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1. VAN DER WEIJDEN Maarten NED 1:51:51.62. DAVIES David GBR 1:51:53.13. LURZ Thomas GER 1:51:53.64. CLERI Valerio ITA 1:52:07.55. DRATTSEV Evgeny RUS 1:52:08.96. STOYCHEV Petar BUL 1:52:09.17. RYCKEMAN Brian BEL 1:52:10.78. WARKENTIN Mark USA 1:52:13.09. HO Chad RSA 1:52:13.110. MALDONADO SAVERA

Erwin Leon VEN 1:52:13.611. HURST Ky AUS 1:52:13.712. CHERVYNSKIY Igor UKR 1:52:14.713. HERVAS Francisco Jose ESP 1:52:16.514. CARMO Allan BRA 1:52:16.615. RONDY Gilles FRA 1:52:16:716. GIANNIOTIS Spyridon GRE 1:52:20.417. VITEK Rostislav CZE 1:52:41.818. ESCOBAR Luis MEX 1:53:47.919. MOHAMMAD Saleh SYR 1:54:37.720. MONIR Mohamed EGY 1:55:17.021. BLAUM Damian ARG 1:55:48.622. LAVRENTYEV Arsenly POR 2:03:39.623. XIN Tong CHN 2:09:13.4

GERCSAK Csaba HUN DNFDYATCHIN Vladimir RUS DSQ

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A lot to thank for – Dutchman Maarten van der Weijden recovered from

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1. ILCHENKO Larisa RUS 1:59:27.72. PAYNE Keri-Anne GBR 1:59:29.23. PATTEN Cassandra GBR 1:59:31.04. MAURER Angela GER 1:59:31.95. CUNHA Ana BRA 1:59:36.86. OBERSON Swann SUI 1:59:36.97. OKIMOTO Poliana BRA 1:59:37.48. PECHANOVA Jana CZE 1:59:39.79. PINTO PEREZ

Andreina del Valle VEN 1:59:40.010. GRIMALDI Martina ITA 1:59:40.711. LYMPERTA Marianna GRE 1:59:42.312. ZUPAN Teja SLO 1:59:43.713. REQUENA Yurema ESP 1:59:46.9

14. VAN DIJK Edith NED 2:00:02.815. GORMAN Melissa AUS 2:00:33.616. DU TOIT Natalie RSA 2:00:49.917. INACIO Daniela POR 2:00:59.018. BERGLUND Eva SWE 2:01:05.019. FANG Yanqiao CHN 2:01:07.919. MARTINEZ Imelda MEX 2:01:07.920. MULLER Aurelle FRA 2:02:04.121. SUTTON Chole USA 2:02:13.622. SAMORODINA Natalya UKR 2:10:41.623. BOGARIN Antonella ARG 2:11:35.9

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Ahead of everybody – Larisa Ilchenko extended her

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5km

1. LURZ Thomas GER 54:57.32. DYATCHIN Vladimir RUS 54:58.83. VAN DER WEIJDEN Maarten NED 54:59.84. LA TOURETTE Chad USA 55:04.55. HEIN Christian GER 55:04.66. HERVAS Jose Francisco ESP 55:05.47. NOGUEIRA Diego ESP 55:06.48. DRATTSEV Evgeny RUS 55:07.09. SCHELVIS Alex NED 55:07.410. BALLEM Jarrod CAN 55:11.411. BOLZONELLO Nicola ITA 55:17.512. SANTACATERINA Josh AUS 55:19.013. RIGHI Andrea ITA 55:20.214. FICHTL Jakub CZE 55:20.715. KINDERWATER Josef USA 55:21.016. BEATO Andrew AUS 55:24.417. BRANDA Loic FRA 55:25.818. LIMA Luiz Eduardo BRA 55:27.319. DUBREUIL Philippe CAN 55:32.120. FOGG Daniel GBR 55:36.321. GERCSAK Csaba HUN 55:50.322. UKRADYGA Konstyantyn UKR 58:00.723. OJSTERSEK Aljaz SLO 58:08.724. FAURE James RSA 58:20.125. VIEGAS Daniel POR 58:38.726. LIMA Fabio Alves BRA 58:41.827. HERNANDEZ Yvan VEN 58:46.228. CLEMENT Martin Andres ARG 58:48.829. POSMOURNY Jan CZE 58:50.230. SEGOVIA Johndry VEN 1:01:03.431. HU Di CHN 1:01:03.632. BAYO Christian PUR 1:01:21.6XU Wenchao CHN DSQAZIZ Mazen EGY DNSSPYRIDON Gianniotis GRE DNSHO Chad RSA DNSRONDY Gilles FRA DNSMETWALY MEZ Mohamed ElZanaty EGY DNS

