USA's Haley Anderson wins Olympic 10K Marathon Qualifie
Six Athletes from the Americas Qualify for London Olympic 10K Marathon
USA's Haley Anderson is women's winner; Richard Weinberger of Canada is second in men's race
The FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier was held over the weekend in Setubal, Portugal.
On Saturday, Haley Anderson of the USA won the event in a time of 1:44:30.6 to secure her qualification for the London Olympic Games. Zsofia Balazs of Canada finished in 6th place to earn her position. Yanel Pinto of Venezuela was the continental qualifier from the Americas.
On Sunday, Richard Weinberger of Canada finished in second place in the men's qualification event in a time of 1:45:30.2. Weinberg was the winner of the August 2011 test event held in the Serpentine at London's Hyde Park and was also the 2011 Pan American Games Champion in the 10K. Ivan Enderica Ochoa of Ecuador finished in 8th place capturing his spot in the Olympic 10K. Erwin Maldonado of Venezuela was the continental qualifier from the Americas.
Athletes from the Americas previously qualified at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai:
Female: Cecilia Biagioli (Argentina) and Poliana Okimoto (Brazil)
Male: Alex Meyer (USA)
Results of FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier are posted at Omega Timing Site link:
Olympic 10K field set, following qualifying races in Setubal
SETUBAL, PORTUGAL--The USA's Haley Anderson and Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli were the top female and male finishers this weekend in the Olympic 10K qualifying races in Setúbal. 15 women and 14 men qualified for the Olympics from the race; with the top-10 females and top-9 males qualifying (one swimmer per nation not already qualified), along with the next fastest continental finishers (again, from a nation already not qualified).
SETUBAL, PORTUGAL--The USA's Haley Anderson and Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli were the top female and male finishers this weekend in the Olympic 10K qualifying races in Setúbal. 15 women and 14 men qualified for the Olympics from the race; with the top-10 females and top-9 males qualifying (one swimmer per nation not already qualified), along with the next fastest continental finishers (again, from a nation already not qualified).
http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2909&Itemid=1304
Qualifiers from the women's race are (with times):
1. Haley Anderson, USA (1:44:30.6)
2. Eva Risztov, Hungary (1:44:32.0)
- [3rd and 4th were from Hungary and the USA]
5. Yanqiao Fang, China (1:44:38.7)
6. Zsofia Balazs, Canada (1:44:38.8)
7. Ophelie Aspord, France (1:44:42.3)
8. Natalia Charlos, Poland (1:44:42.4)
9. Anna Guseva, Russia (1:44:43.0)
10. Karla Sitic, Croatia (1:44:45.5)
- [second Canadian]
12. Wing Yung Natasha Terri Tang, Hong Kong (1:45:00.6)
13. Yumi Kida, Japan (1:45:04.7)
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Continental qualifiers:
-Europe: Olga Beresnyeva, Ukraine (15th, 1:45:05.8)
-Oceania:* Cara Baker, New Zealand (17th, 1:45:06.1)
-Americas: Yanel Pinto, Venezuela (18th, 1:45:09.5)
-Asia: Heidi Gan, Malaysia (28th, 1:48:17.0)
-Africa: Jessica Roux, South Africa (31st, 1:50:52.0)
These add to the top-10 finishers from the women's 10K at the 2011 World Championships:
-Cecilia Biagioli, Italy
-Melissa Gorman, AUstralia
-Martina Grimaldi, Italy
-Marianna Lymperta, Greece
-Angela Maurer, Germany
-Poliana Okimoto, Brazil
-Swann Oberson, Switzerland
-Keri-Anne Payne, Great Britain
-Jana Pechanova, Czech Republic
-Erika Villaecija, Spain
Qualifiers from the men's race in Setubal are (with times):
1. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia (1:45:18.5)
2. Richard Weinberger, Canada (1:45:40.2)
3. Petar Stoychev, Bulgaria (1:45:34.1)
4. Valerio Cleri, Italy (1:45:36.8)
5. Troyden Pinsloo, South Africa (1:45:40.8)
6. Yasunari Hirai, Japan (1:46:14.6)
7. Igor Chervynskiy, Ukraine (1:46:15.4)
8. Ivan Enderica Ocha, Ecuado (1:46:17.2)
9. Arseniy Lavrentyev, Portugal (1:46:20.9)
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Continental qualifiers:
-Asia: Yuri Kudinov, Kazakhstan (10th, 1:46:22.8)
-Americas: Erwin Maldonado, Venezuela (11th, 1:46:29.2)
-Europe: Csaba Gercsak, Hungary (14th, 1:46:30.7)
-Oceania:* Kane Radford, New Zealand (27th, 1:47:02.7)
-Africa: Mazen Aziz, Egypt (36th, 1:49:38.5)
These add to the host country spot allocation (Great Britain has yet to decide who it will send; FINA has allocated the spot to Daniel Fogg) and the top-10 finishers from the men's 10K at the 2011 World Championships:
-Sergey Bolshakov, Russia
-Vladimir Dyatchin, Russia
-Kiko Hervás, Spain
-Ky Hurst, Australia
-Thomas Lurz, Germany
-Alex Meyer, USA
-Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece
-Brian Ryckeman, Belgium
-Julien Sauvage, France
-Andreas Waschburger, Germany
*THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS IS FOUND IN JUNE 11 WSCA NEWS: New Zealand swimmers Cara Baker and Kane Radford may be blocked by New Zealand's qualifying criteria from accepting their allocated spots to the Olympics. This may mean that the next eligible female (Linsy Heister, Netherlands) and Guam's Benjamin Schulte may end up at the 2012 Olympics in their places (note: there was no other Oceania nation entered for females at the race; so the continental allocation there presumably will go back to the general pool). The New Zealand Olympic standards required that their swimmers finish within the top-9 of the race in order to qualify to go to the Games.
