Cunha Takes Women's Marathon Swim Olympic Gold For Brazil

Zeeshan Mehtab Published August 04, 2021 | 08:50 AM

Cunha takes women's marathon swim Olympic gold for Brazil

Tokyo, Aug 4 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Aug, 2021 ) :Marcela Ana Cunha of Brazil held off a charge from defending champion Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands to win Olympic gold in the women's 10-kilometre marathon swimming event on Wednesday.

Cunha won by less than a second from Van Rouwendaal in their early morning duel in Tokyo, timing 1hr 59min 30.8sec to 1:59:31.7 for the Dutch swimmer.

Kareena Lee took the bronze medal for Australia.

Cunha, 29, finished 10th in the event at the Rio Olympics and fifth at the Beijing Games in 2008.

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