5KM WOMEN’S RESULTS
Gold Swann Oberson (SUI) ..............................................1:00:39.7 Silver Aurelie Muller (FRA) .................................................1:00:40.1 Bronze Ashley Twichell (USA) ............................................ 1:00:40.2
5KM MEN’S RESULTS
Gold Thomas Lurz (GER) ......................................................56:16.6 Silver Spyros Gianniotis (GRE) ........................................... 56:17.4 Bronze Evgeny Drat sev (RUS) ..............................................56:18.5
5KM TEAM TRIAL RESULTS
Gold USA ......................................................................................57:00.6 Silver Australia ............................................................................ 57:01.8 Bronze Germany ........................................................................... 57:44.2
10KM WOMEN (TOP 10 QUALIFY FOR THE
2012 LONDON OLYMPICS) Gold Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) ...........................................2:01:58.1 Silver Martina Grimaldi (ITA) ........................................... 2:01:59.9 Bronze Marianna Lymperta (GRE) .....................................2:01:01.8 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Melissa Gorman (AUS) ...........................................2:02:12.0 Cecilia Biagioli (ARG) ...............................................2:02:12.0 Poliana Okimoto (BRA) ...........................................2:02:13.6 Jana Pechanova (CZE) .............................................2:02:13.8 Angela Maurer (GER) ................................................2:02:15.1
9. Swann Oberson (SUI) ..............................................2:02:16.4 10.
Erika Villaecija Garcia (ESP) ................................2:02:18.7
10KM MEN (TOP 10 QUALIFY FOR THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS)
Gold Spyros Gianniotis (GRE) ....................................... 1:54:24.7 Silver Thomas Lurz (GER) ...................................................1:54:27.2 Bronze Sergey Bolshakov (RUS) ........................................ 1:54:31.8 4.
5. Ky Hurst (AUS) ...........................................................1:54:33.9 6. 7. 8. 9.
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25KM WOMEN’S RESULTS Gold
25KM MEN’S RESULTS
Gold Petar Stoychev (BUL) .............................................5:10:39.8 Silver Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) .........................................5:11:15.6 Bronze Csaba Gercsak (HUN) .................................................5:11:18.1
all three medallists coming from back in the fi eld during the second half of the race. The top men conserved their energy by avoiding contact, and as the race progressed they carefully picked their navigational lines. At the end Gianniotis and Lurz sprinted into fi rst and second places to secure their berths at the London Olympics.
One indication of the global popularity of the sport was the geographic distribution of the Olympic qualifiers: 18 countries were represented by the 20 Olympians. Greece, Australia, Spain and Russia qualified two swimmers each while Germany qualified three swimmers. Steven Munatones
Alex Meyer (USA) ...................................................... 1:54:33.1 Francisco Hervas (ESP) .........................................1:54:34.3
Brian Ryckeman (BEL) ............................................1:54:36.1 Julien Sauvage (FRA) ...............................................1:54:37.2 Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) ......................................1:54:38.7 Andreas Waschburger (GER) .............................1:54:39.8
Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) ....................................5:29:22.9
Silver Angela Maurer (GER) ............................................. 5:29:25.0 Bronze Alice Franco (ITA) .....................................................5:29:30.8
5 MINUTES WITH…
We caught up with Jamie Patrick, a US open water swimmer who’s aiming to break the record for the longest river swim in the Sacramento River...
Jamie says he's ready for the challenge
Hi Jamie! You’re going to swim 178 miles along the Sacramento River on 18 August. Why did you decide to do something so out there? I wanted to swim the whole length of the river – 240 miles – without a wetsuit, which would have been the longest continuous, non-wetsuited river swim in history, but doctors warned me against it. Still, the Sacramento swim will be the fi rst of its kind – no one has ever swum this far in the river. I’ll be wearing some kind of protective suit, and I plan to start at 6pm on Thursday, 18 August, and fi nish sometime around 6pm on the 20th.
How long have you been swimming and what have you achieved so far? I have been swimming for 32 years and was an All-American high school swimmer. I swam on the University of Hawaii's swim team. I have completed 15 Ironmans (winning three), a triple Ironman and two Ultraman world championships. I began marathon swimming three years ago and have over 15 marathon (10+ mile) swims under my belt, with the longest being a double crossing swim of Lake Tahoe – 44 miles.
What training have you done? I will be doing a 22-mile crossing of Lake Tahoe in preparation for my Sacramento swim. I also train for two hours in the morning and two hours at lunch with a three-to-fi ve-hour swim on the weekends. I average 70km a week and some weeks that goes up to 100km.
What safety measures do you have in place? I will have a crew of 14 people, including a doctor, nutritionist, kayakers, communication director, fi lm and photo. We will have a 32-foot motor home that will follow along the bank of the river. During the day, we will have one support kayak and during the evening we will have two kayaks in the water: one as a guide and one as a support. The water temperature will range from 11- 21°C and the current will vary from 0.5 to 1.5 knots.
Are you doing any charity fundraising? I will be raising money for a literacy programme and we are calling this swim, ‘Swim for Literacy’. Donations can be made at
swimmingcalifornia.com
Use GPS and watch video to follow Jamie’s swim on 17-20 August at
jamiepatrick.com
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