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1. DYATCHIN Vladimir RUS 1:53:21.02. DAVIES David GBR 1:53:21.33. LURZ Thomas GER 1:53:27.24. VAN DER WEIJDEN Maarten NED 1:53:36.35. DRATTSEV Evgeny RUS 1:53:37.65. HURST Ky AUS 1:53:37.67. WARKENTIN Mark USA 1:53:37.88. CLERI Valerio ITA 1:53:38.89. SPYRIDON Gianniotis GRE 1:53:39.110. RYCKEMAN Brian BEL 1:53:39.411. RONDY Gilles FRA 1:53:39.412. NOGUEIRA Diego ESP 1:53:41.113. PETERSON Charles USA 1:53:41.614. ESCOBAR Luis MEX 1:54:32.015. LOPEZ Ivan MEX 1:54:32.216. BLAUM Damian ARG 1:54:34.317. FICHTL Jakub CZE 1:54:35.118. STOYCHEV Petar BUL 1:54:35.719. METWALY MEZ Mohamed ElZanaty EGY 1:54:36.420. HEIN Christian GER 1:54:36.921. BIRCHER Alan GBR 1:54:44.222. VITEK Rostislav CZE 1:54:44.723. MOHAMMAD Saleh SYR 1:54:45.524. MALDONADO Erwin VEN 1:54:45.825. SALAS Rolando VEN 1:54:46.026. DMITRIEV Michael ISR 1:54:48.4

27. AZIZ Mazen EGY 1:54:57.428. DUBREUIL Philippe CAN 1:54:59.429. GERCSAK Csaba HUN 1:54:59.730. BALLEM Jarrod CAN 1:55:04.431. CHERVYNSKIY Igor UKR 1:55:13.432. ZU Li Jun CHN 1:55:22.433. ERCOLI Simone ITA 1:55:37.334. VENTURI Bertrand FRA 1:56:37.635. HO Chad RSA 1:56:50.136. DO CARMO Allan BRA 1:56:53.237. SCHELVIS Alex NED 1:57:08.838. SNITKO Igor UKR 1:57:42.839. PENAILILLO Roberto André CHI 1:58:16.940. LI Yinhan CHN 1:58:30.641. KATZIR Daniel ISR 1:59:04.542. KOPTUR Dzmitry BLR 1:59:10.743. CLEMENT Martin Andres ARG 1:59:15.244. SOARES Marcelo Romanelli BRA 1:59:45.145. OJSTERSEK Aljaz SLO 2:04:38.146. POP ACEV Evgenij MKD 2:08:01.747. IVANCHEV Tihomir BUL 2:09:49.148. LING Tin Tu HKG 2:10:22.2SOLDO Tomislav CRO DNFSHKH BAKRI Fouad SYR DNFVIEGAS Daniel POR DNFBAYO Christian PUR DNFHACKETT Grant AUS DSQHERVAS Jose Francisco ESP DSQCHO Sung Mo KOR DNS

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As easy as ABC – Thomas Lurz won the 5km event

Was it 10km? – in the finish only 3 tenths of a second separatedVladimir Dyatchnin and David Davies

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1. VAN DER WEIJDEN Maarten NED 5:04:01.12. WARKENTIN Mark USA 5:04:01.63. KOUDINOV Yuriy RUS 5:04:02.44. STOYCHEV Petar BUL 5:04:08.05. ABOU EL MAATY MEZ

