RIO CORONDA, Argentina, March 3. FRANCE'S St\u00e9phane Gomez and Germany's Britta Kamrau were the male ad female winners, respectively, of the first 2004 race of the FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup, held in Rio Coronda, Argentina, on February 29. Gomez completed the 57km (35-mile) race in 8 hours 22 minutes 58 seconds, while Kamrau was only four minutes slower: 8:26:02.<\/p>\n
For the French swimmer, this was his first victory in a World Cup event, while Britta Kamrau earned her seventh triumph since 1997. Moreover, the German was the overall winner of the women\u2019s ranking of the 2003 edition of the FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup.<\/p>\n
In a race followed by thousands of spectators along the river Coronda, the remaining spots of the podium went, in the men\u2019s classification, to Gilles Rondy (FRA, second) and Facundo Quiroga (ARG, third). In the women\u2019s competition, Shelley Clark (AUS) was second and Esther Nu\u00f1ez (ESP) got the bronze.<\/p>\n
The race was contested by 20 swimmers (13 men and seven women) from 10 countries.<\/p>\n
The next race of the 2004 FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup will take place on March 19 in El Ain Sokhna (Red Sea), Matrouh (EGY, 10 km)<\/p>\n
2004 FINA World Cup Marathon Swimming
\nRio Coronda (ARG)
\nFebruary 29, 2004
\n57 km<\/p>\n
MEN
\n1 GOMEZ St\u00e9phane FRA 8.22,58
\n2 RONDY Gilles FRA 8.23,51
\n3 QUIROGA Facundo ARG 8.25,24
\n4 WANDRATSCH Christof GER 8.26,00
\n5 LECAT St\u00e9phane FRA 8.26,00
\n6 VITEK Rostislav CZE 8.26,03
\n7 PEREZ Rafael ARG 8.26,10
\n8 SALES RUBIO Francisco ARG 8.26,50
\n9 VOLPINI Andrea ITA 8.27,33
\n10 BLAUM Dami\u00e1n ARG 8.36,08
\n11 KARAJOVANOV Jane MKD 8.50,41 <\/p>\n
WOMEN
\n1 KAMRAU Britta GER 8.26,02
\n2 CLARK Shelley AUS 8.58,14
\n3 N\u00da\u00d1EZ Esther ESP 9.08,50
\n4 HALAVACOVA Yvetta CZE 9.15,42
\n5 SAWIN Tiffany USA 9.23,14
\n6 RAPTIS Teodora MKD 9.25,02
\n7 PETTI Noelia ARG 9.26,10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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