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July 28th, 2019
Swimmers Strike Out in Black Sea
Nearly 300 swimmers aged from 14 to 77 competed at the 2nd edition of Karadeniz Ereğli International Open Water Swimming Race.
The event, organized by Karadeniz Ereğli Municipality in cooperation with İstanbul Yıldızlar Sports Club, included a 1500m and 3000m race. The results were provided in a total of 49 categories by Depar Timing, the official timer of the event.
First swimmer to come out of the water in the 1500m was Evren Durak at 26:08 while Duygu Özdemir was the first female finisher with 27:31. Nilay Erkal, who delivered a fast time of 37:09, was the overall winner of the 3000m, Muhammet Çelik being victorious on the men's side. -
July 23th, 2019
100th Anniversary of National Struggle
The city of Erzurum will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Turkish National Struggle with a 10km race on Saturday, 27 July.
Erzurum, where an important step was taken for building up the civilian resistance against the occupation of the country following the World War I that ultimately led to the creation of the Republic of Turkey, is remembered in the city with various activities including the 10km road race. One hundred years after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk took the leadership to convene a national congress on 23 July 1919, the city is now set to welcome runners from all over the country. Entries for the Erzurum 100th Anniversary of National Struggle is processed online at www.erzurumyolkosusu.com. Timing services in the event will be provided by Depar Timing.
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July 18th, 2019
Time To Swim Between Continents
Swimmers are set again to stroke from Asia to Europe at the Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race on 21st of July.
Being annually staged by the Turkish Olympic Committee since 1989, the 31st edition of the race gathers 2400 swimmers from 59 countries this year. The participants will enter the water in Kanlıca on the Asian side of Istanbul on Sunday morning and attempt to crossing to the European side where the finish area is located in Kuruçeşme Cemil Topuzlu Park. This year’s event will host Marcos Diaz, the Dominican ultra-distance swimmer, the first person who has united all five continents of the world by swimming. Diaz will make a special appearance at the Show Swim on Saturday, 20 July.
Depar Timing will provide the timing services for the 6.5km event as well as transmitting the results to the LED screens. Depar Timing’s system will produce a certificate for each finisher immediately with the time of the swimmer.
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July 15th, 2019
Mersin Promotes to Silver
Following the successful edition with the IAAF Bronze Label last year, Mersin Marathon is now declared a Silver Label Road Race.
Having improved its organisational quality each year since its inaugural race in 2015, Mersin Marathon met the various IAAF criteria from timing services to medical measures in 2017, and the 4th International Mersin Marathon was held as an IAAF Bronze Label race on 16 December 2018. Based on the positive report of the appointed Technical Delegate, the IAAF promoted the event to Silver this year.
International Mersin Marathon is the third IAAF Road Race Label event in Turkey after the two Gold Label races, Istanbul Marathon and Istanbul Half Marathon. The organiser of the event is Mersin Metropolitan Municipality. Timing services in Mersin are provided by Depar Timing since its inauguration. The race is scheduled to Sunday, 15 December this year.
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July 15th, 2019
Toyota Family Meets At Ekiden
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey celebrated the 17th edition of the traditional Ekiden Cup at the company premises in Sakarya.
The relay competition, open to Toyota staff, employees of its subsidiary industry partners, and their families, is staged on the 950-meter running course at the Sakarya Facilities of the company. Timing services for the event where 135 teams competed is once again provided by Depar Timing.
The word ekiden comes from the combination of the Japanese characters for “station” and “transmit”. Team members pass the “tasuki”, which is the sash that each runner wears over one shoulder and under the other arm, to each other at a transition zone. Although ekiden races are not very popular outside of Japan, Toyota carries on the tradition in Turkey since 2003.
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