Weertman tops Wilimovsky for 10K title
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AFTER swimming for almost two hours in open water, Olympic champion Ferry Weertman nipped defending champ Jordan Wilimovsky of the US by one tenth of a second for the 10-kilometer title at the FINA world championships yesterday.
Weertman earned the Netherlands’ first medal of the championships, on Lake Balaton, about 130 kilometers southwest of Budapest.
Marc-Antoine Olivier of France, who won the 5K on Saturday, was 0.70 seconds behind for bronze.
In Budapest, Russia won its sixth straight women’s team technical synchronized swimming title for its fourth gold medal of the championships.
The team of Maria Shurochkina, Veronika Kalinina, Daria Bayandina, Anastasia Bayandina, Maryna Goliadkina, Darina Valitova, Polina Komar, Vlada Chigireva performed last and maintained the team’s unbeaten record in the event, tallying 96.0109 points.
China’s Wang Qianyi, Wang Liuyi, Guo Li, Xiao Yanning, Tang Mengni, Feng Yu, Liang Xinping and Yin Chengxin claimed silver with 94.2165, followed by Japan on 93.1690 for its first medal of the championships.
Chigireva and Shurochkina equaled Daria Korobova’s three gold medals in this event. Only Russian compatriots Aleksandra Patskevich, Alla Shishkina and Angelika Timanina have more with four.
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