually calm in the early hours on Sunday where a throng of oil tankers, cargo vessels and passenger ships are usually sailing. Then came...
View ArticleTurkish swimmer cross Tsugaru Strait in Japan
A Turkish swimmer completed Japan's Tsugaru Strait route, one of the world's most challenging open water swimming tracks.Having previously lifted the several titles in national competitions in Turkey,...
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