Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha wins gold in women’s 10-kilometre Olympic marathon swimming
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Silver medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal, of the Netherlands, from left, gold medalist Ana Marcela Cunha, of Brazil, and bronze medalist Kareena Lee, of Australia, stand on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women's marathon swimming event at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo.Cunha touched first in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 30.
“We are Latin people; we are hot, we are emotional people,” Cunha said, “so I had to be very cold mentally in the race to be focused. I knew I was prepared for that.” After putting the medal around her neck, Cunha set down her bouquet on the podium and saluted the flag with her right hand. She later took a playful bite out of her medal.Van Rouwendaal was among the top 10 before beginning her move on Lap 5. She worked her way into third behind Beck and Cunha, and outswam Lee on the final lap to secure silver.
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