Today in Setúbal, Portugal the men’s Olympic 10K Open Water field was determined at the final of two qualifying events.
China’s Lijun Zu led the lead pack with a 1:52:18.2 to punch his ticket to Rio. Germany’s Christian Reichert was two seconds behind in 1:52:20.4 for a runner up finish today. Another two seconds behind was Ecuador’s Ivan Enderica Ochoa in 1:52:22.6.
Evgenii Drattcev of Russia secured his Olympic berth finishing just a tenth behind in 1:52:22.7. Fifth place was a tie between Ous Mellouli of Tunisia and Richard Nagy of Slovakia, both finishing in 1:52:24.8. Australian Jarrod Poort nearly made that a three way tie with his seventh place finish of 1:52:24.9.
While Andreas Waschburger was eighth to the finish in 1:52:25.4, he was five seconds behind his fellow countryman, who earned the only available qualification for the Germans.
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