800 Swim From Asia To Europe

800 swimmers race across Bosphorus to Europe

Almost 800 swimmers raced from Asia to Europe on Sunday.They thrashed across the Bosphorus, the Istanbul seaway which marks the traditional boundary between the two continents, about 700 metres (half a mile) at its narrowest point.The race began on the Asian side of Istanbul at the harbour of the Kanlica borough, as swimmers took to the water and h...