The Netherlands’ Sharon van Rouwendaal made a late transfer to clinch gold in the ladies’s 10km marathon swim in the River Seine.
An Olympic champion in 2016, Van Rouwendaal settled for silver at Tokyo in 2021 after lacking out on gold by an agonising 0.9 seconds.
The 30-year-old overtook Australia’s Moesha Johnson, who had led for a lot of the race, in the ultimate lap to grab victory in two hours three minutes 34.2 seconds.
Johnson completed 5.5 seconds behind to take silver and Ginevra Taddeucci of Italy claimed bronze, whereas Great Britain’s Leah Crisp completed twentieth.
The marathon swimming familiarisation had beforehand been cancelled after assessments confirmed ranges of micro organism in the water had dropped beneath the required commonplace.
However, Wednesday’s take a look at went forward earlier than the 10km race on Thursday.
The water high quality of the Seine had been a serious speaking level earlier than and through Paris 2024, with the men’s triathlon postponed by a day due to the low water high quality.
The males’s marathon swim is because of happen on Friday.
