Olympics 2024: Hungary’s Rasovszky wins swimming marathon
Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary wrapped up the Olympic events in the River Seine by winning the men’s 10-kilometer marathon race. This was a triumph for organizers who undertook a massive project to clean up a river where swimming had been banned for nearly a decade because of toxic water. Rasovszky set the pace most of […] The post Olympics 2024: Hungary’s Rasovszky wins swimming marathon appeared first on Kawowo Sports.
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Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary wrapped up the Olympic events in the River Seine by winning the men’s 10-kilometer marathon race.
This was a triumph for organizers who undertook a massive project to clean up a river where swimming had been banned for nearly a decade because of toxic water.
Rasovszky set the pace most of the race and held off Germany’s Oliver Klemet in an all-out sprint to the finish.
The winner touched in 1 hour, 50 minutes, 52.7 seconds, with Klemet 2.1 seconds behind.
Rasovszky clinched gold after leading the race from the 6.6KM mark and finished with a time of 1:50:52.7.
He was joined on the podium by his compatriot David Betlehem who won bronze.
“The only reason I wanted to do open water was because I wanted a photo next to the Eiffel Tower,” quipped Irish star Daniel Wiffen, who competed in an open water event for the first time in his career.
Indeed, the course through the heart of one of the world’s most glamorous capitals provided a backdrop that won’t soon be forgotten by anyone who experienced it.
The Eiffel Tower dominated the skyline. The gold-domed Invalides glimmered in the morning sun on a breezy morning.
The ornate Pont Alexander III provided an overlook of the starting buoy and finishing chute.
Thousands of fans lined both sides, cheering on swimmers who were almost close enough to touch on the return leg of each 1.67-kilometer (1-mile) lap as they hugged the shoreline to avoid the river’s current as much as possible.
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