Mohamed ElZanaty EGY 5:04:21.26. FORMENTINI Marco ITA 5:04:25.37. AZIZ Mazen EGY 5:05:08.78. CAPELL Brendan AUS 5:06:40.89. KATZIR Daniel ISR 5:06:45.210. VITEK Rostislav CZE 5:07:02.611. SANTACATERINA Josh AUS 5:09:09.712. SOLOVYEV Dmitry RUS 5:09:32.313. VOLPINI Andrea ITA 5:09:58.514. GOMEZ Stephane FRA 5:17:39.215. KENNY John USA 5:20:22.316. TOBIN Simon CAN 5:22:58.417. POSMOURNY Jan CZE 5:39:22.718. SHKH BAKRI Fouad SYR 5:57:46.8BASTIANI Leonardo Exequiel ARG DNFGERCSAK Csaba HUN DNFMOHAMMAD Saleh SYR DNFRONDY Gilles FRA DNFIVANCHEV Tihomir BUL DNF

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The end of the beginning – Maarten van der Weijden’s first gold medal of 2008

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1. ILCHENKO Larisa RUS 1:00:04.62. SELIVERSTOVA Ekaterina RUS 1:00:07.83. SUTTON Chloe USA 1:00:09.94. PECHANOVA Jana CZE 1:00:16.54. ZHENG Jing CHN 1:00:16.56. ZUPAN Teja SLO 1:00:18.17. KAMRAU-CORESTEIN Britta GER 1:00:19.28. BROOKES-PETERSON Kate AUS 1:00:19.79. DIETRICH Cathy FRA 1:00:20.610. LOPEZ Xenia ESP 1:00:20.611. LI Hong CHN 1:00:22.712. BERGLUND Eva SWE 1:00:26.113. OBERSON Swann SUI 1:00:26.414. BRUNI Rachele ITA 1:00:27.215. BENEYTO Carolina ESP 1:00:27.716. DU TOIT Natalie RSA 1:00:29.217. BAGLEY Alexandra AUS 1:00:29.418. VAN DIJK Edith NED 1:00:31.719. MALDONADO Patricia VEN 1:00:34.920. STUTZEL Karley CAN 1:00:49.521. WOOLLISCROFT Charlotte GBR 1:01:27.722. JENNINGS Christine USA 1:01:37.123. KOZAMERNIK Nika SLO 1:01:37.724. MAURER Angela GER 1:01:38.025. CONSIGLIO Giorgia ITA 1:01:38.126. CRUZ Maria Da Penha BRA 1:01:41.127. BALAZS Zsofia CAN 1:01:41.328. PINTO Yanel VEN 1:01:41.329. INACIO Daniela POR 1:01:41.430. WAAIJER Maaike NED 1:02:19.931. PATTEN Cassandra GBR 1:02:34.232. CADOUR Marilyn FRA 1:02:35.433. SMYTH Louise RSA 1:02:38.034. BOGARIN Antonella ARG 1:02:43.035. POP Darija MNE 1:06:02.336. BUKSZOWANA Malwina POL 1:06:04.537. ENGEL Pamela BRA 1:06:04.938. RIOS Militza PUR 1:13:16.5LYMPERTA Marianna GRE DNS

10km

1. ILCHENKO Larisa RUS 2:02:02.72. PATTEN Cassandra GBR 2:02:05.83. REQUENA Yurema ESP 2:02:07.24. DU TOIT Natalie RSA 2:02:07.85. PECHANOVA Jana CZE 2:02:12.66. OKIMOTO Poliana BRA 2:02:13.57. MAURER Angela GER 2:02:13.68. PAYNE KeriAnne GBR 2:02:14.19. MULLER Aurelie FRA 2:02:14.210. CUNHA Ana Marcela BRA 2:02:16.311. VAN DIJK Edith NED 2:02:18.612. FANG Yanqiao CHN 2:02:23.313. ZUPAN Teja SLO 2:02:26.114. FRANCO Alice ITA 2:02:27.815. LYMPERTA Marianna GRE 2:02:28.016. DOMINGUEZ Margarita ESP 2:02:36.617. PINTO Andreina VEN 2:02:39.818. POPOVA Ksenia RUS 2:02:51.319. KOVACS Rita HUN 2:02:54.820. HAJNAL Erika HUN 2:02:55.121. GROOME Kirsten USA 2:02:57.322. MARTINEZ Imelda MEX 2:03:11.523. HEISTER Linsy NED 2:03:13.224. GONZALEZ Alejandra MEX 2:03:17.925. GORMAN Melissa AUS 2:03:18.4

