Du Toit 4th in World Champs
2008-05-03 14:58
Seville - South Africa's Natalie du Toit has finished fourth in the Open Water World Swimming Championships in Seville on Saturday.
Russia's Larisa Ilchenko
retained her 10km crown when she beat Britain's Cassandra Patten
to take gold medal.
The 19-year-old, who is also the reigning 5km world
champion, clocked a time of two hours two minutes and 2.7
seconds, 3.1 second ahead of Patten and 4.5 seconds ahead of
Spain's Yurema Requena.
Du Toit finished in 2:02:07.8.
Results
1, Larisa Ilchenko, Russia, 2 hours, 2 minutes, 2.7 seconds. 2, Cassandra Patten, Britain, 2:02:05.8. 3, Yurema Requena, Spain, 2:02:07.2. 4, Natalie du Toit, South Africa, 2:02:07.8. 5, Jana Pechanova, Czech Republic, 2:02:12.6. 6, Poliana Okimoto, Brazil, 2:02:13.5. 7, Angela Maurer, Germany, 2:02:13.6. 8, Keri-Anne Payne, Britain, 2:02:14.1. 9, Aurelie Muller, France, 2:02:14.2. 10, Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil, 2:02:16.3.
- Reuters