Raha Akhavan, Faculty Member of Sabancı Business School, who swam across the Strait of Gibraltar last year, has achieved a new success in swimming. Akhavan, who participated in the open water swimming program called "20 Bridges Swim," completed the 48.5 km course by swimming around Manhattan Island.
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Akhavan completed the course, which was expected to take about 10 hours, in 8.5 hours, and achieved a success that exceeded her goal.
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With her message "Women, Life, Freedom", Akhavan dedicated her success in swimming to women's struggle for rights in Iran.