26. GRIMALDI Martina ITA 2:03:23.727. BERESNEVA Olga ISR 2:03:30.128. BERGLUND Eva SWE 2:04:10.229. PINTO Yanel VEN 2:04:30.130. SAMORODINA Nataliya UKR 2:04:37.531. BURDEN Micha USA 2:04:39.432. STUTZEL Karley CAN 2:04:41.933. KÖBRICH Kristel CHI 2:04:43.434. JANSE VAN RENSBURG

Velia RSA 2:04:44.735. LI Xue CHN 2:04:59.736. DIETRICH Cathy FRA 2:04:59.837. KOZAMERNIK Nika SLO 2:05:01.438. SITIC Karla CRO 2:05:15.839. KAMRAUCORESTEIN Britta GER 2:05:27.840.GEIJO Pilar ARG 2:06:07.141. BOGARIN Antonella ARG 2:06:17.942. BALAZS Zsofia CAN 2:08:02.843. FLETCHER Brooke AUS 2:10:24.644. TANG WING YUNG Natasha HKG 14:24.345. INACIO Daniela POR 2:16:47.846. RANGELOVA Nina BUL 2:17:02.247. POP Darija MNE 2:17:29.648. TOSCANO Cindy Carolina GUA 2:23:06.749. KOTSUR Inha BLR 2:23:26.150. RIOS Militza PUR 2:30:04.138. OBERSON Swann SUI DNF

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Russians all the way – Ekaterina Seliverstova and Larisa Ilchenko

after the 5km event

Getting ready – Larisa Ilchenko refreshes herself before the 10km racePhoto: REUTERS

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10. MARTINEZ Elena ESP 5:37:51.511. BRAUN Annegret GER 5:39:02.712. FREDIANI Camilla ITA 5:39:09.513. BURDEN Micha USA 5:48:15.514.ROSE Erica USA 5:49:14.315. KRIENKE Christina GER 5:51:19.816. PERREAULT Patricia CAN 5:55:32.0

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1. POPOVA Ksenia RUS 5:27:48.22. VAN DIJK Edith NED 5:27:50.33. PANKINA Natalya RUS 5:27:53.94. HEISTER Linsy NED 5:28:08.85. BROOKES-PETERSON Kate AUS 5:28:09.96. ADOUR Marilyn FRA 5:28:12.17. CLARK Shelley AUS 5:28:22.78. LA PIANA Laura ITA 5:29:05.29. NUNEZ Esther ESP 5:35:57.5

Walking out – Ksenia Popova made

a clean sweep for Russia

Two Russians and two Dutch – Edith van Dijk brought her daughter to the victory ceremony

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1. GIANNIOTIS Spyridon GRE 52:57.22. WOLFGARTEN Jan GER 53:55.73. LURZ Thomas GER 54:04.34. SEREBRENNIKOV Daniil RUS 54:10.45. FRANZ Toni GER 54:11.96. DRATTSEV Evgeny RUS 54:19.07. ERCOLI Simone ITA 54:30.28. HERVAS F. Jose ESP 54:30.79. FERRETTI Luca ITA 54:31.710. FRAYSSE Sebastien FRA 54:37.311. SCHELVIS Alex NED 54:54.812. NOGUEIRA Diego ESP 55:09.913. BRANDA Loic FRA 55:13.214. SNITKO Igor UKR 55:16.615. SAUVAGE Julien FRA 56:28.716. BOYKOV Vasily RUS 56:32.517. KERIN Rok SLO 57:00.6 18. POSMOURNY Jan CZE 57:24.319. FICHTL Jakub CZE 58:01.720. BAILLOD Julien SUI 58:13.621. HEARD Samuel GBR 58:48.222. WATERHOUSE Stephen GBR 58:51.323. MELICHAREK Thomas CZE 1:00:14.624. MARSANIC Erazmo CRO 1:00:38.325. VIDOCZY Zalan HUN 1:00:43.126. RADCLIFFE James GBR 1:01:40.927. POP ACEV Evgenij MKD 1:02:18.328. SASVARI Balazs HUN 1:02:49.529. CIZMAR Ivan CRO 1:07:03.430. ZIVANOVIC Bojan SRB 1:07:59.2LALIC Aleksandar BIH OTL

