Athens, April 19, 2022 - The
Authentic Marathon Swim is reborn and returns, for the 3 rd consecutive year,
on July 1-3, 2022, at Artemision. Amateur and professional swimmers from Greece
and abroad will have the opportunity to enjoy, with absolute safety, the
historic sports event, at Pefki, Evia of the Municipality of Istiea - Edipsos.
Take part in the authentic swimming
route
Further to last year’s participation,
of world-class names, after 2,500 years, the authentic 14.5km route “Skylias
& Hydna” revives once again allowing swimmers from around the world to
swim over the shipwrecks of the naval battle of Artemision that took place in
480 B.C., for the first time. Athletes will follow the example of Skyllias and
his daughter Hydna, the very first “marathon swimmers”, according to the Father
of History Herodotus (8.8) and other historians, who helped the Greek forces in
the historic naval battle of Artemision against the Persian fleet. The swimmers
will cover 80 stadia or 14.5km. The demanding route will be held at the straits
of Artemision, between Central Greece with Thessaly and the regional units of
Evia, Magnesia and Fthiotida.
Enjoy the Authentic Marathon Swim’s
teaser video here and get ready for another exciting year: https://youtu.be/HndrAAl8sRk
Special Offers until May 10
Participants can now register and
take part in the impressive open water swimming routes of 14.5km, 10km, 5km,
3km, 1.5km taking advantage of the early bird prices. Offers are valid until
10/05/2022 reaching up to 25% discount. All citizens of Istiea-Edipsos and
people with disabilities can take part in the 5km, 3km and 1.5km routes, completely
free of charge. Registration for the 500m children’s race is free. The routes of
5km, 3km, 1.5km and 500m. have Pefki beach as their starting and finishing
point. Register now here: https://bit.ly/3jRw20t
In the context of the event’s 3 rd
year, the Mayor of Istiea-Edipsos Mr. Ioannis Kontzias stated: “Our
Municipality, despite the difficulties encountered from last year's
fires, is being reconstructed through sports tourism and the organization of
the Authentic Marathon Swim, offering a motive to amateur and professional
swimmers from all over the world, to travel again and visit the beautiful
attractions of North Evia. Our event highlights the history and cultural
heritage of this place. We look forward to welcoming you to unite the legend
with history and to experience some unique moments again”.
4 awards at the Sports Marketing
Awards
The event was recently distinguished
in the most significant institution for the promotion of best sports marketing
practices in Greece, the Sports Marketing Awards, receiving 4 awards.
Specifically, the event won 1 Gold Award as a top event in the “Summer Sports”
category, 2 Silver Awards in the “Most Innovative Use of Content Creators &
Influencers” and “Individual Sports (Swimming)” categories and 1 Bronze Award
in the “Sports Tourism” category.
All routes of the Authentic Marathon
Swim have been designed by the swimming coach with distinctions in Olympic
Games & world open water swimming championships, Nikos Gemelos. The
event prioritizing the absolute safety of its athletes, will provide once again
everyone with a safety lifeguard buoy since its use by professional and amateur
athletes is mandatory. For each participant in the 14.5km and 10km routes there
will be an escort-boat and its cost is included in the registration price.
The event is organized by the
Municipality of Istiea-Edipsos, while ActiveMedia Group is responsible for its
Sports Production.
The event’s official hashtag
#authenticmarathonswim will once again transfer this year’s unique images and
the exciting moments that all participants will experience in the Municipality
of Istiea-Edipsos on social media.
Website: www.authenticmarathonswim.com
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/AuthenticMarathonSwim
Instagram Page: www.instagram.com/authenticmarathonswim
Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/themarathonswim
YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxMgl-j5wgosL10lyRay5Q
Press Office Contact:
Tel.: +30 210 9343020, fax: +30 210
9316505
e-mail: pr@activemedia.gr
photo:
1 Imressive photo from the 10km open
water swimming race at the straits of Artemision (photo by Elias Lefas @
Authentic Marathon Swim)
2 Drone photo from the open water
swimming race at Pefki, Evia, Municipality of Istiea-Edipsos (photo by Dimitris
Andritsos Photography @ Authentic Marathon Swim)
3 Pefki, Evia, Municipality of
Istiea-Edipsos (photo by Dimitris Andritsos Photography @ Authentic Marathon
Swim)
4 Drone photo from Lichadonisia in
North Evia (photo by Dimitris Andritsos Photography @ Authentic Marathon Swim)
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