France Combines for Open Water Relay Gold; USA Nabs Second

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Nineteen countries competed in the mixed 5k open water relay event at the 2017 FINA World Championships this morning in Budapest.

France’s world champions in the individual 5k and 10k events, Marc-Antoine Olivier and Aurelie Muller, led their team to a decisive victory in the mixed open water relay event. Oceanne Maryse Jeannie Cassignol led off for her team in 14:28.20 for her 1.25, while Logan Fontaine (eighth place, individual 5k) followed in a split of 13:21.40. Muller was third, splitting a 14:07.20, and Olivier rounded out the relay with a 12:08.70 for first place.

The United States was a close second, finishing in a combined time of 54:18.10. Brendan Casey started the team off with a quick split of 14:00.30 to put them ahead of the French team, but Fontaine pulled ahead of Ashley Twitchell (10th, individual 10k) on the second leg, with Twitchell splitting 14:06.50. Fellow top-10 finisher Haley Anderson (6th, individual 10k) took care of the third leg with a 14:05.80. Northwestern’s Jordan Wilimovsky, hungry for victory after his second-place finish in the men’s individual 10k, split a quick 12:05.50, but it wasn’t enough to overtake Frenchman Olivier.

Third place and the bronze medal went to Rachele Bruni (14:32.70), Giulia Gabbrielleschi (14:14.80), Federico Vanelli (13:23.00), and Mario Sanzullo (12:20.50) of Italy with a combined time of 54:31.

Australia took fourth, Great Britain fifth after leading for the first three-quarters of the race, Brazil sixth, Hungary seventh, Germany eighth, Japan ninth, and Russia finished 10th to round out the top ten relay finishers in the event. See full results here.

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Carolina Moncorvo
Carolina Moncorvo
6 years ago

Why did you not mention Brazil as sixth?

Thomas A. Small
6 years ago

Congratulations

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