Bora Karaosmanoglu 58th in 34th Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race in Turkey
Peter Smit
Bora raced in the 34th Bosphorus Cross-Continental (open water) Swimming Race between the Asian and European part of Turkey.
There were 2400+ swimmers from all 5 continents. The winner's time was 48:13.
Bora finished in 57:21, which placed him 58th among all men (1479 swimmers) and he was 32nd in the 14-18 age group. Great swim, Bora!!
The Bosphorus is a very busy shipping lane between the Black Sea and the M
editerranean Sea and shipping traffic is stopped during the race.