HONOLULU, October 31. GERMANY'S Peggy Buchse and Russia's Evgueni Bezroutchenko were the winners of the 5 kilometer race, the first event at the First FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, held today at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. <\/p>\n
Buchse won the women's event in one hour, two minutes, 36 seconds, as Bezroutchenko took the men's race in 59 minutes, 18 seconds.<\/p>\n
Both races were extremely close. Buchse finished four seconds ahead of fifteen year-old Kalyn Keller, of Phoenix, Arizona, who took the silver medal to become the first-ever US medalist at the World Open Water Championships. Italy's Viola Valli was third, one second behind Keller.<\/p>\n
Only eight seconds separated Keller, in second place, from Australia's Hayley Lewis, who placed 11th. <\/p>\n
"It wasn't as rough as I thought it would be," Keller said. "We were in a big pack for a long way and I thought it would split up sooner. About halfway through, I was leading the second pack and the lead pack was about 25 meters ahead, which was hard because I didn't expect to have to make up that much distance. It was hard to hold back and not make a move early, but I knew I had to wait. When I saw the splitter buoy, I thought I'd better get going. We had practiced swimming through the channel so I knew I had to stay on the side to have the advantage even though it looks like the middle would be better. I really wanted to do well. I knew I could be top three and I'm really happy with how I did."<\/p>\n
The Keller family has made quite an impact on the swimming world in recent weeks. Kalyn's older brother, Klete, won a silver (4 x 200 freestyle relay) and bronze medal (400 freestyle) at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney last month.<\/p>\n
In the men's race, Bezroutchenko edged Spain's David Meca by one second, with Italy's Luca Baldini third
\nin the same time was Meca.<\/p>\n
American team captain John Flanagan, who finished eighth, commented: "The pack split and ended up in a straight line and I found myself in the back of it. We had a strong current with us on the way back so the yellow buoy came up quicker than I thought it would and I waited too long to make my move. I wanted to cut in to the right more, but I had two guys blocking me, so I got stuck in the middle of the channel where I didn't want to be."<\/p>\n
The FINA World Open Water Championships continue on Thursday in Honolulu with competition in the men's and women's 10K distance. <\/p>\n
Results are below. See KALYN KELLER'S online diary for her personal account of her race.<\/p>\n
RESULTS<\/p>\n
FINA WORLD OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS – 5K
\nHONOLULU, HAWAII
\nOctober 31, 2000<\/p>\n
WOMEN
\n1. Peggy Bucshe, GER, 1:02:36
\n2. Kalyn Keller, USA (Phoenix, Ariz.), 1:02:40
\n3. Viola Valli, ITA, 1:02:41
\n4. Edith van Dyk, NED, 1:02:42
\n5. Valeria Casprini, ITA, 1:02:43
\n6. Britta Kamrau, GER, 1:02:44
\n7. Irena Abyssova, RUS, 1:02:45
\n8. Annie Stein, USA (Boulder, Colo.), 1:02:46
\n9. Olga Gousseva, RUS, 1:02:47
\n10.Brooke Townsend, AUS, 1:02:48
\n11. Hayley Lewis, AUS, 1:02:48
\n12. Karley Stutzel, CAN, 1:03:15
\n13. Etta van der Weijden, NED, 1:03:30
\n14. Jana Pechanova, CZE, 1:04:33
\n15. Audry Boitte, FRA, 1:04:34
\n16. Paula Wood, GBR, 1:04:35
\n17, Marieka Theunissen, RSA, 1:04:36
\n18. Viviane Motti, BRA, 1:04:37
\n19. Cindy Persoons, BEL, 1:04:38
\n20. Celeste Punet, ARG, 1:04:50
\n21. Jenny Fuentes, VEN, 1:05:03
\n22. Pilar Geijo, ARG, 1:07:10
\n23. Jennifer Coombs, CAN, 1:14:00
\n24. Kaitlyn Elphinstone, CAY, 1:16:46 <\/p>\n
MEN
\n1. Evgueni Bezroutchenko, RUS, 59:18
\n2. David Meca, ESP, 59:19
\n3. Luca Baldini, ITA, 59.19
\n4. Fabio Venturini, ITA, 59:20
\n5. Cristof Wandratsch, GER, 59:22
\n6. Alexi Akatiev, RUS, 59:29
\n7. Ky Hurst, AUS, 59:30
\n8. John Flanagan, USA (Honolulu, Hawaii), 59:40
\n9. Stephane Lecat, FRA, 59:41
\n10. Marrten van der Wiejden, NED, 59:46
\n11. Ben Hoffman, GER, 59:47
\n12. Petar Stoychev, BUL, 59:50
\n13. Steven McLeod, USA (Mission Viejo, Calif.), 59:51
\n14. Emmanuel Poissier, FRA, 59:52
\n15. Stephen Penfold, AUS, 59:53
\n16. Carl Gordon, NZL, 59:54
\n17. Adrian Andermatt, SUI, 59:55
\n18. Miodrag Vasic, YUG, 1:00:18
\n19. Pavel Srb, CZE, 1:00:19
\n20. Kurt Niehaus, CRC, 1:00:20
\n21. Gonzalo Diaz Miret, ARG, 1:00:31
\n22. Hiroki Hikida, JPN, 1:00:52
\n23. Tim Cowan, CAN, 1:01:12
\n24. Greg Orphanides, GBR, 1:01:13
\n25. Scott Sheperd, NZL, 1:01:14
\n26. Mathew Kaiser, GBR, 1:01:49
\n27. Carl Probert, FIJ, 1:01:57
\n28. Akos Gyorffy, HUN, 1:01:58
\n29. Shaune Fraser, CAY, 1:03.43
\n30. Adolfo Rivadeniera, ECU, 1:04:23
\n31. Seung Gin Lee, NMA, 1:13.06<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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