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A perfect scene – Luca Ferretti stands at the bay of Dubrovnik Photo: GIORGIO SCALA

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1. LURZ Thomas GER 1:52:48.92. DRATTSEV Evgeny RUS 1:52:50.63. FRANZ Toni GER 1:52:53.04. SEREBRENNIKOV Daniil RUS 1:52:53.35. DMITRIEV Michael ISR 1:52:53.56. GIANNIOTIS Spyridon GRE 1:52:53.77. CLERI Valerio ITA 1:52:59.18. HERVAS F. Jose ESP 1:53:00.39. KUDINOV Jury RUS 1:53:08.9 10. NOGUEIRA Diego ESP 1:53:16.911. VOLPINI Andrea ITA 1:53:22.112. FICHTL Jakub CZE 1:53:23.713. UKRADYGA Kostyantyn UKR 1:53:23.814. VENTURI Bertrand FRA 1:53:23.915. SAUVAGE Julien FRA 1:53:31.016. BRANDA Loic FRA 1:53:31.917. ERCOLI Simone ITA 1:53:49.7

25km

1. CLERI Valerio ITA 4:29:00.02. HEDEL Joanes FRA 4:32:40.93. SOLOVYEV Dmitry RUS 4:34:02.44. NOGUEIRA Diego ESP 4:34:58.25. HERVAS F. Jose ESP 4:36:20.96. STOYCHEV Petar BUL 4:36:50.47. VENTURI Bertrand FRA 4:39:17.18. KUDINOV Jury RUS 4:41:37.39. VITEK Rostislav CZE 4:42:27.210. FORMENTINI Marco ITA 4:42:58.011. GOMEZ Stephane FRA 4:43:20.512. LAVRENTYEV Arseniy POR 4:44:38.113. BONDANINI Andrea ITA 4:44:39.614. REIJNEN Sebastiaan NED 4:47:26.415. SMOLKA Libor CZE 4:48:25.816. CHERVNYSKII Igor UKR 4:49:26.7

18. SCHELVIS Alex NED 1:54:02.219. SMOLKA Libor CZE 1:54:15.920. LAVRENTYEV Arseniy POR 1:54:37.821. CHERVNYSKII Igor UKR 1:55:45.722. STOYCHEV Petar BUL 1:58:14.623. JUKIC Dinko AUT 2:00:32.624. POSMOURNY Jan CZE 2:00:34.225. BROWN Alistair GBR 2:00:47.326. BAILLOD Julien SUI 2:02:39.327. FORREST Jamie GBR 2:02:46.528. FOKAIDIS Antonios GRE 2:03:41.829. WATERHOUSE Stephen GBR 2:06:04.430. VIEGAS Daniel POR 2:08:57.031. PTAK Oliver HUN 2:08:59.132. SOLDO Josip CRO 2:12:03.533. POP ACEV Evgenij MKD 2:12:56.934. SOLDO Tomislav CRO 2:15:10.635. PERLAKY Laszlo HUN 2:15:33.8ZIVANOVIC Bojan SRB OTL

Thomas Lurz, winner of the 10km

The medallists of the25km event

HEDEL Joanes, CLERI Valerio,

SOLOVYEV Dmitry

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1. BRUNI Rachele ITA 58:50.72. KAMRAU-CORESTEIN Britta GER 59:16.13. FRANCO Alice ITA 59:39.04. VAN DIJK Edith NED 1:00:07.95. PASTOR Nadine GER 1:00:11.56. SELIVERSTOVA Ekaterina RUS 1:00:12.27. ZUPAN Teja SLO 1:00:43.38. RUND Cathleen GER 1:01:21.49. PECHANOVA Jana CZE 1:01:33.310. MATTHEY Iris SUI 1:01:43.611. WOOLLISCROFT Charlotte GBR 1:02:14.812. BULAKHOVA Maria RUS 1:02:31.013. LOPEZ Xenia ESP 1:02:46.214. DIETRICH Cathy FRA 1:03:21.215. BARROT Celia FRA 1:03:52.516. BENEYTO Carolina ESP 1:03:54.117. VITALE Federica ITA 1:04:08.218. SAMORODINA Natalia UKR 1:04:25.319. POP Darija MNE 1:04:52.420. PROHASZKA Agnes HUN 1:05:06.321. HESELTINE Aynsley GBR 1:05:28.922. MCCALL Alice GBR 1:05:51.023. KOZAMERNIK Nika SLO 1:05:57.324. CSAJAGI Timea HUN 1:06:21.425. TRISIC Anja CRO 1:06:54.026. KOCZ Eniko HUN 1:10:49.527. STEPANOV Sara SRB 1:13:59.228. DEDAJIC Jelena MNE 1:14:29.5

