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Swimming through the Corinth canal

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Participants in the "Swim the Canal" event take part in the race through the 6,346-meter-long Corinth Canal that separates the Peloponnese from mainland Greece, Tuesday. It was the first swimming race since the construction of the canal in 1893. The swimmers covered a distance of 6 kilometers. [Valerie Gache/AFP]