{"id":14953,"date":"2007-06-16T19:14:22","date_gmt":"2007-06-17T00:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/britain-defends-turf-in-len-open-water-swimming-cup\/"},"modified":"2014-07-27T17:47:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T00:47:38","slug":"britain-defends-turf-in-len-open-water-swimming-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/britain-defends-turf-in-len-open-water-swimming-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain Defends Turf in LEN Open Water Swimming Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, England, June 16.  BRITAIN claimed both the men&#39;s and women&#39;s titles in the LEN (European Aquatics) Open Water Swimming Cup 5K held in London, England on June 16 as part of the Festival of Open Water Swimming this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Bircher crossed the line in 56:49.24 to win ahead of a pair of Frenchmen for the men&#39;s title.  Countrymen Bertrand Venturi (56:49.87) and Julien Codevelle (56:54.51) took silver and bronze, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I hadn&#39;t planned to go out fast, but I lead off well from the start and just thought I&#39;d go for it,&quot; Bircher told British Swimming. &quot;I knew if I got into the lead the French and Spanish guys would just sit behind me, so I did a lot of leading out there.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Before the race I decided if I was at the front I&#39;d really go for it from the far buoy. I kicked as hard as I could but I couldn&#39;t quite shake off the French guy. I managed to get him on the final sprint though.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Tomorrow will be a different ball game, it&#39;s anybody&#39;s race. I was eighth at the Worlds and I need to get back on track. I&#39;ve got eight months to the Olympic qualification event in Seville and I&#39;m finally back into full training and training at the level I should be.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Cassandra Patten clocked a 1:02:00.72 to win the women&#39;s crown, while Russia&#39;s Anna Guseva snared silver in 1:02:02.27.  Germany&#39;s Stefanie Biller garnered bronze in 1:02:03.56.<\/p>\n<p>Patten, according to reports by British Swimming, overcame a scary car accident earlier in the morning as she traveled to the event with teammate Keri-Anne Payne.  Payne, incidentally, took fourth in the event in 1:02:03.87.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#39;m pleased with that,&quot; Patten told British Swimming. &quot;I think that&#39;s the worst preparation ever for a race. Our plane from Spain was delayed by around three hours and the weather made the driving conditions appalling. 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