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Fifty-Six Kilometres in 13 Hours: Kazakh Athlete Swims Across Issyk-Kul Lake

By Assel Satubaldina on 11 August 2020

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh athlete Vitaliy Hudyakov set a record by swimming 56 kilometres across the world’s second-largest mountain lake Issyk-Kul in 13 hours and 18 minutes, reported Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee.  Marathon swimmer Hudyakov is a Tokyo Olympic licence holder and Asia’s multiple champion. Hudyakov started his swim Aug....