The Netherlands’ Sharon van Rouwendaal won Olympic gold in the women’s 10k open water Monday morning at Copacabana Beach in Rio. Van Rouwendaal won the race by more than 16 seconds, finishing with a time of 1:56:32.1
Italy’s Rachele Bruni picked up the silver medal in 1:56:49.5, and Brazil’s Poliana Okimoto got the bronze in 1:56:51.4. The medal was Brazil’s first in any swimming event at these Games after failing to earn one in 32 pool events, and it is the first-ever women’s swimming medal that Brazil has won.
France’s Aurelie Muller originally finished second in 1:56.48.7, just ahead of Bruni, but she was disqualified for an infraction at the finish. Race video showed that Mueller swam over the top of Bruni in an attempt to get to the finishing pad ahead. Mueller was the reigning World and Olympic champion in the race, and she actually trains with van Rouwendaal under coach Phillipe Lucas in France.
Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha led at the halfway point by a second over van Rouwendaal and Okimoto, but van Rouwendaal pulled ahead by four seconds on the third of four 2.5k laps of the circuit. She picked up the pace on the final lap and pulled well ahead of the field. No one else in the race had even reached the finishing shoot when van Rouwendaal touched.
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