Swim from Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to Turkey in 36 hours

The athlete told the Interfax news agency that the difficulty of the course was the south wind blew him in the face and the high air temperatures, while praying helped him overcome the challenge .

A Turkish vessel accompanied the swimmer throughout his journey, because for technical reasons could not do the organizing Ukrainian.

After several days of rest, Sofiánik will face a new sporting challenge even greater swim the Black Sea , between the Turkish city of Sinop and the Ukrainian town of Balaklava, separated by 230 kilometers .

Sofiánik has among its records a marathon nine days swimming in the waters of Thailand , offshore China, and overcoming the distance between Tunisia and the Italian island of Sicily in the Mediterranean.