Open water swimming

Petar Stoychev has etched his name in Bulgarian sporting history once again by becoming the first Bulgarian to swim across according to the rigorous standards of the Oceans Seven challenge. Notably, he achieved this remarkable feat wearing only a textile swimsuit, foregoing the use of neoprene.

A talented Turkish swimmer etched her name in the history books by conquering the formidable Cook Strait, completing the challenging crossing in a remarkable time of seven hours, 21 minutes, and 40 seconds.

Aysu Türkoğlu, achieved the milestone in the Oceans Seven series by swimming across the daunting Cook Strait, crossing in just over seven hours.

Some 1,000 swimmers from all over the world have gathered at the lakeside town of Bled to take part in the 13th Winter Swimming World Championships this week. The oldest among them is about to turn 88.

The participants come from 31 countries, most of them from Finland, the UK, Germany and Denmark, but there are also swimmers from Argentina, Mongolia and Morocco.

Vural Tandoğan, a 57-year-old swimmer who swam across the English Channel, the Catalina Channel and Manhattan Island leg and earned the triple crown of ocean swimming in the past, has been honored with another triple crown after completing a series of three different swims in Lake Tahoe, located in the U.S.

An academic of a Turkish university has swum for 15 hours in the 34-kilometer Catalina Channel, which stretches between Santa Catalina Island and Los Angeles in the United States.

Raha Akhavan Tabatabaei, an academic from Sabancı University, successfully reached her goal by swimming the track, known as the world's one of the most dangerous open-water swim routes.

Turkish swimmer Kamil Alsaran, 59, passed the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland last year and won as the "oldest male swimmer" and "first Turkish swimmer" who completed this course.

A Turkish swimmer completed Japan's Tsugaru Strait route, one of the world's most challenging open water swimming tracks.

The long-distance triathlon race, taking place on 23 September and organised by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), will consist of a 1.9 km swim, a 90 km bike ride and a 21.1 km run.

Combine a high-energy sporting event with a weekend break at a lovely island in the Saronic Gulf at the 2017 Spetsathlon, taking place this year from May 5-7.

The event, which brings together hundreds of athletes from a variety of disciplines and different parts of the world, is a running, swimming and cycling triathlon that stands out for its natural setting.