Qualifiers from the women's race are (with times):
1. Haley Anderson, USA (1:44:30.6)
2. Eva Risztov, Hungary (1:44:32.0)
- [3rd and 4th were from Hungary and the USA]
5. Yanqiao Fang, China (1:44:38.7)
6. Zsofia Balazs, Canada (1:44:38.8)
7. Ophelie Aspord, France (1:44:42.3)
8. Natalia Charlos, Poland (1:44:42.4)
9. Anna Guseva, Russia (1:44:43.0)
10. Karla Sitic, Croatia (1:44:45.5)
- [second Canadian]
12. Wing Yung Natasha Terri Tang, Hong Kong (1:45:00.6)
13. Yumi Kida, Japan (1:45:04.7)
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Continental qualifiers:
-Europe: Olga Beresnyeva, Ukraine (15th, 1:45:05.8)
-Oceania:* Cara Baker, New Zealand (17th, 1:45:06.1)
-Americas: Yanel Pinto, Venezuela (18th, 1:45:09.5)
-Asia: Heidi Gan, Malaysia (28th, 1:48:17.0)
-Africa: Jessica Roux, South Africa (31st, 1:50:52.0)
These add to the top-10 finishers from the women's 10K at the 2011 World Championships:
-Cecilia Biagioli, Italy
-Melissa Gorman, AUstralia
-Martina Grimaldi, Italy
-Marianna Lymperta, Greece
-Angela Maurer, Germany
-Poliana Okimoto, Brazil
-Swann Oberson, Switzerland
-Keri-Anne Payne, Great Britain
-Jana Pechanova, Czech Republic
-Erika Villaecija, Spain
Qualifiers from the men's race in Setubal are (with times):
1. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia (1:45:18.5)
2. Richard Weinberger, Canada (1:45:40.2)
3. Petar Stoychev, Bulgaria (1:45:34.1)
4. Valerio Cleri, Italy (1:45:36.8)
5. Troyden Pinsloo, South Africa (1:45:40.8)
6. Yasunari Hirai, Japan (1:46:14.6)
7. Igor Chervynskiy, Ukraine (1:46:15.4)
8. Ivan Enderica Ocha, Ecuado (1:46:17.2)
9. Arseniy Lavrentyev, Portugal (1:46:20.9)
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Continental qualifiers:
-Asia: Yuri Kudinov, Kazakhstan (10th, 1:46:22.8)
-Americas: Erwin Maldonado, Venezuela (11th, 1:46:29.2)
-Europe: Csaba Gercsak, Hungary (14th, 1:46:30.7)
-Oceania:* Kane Radford, New Zealand (27th, 1:47:02.7)
-Africa: Mazen Aziz, Egypt (36th, 1:49:38.5)
These add to the host country spot allocation (Great Britain has yet to decide who it will send; FINA has allocated the spot to Daniel Fogg) and the top-10 finishers from the men's 10K at the 2011 World Championships:
-Sergey Bolshakov, Russia
-Vladimir Dyatchin, Russia
-Kiko Hervás, Spain
-Ky Hurst, Australia
-Thomas Lurz, Germany
-Alex Meyer, USA
-Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece
-Brian Ryckeman, Belgium
-Julien Sauvage, France
-Andreas Waschburger, Germany
*THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS IS FOUND IN JUNE 11 WSCA NEWS: New Zealand swimmers Cara Baker and Kane Radford may be blocked by New Zealand's qualifying criteria from accepting their allocated spots to the Olympics. This may mean that the next eligible female (Linsy Heister, Netherlands) and Guam's Benjamin Schulte may end up at the 2012 Olympics in their places (note: there was no other Oceania nation entered for females at the race; so the continental allocation there presumably will go back to the general pool). The New Zealand Olympic standards required that their swimmers finish within the top-9 of the race in order to qualify to go to the Games.
http://www.swimmingnz.org.nz/uploads/files/2012_Olympics_Open_Water_10k_Selection_document.pdf
This strictness follows what happened in the pool for New Zealand, as reports indicate that Sophie Batchelor, whose 58.71 in the 100 fly set a New Zealand Record, but missed the Olympic "A" standard of 58.70 and
consequently she will not be at the 2012 Olympics, even if she gets picked-up in the “B” standards qualifying by FINA/the Olympics.
This strictness follows what happened in the pool for New Zealand, as reports indicate that Sophie Batchelor, whose 58.71 in the 100 fly set a New Zealand Record, but missed the Olympic "A" standard of 58.70 and
consequently she will not be at the 2012 Olympics, even if she gets picked-up in the “B” standards qualifying by FINA/the Olympics.
