Amur River
From Openwaterpedia
The Amur River or Heilong Jiang (Chinese: 黑龙江; Russian: река́ Аму́р) is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China (Inner Manchuria). The largest fish species in the Amur is the kaluga, attaining a length as great as 5.6 meters. It was also site of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games torch relay in November 2013.
Open Water Swimming
In August 1953, Russian open water swimmer Iskander Faizulin reportedly swam 201 km on the Amur River in the USSR from Stepanovo to Khabarovsk in 26 hours 8.39 minutes.
External links
- lskander Faizulin and Leonid Alexeevich Romanchenko: Russian Marathon Swimmers of Yore
- World's Lakes
- Swimming Across Xingkai
- 2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
- Hardening And Passion Of Alexander Brylin
- Breaststroke The Hard Way
- Open Water Swimming's Presence At The 2014 Winter Olympics
- Ice Swimming Exhibition At Winter Olympics Cancelled
- Crossing Rivers To Celebrate The Olympics
