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The race takes participants 6 kms down the Bosphorus Strait from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side.
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Swimmers jump in the Bosphorous river as they take part in the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim event on July 23, 2017. The race takes participants 6 kms down the Bosphorus Strait from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side.
OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
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Swimmers jump in the Bosphorous river as they take part in the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim event on July 23, 2017. The race takes participants 6 kms down the Bosphorus Strait from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side.
OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
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Swimmers jump in the Bosphorous river as they take part in the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim event on July 23, 2017. The race takes participants 6 kms down the Bosphorus Strait from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side.
OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
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Swimmers stand aboard a ferry boat before taking the start of the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim event on July 23, 2017. The race takes participants 6 kms down the Bosphorus Strait from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side.
OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
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Swimmers stand aboard a ferry boat before taking the start of the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim event on July 23, 2017. The race takes participants 6 kms down the Bosphorus Strait from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side.
OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
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Swimmers jump in the Bosphorous river as they take part in the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim event on July 23, 2017. The race takes participants 6 kms down the Bosphorus Strait from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side.
OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
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Swimmers wait for the ferry boat before taking the start of the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim event on July 23, 2017. The race takes participants 6 kms down the Bosphorus Strait from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side.
OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
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Swimmers compete in the Bosphorous river as they take part in the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim event on July 23, 2017. The race takes participants 6 kms down the Bosphorus Strait from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side.
OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
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Swimmers compete in the Bosphorous river as they take part in the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim event on July 23, 2017. The race takes participants 6 kms down the Bosphorus Strait from the Asian side of Istanbul to the European side.
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