Danielle Huskisson, Kirill Abrosimov Win European Open Water 5K Races

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The 2016 European Open Water Championships continued today in Hoorn, Netherlands with the men’s and women’s 5K.

After two women tied for gold in Sunday’s 10K, today’s action featured a decisive victory. Danielle Huskisson of Great Britain led the top three finishers under an hour. She finished in 59:46.1. Six seconds behind her was Germany’s Finnia Wunram in 59:52.4.

On her heels was third place finisher Sharon Van Rouwendaal. Representing the home country, her final time was 59:54.0. That bronze medal winning performance was an improvement from Sunday’s fourth place finish.

5k women

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Russia’s Kirill Abrosimov had a stunning margin of victory, finishing in 54:34.3. Twenty seconds behind him was Federico Vanelli of Italy. Vanelli finished in 54:54.4, moving up two spots from his fourth place 10K.

In third was Great Britain’s Caleb Hughes. He clocked a 55:06.1, over 30 seconds behind the winner. Sunday’s 10K champion Ferry Weertman finished fifth. The results of today’s race were more spread out than the 10K.

5k men

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Results can be found here.

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