Kyrgyzstanis take part in Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race

09:04, 24 июля 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Elena KHOKHLOVA

Kyrgyzstanis took part in the 29^th Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race, which was held the day before in .

2,338 people from more than 40 countries took part in the race organized by the National Olympic Committee of Turkey.

Maya Dzhumakeeva took the 62^nd place among women in the age category F (40–44 years), Samat Budaichiev became the 41^st, Rustam Khalikov — the 80^th, Zhapar Usenov — 148^th place in E category (35–39 years), and Aibek Kurenkeev — 147^th place in the category D (30–34 years) among men.

Evgeny Eliseev from took the 1^st place, Dogukan Ulac (KKTC) — the 2^nd and Erge Can Gezmis () — the 3^rd place.

The uniqueness of the competitions that have been held since 1989 is that is located on two continents divided by the . Thus, swimmers can swim from Asia to . The length of the route is .