FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup results

FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup was held this weekend in Sevilla, Spain. Germany and Russia apparently own open water swimming. See top ten results at Lane 9 News: [Link]

OFFICIAL RESULTS 10 KM. MEN

1. THOMAS LURZ - GERMANY 1:51:49,10
2. VLADIMIR DYATCHIN - RUSSIA 1:51:50,71
3. MAARTEN VAN DER EIJDEN - NETHERLANDS 1:51:52,12
4. FRAN CRIPPEN - USA 1:51:54,00
5. CHARLES PETERSON - USA 1:52:03,08

OFFICIAL RESULTS 10 KM. WOMEN

1. ANGELA MAURER - GERMANY 2:00:00,89
2. CHLOE SUTTON USA 2:00:05,12
3. POLIANA OKIMOTO - BRAZIL 2:00:06,78
4. KERI-ANNE PAYNE - GREAT BRITAIN 2:00:21,19
5. CASSANDRA PATTEN - GREAT BRITAIN 2:00:21,41

Open water races have issues that FINA needs to resolve in regards to World Championships and Olympic events

Though German athlete, Britta Kamrau-Corestein, won a gold medal in the 25k open water race. She was a bit testy with officials after the race.

12.5 Kilometers into the open water event, the race was suspended due to wind and swell. When Britta Kamrau-Corestein exited the water, she claimed that officials told her the gold would be hers. Apparently this may be a FINA rule during an open water event. However after a long "pow wow", officials said something along the lines of, "our bad, you are going to swim the rest of the 12.5 kilometers tomorrow."

Britta Kamrau-Corestein admits the split race probably helped her in the long run but feels rules must be consistent.

From the article:

• American Kalyn Keller took silver and Russia's Ksenia Popova bronze, with that pair prevailing in a sprint finish over German Angela Maurer (fourth) and Russian Natalya Pankina (fifth). [Link]

More fallout from the women's 10k open water race

There appears to be a preponderance of evidence, which includes quotes from the winner herself, that the officiating of the open water races was pretty much nonexistent. Apparently the Germans got hammered the most. From the article at Playfuls.com:

• [Britta] Kamrau-Corestein; [pictured above], said that she had wanted to stop swimming. "I just wanted to get out of the water. I just wanted to leave. Nothing went well. I didn't find anything positive about the race. I couldn't focus on the swimming because I was always pulled back and hit by other swimmers.
• "Everyone was just beating each other up. I have never experienced such a race before. It was horrible," said [Angela] Maurer. [Link]
  

I talked to Nancy at workout last night and she told me at the La Jolla open water swim last year she put Vaseline on her legs in case someone tried to grab her. Well, she said a couple of girls tried and their hands luckily just slipped away. If I do the Pier to Pier swim this year, I may try it.