Swimming coach covered 41 km in 13.5 hours to promote tourism in Pieria

A antheral swam more than 13 hours, covering a region of 41 kilometres, from Nei Poros to Beach Katerini, wanting successful this mode to item the tourer Pieria and to rise consciousness astir information connected the coast.

The crushed for the manager swimming of the Katerini Swimming Club “Poseidon – Swimming”, Giorgos Papadopoulos, swam against the waves for a full of 810 minutes, which highlighted the earthy quality of the region, but besides the continuous lifeguard sum and information that the beaches of Pieria have.

The h2o marathon was held past Sunday (21/9), with the discreet but decisive enactment of Dimitris Lambrou’s Lifeguard Patrol, arsenic emphasized. Meanwhile, the swimming manager was welcomed contiguous astatine his bureau by the politician of Katerini, Ioannis Doumos.

Mr. Doumos warmly congratulated the swimmer, stressing that it is an enactment “that proves that emotion for the spot and passionateness for the oversea tin animate and unite the full section community.”

For his part, Papadopoulos stressed that “every kilometre was dedicated to our coastline and its safety“. At the aforesaid time, helium thanked some the municipal authorization and each those who stood by his broadside successful this marine venture.