The Netherlands Sweeps FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Stop

139 VAN ROUWENDAAL Sharon NED 10 Km Gold Medal Open Water 32nd LEN European Championships Swimming, Diving, Synchro, Open Water Berlin, Germany 2014 Aug.13 th - Aug. 24 th Day01 - Aug. 13 Photo A.Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

Elite international open water swimmers raced on April 25 in Cozumel (MEX) for the second meet of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2015.

Sharon Van Roundwendaal and Ferry Weertman from the Netherlands captured gold rounding up respectively in the women’s (3h03m56s) and in the men’s (2h48m23s) races, their first victory in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix.

Sharon Van Roundwendaal won this weekend over Italy’s Alice Franco, the winner of the first meet of the Grand Prix in Argentina. This time Alice Franco claimed silver (3h04m04s) while the Mexican Zaira Cardenas finished third (3h06m05s) in the women’s race.

In the men’s race, Brian Richeman of Belgium and Ercoli Simone of Italy stood on the second and third steps of the podium finishing the competition in 2h48m36s and 2h49m49s.

A total 37 swimmers (13 women and 24 men) from 15 countries took the departure on the Mexican Island.

The next stop of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix will be in Lac St-Jean in Canada on July 25.

Women
#	Athlete	Fed.	Time
1	Sharon VAN ROUWENDAAL	NED	3:03.56
2	Alice FRANCO	ITA	3:04.04
3	Zaira CARDENAS	MEX	3:06.05
4	Silvie RYBAROVA	CZE	3:06.59
5	Pilar GEIJO	ARG	3:07.10
6	Esther NUNEZ	ESP	3:11.36
7	Valdivia MAHINA	CHI	3:27.08
8	Nicoletta SIMONAZZI	ITA	3:38.44
9	Victoria MORI	ARG	3:48.29
10	Cecilia BIAGIOLI	ARG	DNS
11	Rita Vanesa GARCIA	ARG	DNS
12	Xeniya ROMANCHUK	KAZ	DQF
13	Alexis UNDERNOOD	CAN	OTL

Men
#	Athlete	Fed.	Time
1	Ferry WEERTMAN	NED	2:48.23
2	Brian RYCKEMAN	BEL	2:48.36
3	Ercoli SIMONE	ITA	2:49.49
4	Marcel SCHOUTEN	NED	2:50.18
5	Bertrand VENTURI	FRA	2:53.24
6	Evgenij POP-ACEV	MKD	2:53.27
7	Damian BLAUM	ARG	2:53.28
8	Vitally KHUDYAKOV	KAZ	2:53.51
9	Matheur EVANGELISTA	BRA	2:54.05
10	Billian DAUY	BEL	2:55.18
11	Erwin MALDONADO	VEN	2:55.29
12	Eduardo STOCHINO	ITA	2:55.39
13	Joris WESLEY	BEL	2:55.42
14	Alexander STUDZINSKI	GER	2:56.05
15	Samir BAREL	BRA	3:06.50
16	Balaudo AQUILES	ARG	3:08.34
17	Tsvetan YORDANOV	BUL	3:11.58
18	Brondo FAUSTO	ARG	3:25.27
19	Nicolas SEGUARDO	ARG	3:25.43
20	Mario SANZULLO	ITA	DNF
21	Valerio CLERI	ITA	DNF
22	Davide CANNATA	ITA	DNF
23	Guillermo BERTOLA	ARG	DNS
24	Mauricio GATICIA	ARG	OTL

FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2015 calendar:
February 8, Villa Urquiza-Parana (ARG)
April 25, Cozumel (MEX)
July 25, Lac St-Jean (CAN)
August 1, Lac Memphrémagog (CAN)
August 29, Ohrid Lake (MKD)
September 6, Capri-Napoli (ITA)

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