February 19. WORLD OPEN WATER Champions David Meca-Medina, of Spain, and Edith Van Dijk, of Holland, continued to dominate their opposition, no matter what the distance, on the FINA Marathon World Cup circuit.<\/p>\n
Competing in the first two events in the series, Meca won both men's contests while Van Dijk emerged the winner in both women's events.<\/p>\n
With prize money of $26,500 at stake, Meca won the Maraton Acuatica river swim from Santa Fe to Coronda, Argentina–a distance of 57 kilometers–in 7 hours, 29 minutes and 52 seconds, nearly two minutes ahead of France's Stephane Lecat.<\/p>\n
Van Dijk took the women's version of the race in 7:46.18, well ahead of Germany's Britta Kamrau (7:56.03) and the USA's Morgan Filler (8:39.32). Only three women finished the gruelling event.<\/p>\n
One week later, the venue and distance had changed, but the result was familiar. Meca took the Puerto Gaboto-to-Rosario river race, a 60K jaunt, in 6:18.06 to earn the lion's share of the $25,000 in prize money. This time the contest was closer, as Germany's
\nChristof Wandratsch (6:19.02) and Bulgaria's Petar Stoytchev (6:19.07) were right on his heels.<\/p>\n
Van Dijk had an easier time of it, winning the women's race in 6.32:56, nearly seven minutes in front of Germany's Britta Kamrau (6:39.54).<\/p>\n
FINA MARATHON SWIMMING WORLD CUP
\n2001
\nRESULTS<\/p>\n
Marathon Swimming World Cup 2001
\nFINAL RESULTS
\nMarat\u00f3n Acu\u00e1tica Santa-Fe \u2013 Coronda (ARG)
\nFebruary 4, 2001
\n57 km – Prize money: US$ 26,500<\/p>\n
MEN
\n1. David Meca Medina (ESP) 7.29:52
\n2. Stephane Lecat (FRA) 7.31:49
\n3. Emmanuel Poissier (FRA) 7.32:25
\n4. Stephane Gomez (FRA) 7.32:26
\n5. Christof Wandratsch (GER) 7.32:40
\n6. Igor Majcen (SLO) 7.37:44
\n7. Massimiliano Parla (ITA) 7.39:35
\n8. Gabriel Chaillou (ARG) 7.42:21
\n9. Fabio Fusi (ITA) 7.45:03
\n10. Petar Stoytchev (BUL) 7.55:11
\n11. Andre Wilde (GER) 7.57:51
\n12. Nace Majcen (SLO) 8.00:04
\n13. Esteban Cabanillas (ARG) 8.18:21
\nDID NOT FINISH:
\nClaudio Gargaro (ITA)
\nSimone Menoni (ITA) <\/p>\n
WOMEN
\n1. Edith van Dijk (NED) 7.46:18
\n2. Britta Kamrau (GER) 7.56:03
\n3. Morgan Filler (USA) 8.39:32
\nDID NOT FINISH:
\nAngela Maurer (GER)
\nAudry Boitte (FRA) <\/p>\n
Marathon Swimming World Cup 2001
\nFINAL RESULTS
\nPuerto Gaboto-Rosario (ARG)
\nFebruary 11, 2001
\n60 km
\nPrize money: US$ 25,000<\/p>\n
MEN
\n1. David Meca Medina (ESP) 6.18:06
\n2. Christof Wandratsch (GER) 6.19:02
\n3. Petar Stoytchev (BUL) 6.19:07
\n4. Stephane Gomez (FRA) 6.19:54
\n5. Gabriel Chaillou (ARG) 6.24:53
\n6. Simone Menoni (ITA) 6.25:04
\n7. Andres Perez (CUB) 6.25:15
\n8. Nace Majcen (SLO) 6.29:01
\n9. Fabio Fusi (ITA) 6.39:14
\n10. Esteban Cabanillas (ARG) 6.40:22
\n11. Matias Cenoz (ARG) 6.41:03
\n12. Andre Wilde (GER) 6.49:28
\n13. Rafael Perez (ARG) 6.54:03
\nDID NOT FINISH:
\nIgor Majcen (SLO) <\/p>\n
WOMEN
\n1. Edith van Dijk (NED) 6.32:56
\n2. Britta Kamrau (GER) 6.39:54
\n3. Celeste Pu\u00f1et (ARG) 6.46:09
\n4. Angela Maurer (GER) 6.46:46
\n5. Laura Bastiani (ARG) 7.08:45
\n6. Morgan Filler (USA) 7.38:33
\nDID NOT FINISH:
\nAudry Boitte (FRA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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