Video. Annual bridge diving competition returns to Kosovo

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 03, 2026 · 85 words · By Nathalie Texier

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What to know about Video. Annual bridge diving competition returns to Kosovo

Divers gathered in Kosovo on Sunday for the annual Fshajt Bridge diving competition, one of the country's longest-running sporting and cultural events.

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What happened

Divers gathered in Kosovo on Sunday for the annual Fshajt Bridge diving competition, one of the country's longest-running sporting and cultural events.

Why it matters

Fifteen competitors jumped from the 22-meter-high bridge near Gjakova, aiming to impress judges with their technique as they plunged into the river below.

Common ground

The event, known as Ura e Fshejte, was first held in 1954 but was suspended during the 1998–1999 Kosovo war after the bridge was damaged.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “It returned in 2014”

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Only one source (Daily news source) explicitly states that the event returned in 2014.

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web search NEUTRAL — Fshajt Bridge or Sacred Bridge is an 18th-century stone bridge with one arch over the White Drin Canyon in the western Kosovo. It is located in the village of Fshaj, on the way from Gjakova to Prizren…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fshajt_Bridge

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web search NEUTRAL — The event, known as Ura e Fshejte, was first held in 1954 but was suspended during the 1998–1999 Kosovo war after the bridge was damaged. It returned in 2014 and continues to draw participants and spe…
https://dailyguardian.eu/video-annual-bridge-diving-competit…

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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome to HERMIIKY — a visual dive into the art, precision, and emotion of aquatic performance. In this video, check out the incredible performance of JOCELUN CASEY during the SUMMER SENIOR NATIONAL …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRU6KuUv_G8

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Claim 2: “one of the country's longest-running sporting and cultural events”

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Euronews mentions the tradition dates back to 1954, but the specific phrasing 'one of the country's longest-running sporting and cultural events' is not corroborated by other sources. A similar phrase was found for a diving event in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, not Kosovo.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White Drin Canyon or White Drin Gorge (Albanian: Gryka e Drinit të Bardhë; Serbian: Kanjon Belog Drima, Кањон Белог Дрима) is a small canyon located in the southwestern Kosovo. The White Drin rive…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Drin_Canyon

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fshajt Bridge or Sacred Bridge (Albanian: Ura e Fshejtë or Ura e Shenjtë; Serbian: Švanjski most / Швањски мост) is an 18th-century stone bridge with one arch over the White Drin Canyon in the western…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fshajt_Bridge

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of bridges in Kosovo lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Kosovo

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Claim 3: “Divers gathered in Kosovo on Sunday for the annual Fshajt Bridge diving competition”

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The provided evidence for claim 0 consists of irrelevant search results regarding forum rules, Microsoft Word, and WhatsApp. No evidence was found to confirm the specific date or occurrence of the event on 'Sunday'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 7, 2011 · While Kopitiam is a place to hang out and chat, annoying threads which make no sense at all will be deleted and offenders warned. Chat threads MUST be tagged properly. Threads in Serious…
https://forum.lowyat.net/Kopitiam

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 12, 2013 · A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents. Locked Question.This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. Yo…
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/forma…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 20, 2026 · I just Google Web Whatsapp and then click the link from there. Able to open without forwarding to Facebook I did that. After a few minutes, it redirected me to facebook login Card PM Re…
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5565190

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Claim 4: “Fifteen competitors jumped from the 22-meter-high bridge near Gjakova”

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Euronews reports 15 competitors in Gjakova. Wikipedia confirms the Fshajt Bridge is 22m high and located in the village of Fshaj on the way from Gjakova to Prizren.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Women's 57 kg event in Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris, France on 29 July 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympi…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is one of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces, and territories, as well as certain political an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_and_geograph…

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Claim 5: “was suspended during the 1998–1999 Kosovo war after the bridge was damaged”

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Only one source (Daily news source) mentions the suspension during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war due to bridge damage. Other sources provide general info about the bridge but not the suspension history.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Erenik (Albanian definite form: Ereniku, Serbian Cyrillic: Ереник), or Ribnik (Serbian Cyrillic: Рибник), is a river in Kosovo. Located in the west of the country, the 51 km (32 mi)-long Erenik is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erenik

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Claim 6: “The event, known as Ura e Fshejte, was first held in 1954”

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Both Euronews and a Daily news source (via web search) confirm the event is known as Ura e Fshejte and was first held in 1954.

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