Haley Anderson of the USA won the women’s 5km race outsprinting Brazilian Poliana Okimoto Cintra in the final 100 metres. Anderson timed her stroke cycle perfectly and reached for the touchpad just ahead of the Brazilian who was leading the 42 swimmers for most of the final 1500m. The margin of victory between the swimmers was 0.2 seconds; the American finished in a time of 56.34.2.
Anderson, the silver medallist in the 10km Olympic Marathon at last year’s London Olympic Games, was the surprise leader of portions of the first lap: “I didn’t realise that I was going to be in the lead but when you are the leader you are in control of everyone behind you. If I drift off course I take them with me.” Okimoto led the race for most of the second lap with Anderson trailing by a full body length.
Shortly after her silver medal at the Olympics, Anderson returned to the University of Southern California for her senior (final) year, competing on her college swim team. “I got right back into the water after London and I really didn’t have a break from swimming so I’m going to take one after this.” She finished eighth at the US Trials in the 10km in May and wasn’t eligible to race her Olympic medal winning distance in Barcelona.
Brazil’s strength in open water swimming was evident today with Ana Marcela Cunha finishing in third place about 10 seconds after her teammate. A swimmer from South Africa withdrew from the race, two athletes were issued red cards for missing buoys.
Results
Rk Bib Name Ctry (Rk) Split Points Time Finish/ Behind
1 9 ANDERSON Haley Danita USA (1) 29:27.7 18 56:34.2
2 24 OKIMOTO CINTRA Poliana BRA (4) 29:29.5 16 56:34.4
0.2
3 39 CUNHA Ana Marcela BRA (12) 29:34.8 14 56:44.7
10,5
4 30 ARAOUZOU Kalliopi GRE (16) 29:36.5 12 56:45.3
11,1
5 44 HARLE Isabelle Franziska GER (=7) 29:31.9 10 56:46.2
12
6 15 BAKER Cara NZL (9) 29:32.6 8 56:46.2
12
7 34 GRIMALDI Martina ITA (=2) 29:29.2 6 56:46.3
12,1
8 18 MANN Rebecca Wilke USA (=7) 29:31.9 5 56:46.4
12,2
9 31 MULLER Aurelie FRA (=2) 29:29.2 4 56:46.5
12,3
10 37 BRUNI Rachele ITA (5) 29:30.3 3 56:48.1
13,9
11 33 DEFRANCESCO Danielle AUS (6) 29:31.8 2 56:48.2
14
12 23 OLASZ Anna HUN (15) 29:36.2 1 56:58.4
24,2
13 29 REQUENA JUAREZ Yurema ESP (27) 29:42.8 57:00.1
25,9
14 36 MACDONALD Bonnie AUS (21) 29:39.2 57:01.3
27,1
15 20 AZAROVA Anastasiia RUS (=28) 29:43.4 57:04.3
30,1
16 14 DOMINGUEZ CABEZAS Margarita ESP (20) 29:38.8 57:04.4
30,2
17 27 GORSHKOVA Elizaveta RUS (=17) 29:37.9 57:06.2
32
18 21 ASPORD Ophelie FRA (11) 29:34.4 57:06.3
32,1
19 22 FANG Yanqiao CHN (10) 29:34.1 57:07.0
32,8
20 19 CAO Shiyue CHN (=24) 29:40.9 57:19.5
45,3
21 28 ANDRE Angelica POR (=24) 29:40.9 57:22.1
47,9
22 40 BARROS ESQUIVEL Katia Paola ECU (=17) 29:37.9 57:26.4
52,2
23 6 OBERSON Swann SUI (30) 29:44.5 57:26.8
52,6
24 7 ROBINSON Emma NZL (13) 29:35.5 57:29.5
55,3
25 32 PEREIRA Kyna RSA (=28) 29:43.4 57:30.8
56,6
26 1 MAZZEI VILLEGAS Florencia Belen ARG (31) 29:46.0 57:49.0
1:14:08
27 26 PEREZ Paola VEN (19) 29:38.4 57:51.5
1:17:03
28 10 LYMPERTA Marianna GRE (23) 29:40.8 57:55.3
1:21:01
29 25 PICKOVA Barbora CZE (22) 29:40.3 58:58.2
2:24:00
30 45 MATHLOUTHI Maroua TUN (32) 29:46.8 59:51.8
3:17:06
31 12 MELO Florencia VEN (34) 30:36.8 1:01:32.5
4:58:03
32 11 CALDAS CALLE Nataly Rosalia ECU (33) 30:21.5 1:01:41.7
5:07:05
33 2 EL BASIOUNY Laila EGY (35) 30:45.4 1:01:52.4
5:18:02
34 17 OROPEZA ESTRADA Mayela MEX (37) 31:22.7 1:03:01.1
6:26:09
35 16 HUSSIEN Wasela EGY (36) 31:22.5 1:03:02.2
6:28:00
36 35 GRUEST Valerie GUA (38) 31:24.1 1:03:03.8
6:29:06
37 8 IVANOVA Mariya KAZ (41) 33:04.0 1:05:19.0
8:44:08
38 41 VALDIVIA DANNENBERG Mahina CHI (40) 33:03.7 1:05:19.6
8:45:04
39 42 GAKHOKIDZE Anna KAZ (43) 33:51.3 1:06:25.6
9:51:04
40 38 LI Hannah Hang Fung HKG (42) 33:32.3 1:06:30.6
9:56:04
41 4 PERMANA Risa Andriani INA (45) 35:13.2 1:10:16.7
13:42:05
42 13 APONTE Maria Mikaela BOL (44) 34:48.9 1:10:21.2
13:47:00
43 WEBER Michelle RSA (26) 29:41.8 DNF
3 CHAN Fiona On Yi HKG (39) 32:22.7 DSQ
