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Swimming Over Shipwrecks: Greece’s ‘Authentic Marathon Swim’ Starts July 2 – Interview with the Organizers

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Swimming Over Shipwrecks: Greece’s ‘authentic Marathon Swim’ Starts July 2 – Interview With The Organizers
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Preparations are underway in Pefki on the Greek island of Evia for the second running of The Authentic Marathon Swim, a sports tourism event that will link the past with the present by reviving an authentic marathon swimming route, 2.500 years after it was first accomplished. The event will take place July 2-4. Ioannis Kontzias. Photo […]

The Authentic Marathon Swim Revives 2,500 Years Later in Greece

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The Authentic Marathon Swim Revives 2,500 Years Later In Greece
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Honorary award to the Bulgarian Olympic champion Petar Stoychev. From left: Deputy Minister of Culture & Sports, Mr. Lefteris Avgenakis, President of Greek National Tourism Organization, Mrs. Angela Gerekou Istiaia-Edipsos Mayor, Mr. Ioannis Kontzias, Governor of Central Greece Region, Mr. Fanis Spanos (photo by Dimitris Andritsos Photography @ The Authentic Marathon

Interview – Ioannis Kontzias: ‘The Authentic Marathon Swim will Show North Evia’s Sports Tourism Side’

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Interview – Ioannis Kontzias: ‘the Authentic Marathon Swim Will Show North Evia’s Sports Tourism Side’
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The Authentic Marathon Swim (photo by Elias Lefas). The Greek island of Evia is getting ready to host The Authentic Marathon Swim, a sports tourism event that will revive the original swimming route that the ancient athletes Skyllias and Hydna followed during the historic naval battle of Artemision in 480 B.C. Mayor of Istiaia-Edipsos, Ioannis […]