Swimming

Greece claimed the silver in the team 5 kilometer event at the 32nd European Swimming Championships in Berlin on Saturday.

The Greek team of Spyros Gianniotis, Antonis Fokaidis and Kalliopi Araouzou came second with a time of 56:05.5.

The race was won by the Netherlands, with Germany taking bronze.

A host of Olympic and world champions will compete in the European championships from Monday looking to land crucial early blows just two years out from the 2016 Rio Olympics.
      
In recent times, the French team have been very strong, but they will be without Olympic 400m freestyle champion Camille Muffat who has retired.
      

Olympic great Michael Phelps suffered the first big setback of his return to competition Wednesday as a poor turn left him seventh in the 100m free at the US Swimming Championships.
      

World 100m freestyle champion James Magnussen added the Commonwealth Games title to his collection as Australia claimed four more gold medals to their tally in Glasgow on July 27.
      

Australian Michael Shelley won gold in the men’s marathon at the Commonwealth Games on July 27 to better his silver-medal showing in Delhi four years ago.

Shelley clocked a personal best of 2:11.15 in Glasgow, his first marathon of the year.
Kenya’s Stephen Chemlany  claimed silver in 2:11.58.

Hundreds of people will jump into the Bosphorus, the straight that divides Asia and Europe, for the 26th edition of the Cross-Continental Swimming Race, which will be held in Istanbul on July 20 Hundreds of people will jump into the Bosphorus, the straight that divides Asia and Europe, for the 26th edition of the Cross-Continental Swimming Race, which will be held in Istanbul on July 20.

BELGRADE - Retired Serbian swimmer Milorad Cavic will be promoting Serbian tourism on Twitter from May 12 to 19, the National Tourism Organisation of Serbia (TOS) announced on Thursday.