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Sun Yang's rival wins the 10km open water test The first person to win a gold medal in indoor and outdoor swimming

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Rival Sun Yang wins the open water 10km. The first person to win a gold medal in indoor and outdoor swimming. Sina Sports News Beijing time on August 10, news, 2012 London Olympics...

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Greece's Gianniotis was the open water 10-kilometer champion at last year's Shanghai World Championships, and he is the favorite to win this event in the Olympics. Germany's Ruiz was the runner-up at last year's World Championships and is also a strong contender for medals. Tunisia's Melori won the bronze medal in the men's 1500-meter freestyle event and he also has the strength to compete for medals.

Canada's Weinberg swam at the front after the start of the race. He and Melloly formed the leading group. At the end of the first lap, Weinberg ranked first with 18 minutes and 9 seconds, and Melloly ranked second 0.4 seconds behind. Germany's Wacher Berg and Gianiotis ranked 5th and 7th respectively. In the second lap, Weinberg still maintained a very fast parade speed. He slowly got rid of Melori and took the lead alone. After the second lap, he continued to lead with a time of 37 minutes, 13 seconds and 8 seconds. Wachberg had slowly risen to second place, Megianniotis ranked fourth, and Lori dropped to sixth place.

Leading all the time made Weinberg's physical strength somewhat exhausted. In the third lap, his speed slowed down significantly. Waqieberg tried his best to overtake him. He ended the third lap with a lead of 55 minutes, 47 seconds and 2 seconds. After this lap, Melori and Luertz ranked second and third respectively. Vacherborg continued to lead on lap four, but Melori and Ruiz accelerated together on lap five and they accelerated the parade to move into the top two. At the end of the fifth lap, Melori ranked first with a time of 1 hour, 32 minutes, 08 seconds and 4 seconds. Rultz and Weinberg ranked second and third, and Gianiotis and Waqieberg ranked fourth and fifth.

In the last lap of the sprint, Melori paddled very well and firmly held the lead. In the end, he won the gold medal in 1 hour, 49 minutes, 55 seconds and 1. He won the men's 1500-meter freestyle gold medal at the Beijing Olympics four years ago. This makes Melory the first athlete to win Olympic titles in both indoor pool and open water swimming. Germany's Ruiz won the silver medal in 1 hour, 49 minutes, 58 seconds and 5 seconds, and Canada's Weinberg won the bronze medal in 1 hour, 50 minutes, 0 seconds and 3 seconds. (Chimera)

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