17.07.2018
The 30th Samsung Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race, which is set to feature more than two thousand swimmers from around the world in Istanbul on 22 July, will also welcome two of the most decorated Olympians of all time as special guests.
Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry, who has participated at five Summer Olympic Games, collecting seven medals along the way, will join thousands of sports fans to watch the race.
Another honoured guest, who is one of the all-time athletics greats, is four-time Olymipian Sergey Bubka from Ukraine. Bubka won gold at Seoul 1988, broke world records 35 times and is also a 10 time World champion. He is considered to be one of the greatest pole vault athletes of all time.
Household names for the “Show Swim”
The day before the race, Fatma Nazan Göğen, who is the only swimmer to participate in all 29 races to date and Levent Aksüt who has completed it 28 times will take part in the “Show Swim”. Levent Aksüt will be joined by his son and grandchild, meaining three-generations of the same family will take part this year.
On Saturday 21 July, the excitement of the Samsung Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race will kick off with various events and as well as the “Show Swim” with excitement peaking the following day for the big race.