Did you know you can swim from Asia to Europe? That's exactly what nearly 3,000 people from all around the world did in Turkey's largest city Istanbul this weekend, in the famed Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race.
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00:00Istanbul's iconic Bosphorus Strait is normally a very busy shipping lane, but once a year
00:09it belongs to swimmers.
00:13More than 2,800 people jumped at the challenge and swam from one continent to another on
00:19Sunday in what is one of the world's most popular open water races.
00:27The Bosphorus was closed to shipping traffic for a few hours, allowing participants to
00:32make the legendary 6.5-kilometer swim from Istanbul's Asian side to the finish line in
00:39Europe.
00:40It's pretty exciting even if you're only here as a spectator.
00:44The race's challenge is, by the way, not only its distance, but swimmers also need to navigate
00:49the powerful currents, otherwise they risk being swept away and not making it across
00:54the finish line.
00:56Some contestants are professional swimmers, others brave amateurs, and they have trained
01:02extensively for this day.
01:04The tradition began in 1989 with just a few dozen swimmers.
01:09This year participants came from more than 70 different countries.
01:13It was something that I wanted to do for six years, and now I've finally made my dream
01:18come true.
01:19You can get from one continent to the other continent just by swimming.
01:24I think that's really fantastic, and that was the aim for me.
01:27You need to find the current, the right current.
01:30You need to have a reference point that is absolutely fundamental, and then just a sprint
01:36at the end.
01:37So, yeah.
01:38Who says there's nothing?
01:41This year's cross-continental champion comes from Turkey.
01:44Atakan Arcan swam the 6.5 kilometers in 45 minutes and 27 seconds.
01:51The fastest woman was Talia Erdogan, who finished in just under 47 minutes.
02:00But for many here, it's not so much about winning, but about coming together and sharing
02:08a unique experience in these famous waters between two continents.
02:17Don't miss out.
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