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Spectators, under water…

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1. ILCHENKO Larisa RUS 2:00:30.92. GRIMALDI Martina ITA 2:00:31.43. FRANCO Alice ITA 2:00:32.24. VAN DIJK Edith NED 2:00:34.05. HEISTER Linsy NED 2:00:36.06. PASTOR Nadine GER 2:00:36.17. DOMINGUEZ Margarita ESP 2:00:38.78. SELIVERSTOVA Ekaterina RUS 2:00:39.99. LOPEZ Xenia ESP 2:00:40.110. ZUPAN Teja SLO 2:00:40.211. BERBASOVA Alona UKR 2:00:40.912. POPOVA Kseniya RUS 2:00:42.013. INACIO Daniela POR 2:00:42.914. KAMRAU-CORESTEIN Britta GER 2:01:15.215. CONSIGLIO Giorgia ITA 2:01:17.816. LYMPERTA Marianna GRE 2:01:20.317. PECHANOVA Jana CZE 2:04:30.218. KOVACS Rita HUN 2:04:42.219. WAAIJER Maaike NED 2:06:06.120. SITIC Karla CRO 2:06:53.521. BARROT Celia FRA 2:07:01.422. RUND Cathleen GER 2:08:20.423. DIETRICH Cathy FRA 2:08:37.6 24. PATTEN Cassandra GBR 2:10:43.9 25. WOOLLISCROFT Charlotte GBR 2:10:45.6 26. RECIO Marta ESP 2:10:49.9 27. HAJNAL Erika HUN 2:14:51.428. MCCALL Alice GBR 2:15:44.9POP Darija MNE DNFMATTHEY Iris SUI DNFSTEPANOV Sara SRB DNFKOZAMERNIK Nika SLO DNS

25km

1. DOMINGUEZ Margarita ESP 5:38:35.32. KAMRAU-CORESTEIN Britta GER 5:39:00.23. UVAROVA Anna RUS 5:39:06.64. GRIMALDI Martina ITA 5:39:18.05. VAN DIJK Edith NED 5:39:18.06. FREDIANI Camilla ITA 5:40:09.76. PANKINA Natalya RUS 5:40:09.78. HEISTER Linsy NED 5:40:16.69. POPOVA Kseniya RUS 5:42:07.310. NUNEZ Esther ESP 5:44:23.211. RUND Cathleen GER 5:45:53.4POP Darija MNE DNFHAJNAL Erika HUN DNFMARTINEZ Elena ESP DNFLA PIANA Laura ITA DNFKALICANIN Tijana SRB DNF

Pushing to the limit – Martina Grimaldi tried the impossible:

to catch Larisa Ilchenko

Photo: GIORGIO SCALA

Smiling after 5 and a half hours – the medallists of the 25km event: Kamrau-Corestein, Dominguez, Uvarova

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1. Italy 56:17.5VOLPINI Andrea 56:12.8BRUNI Rachele 56:14.1FERRETTI Luca 56:17.5

2. Russia 57:03.6SEREBRENNIKOV Daniil 57:02.7DRATTSEV Evgeny 57:03.5SELIVERSTOVA Ekaterina 57:03.6

3. Germany 57:30.0WOLFGARTEN Jan 57:27.6KAMRAU-CORESTEIN Britta 57:30.0LURZ Thomas 57:30.0

4. Greece 58:08.1FOKAIDIS Antonios 58:06.1GIANNIOTIS Spyridon 58:06.7LYMPERTA Marianna 58:08.1

5. Netherlands 58:38.5SCHELVIS Alex 58:34.9VAN DIJK Edith 58:37.1REIJNEN Sebastiaan 58:38.5

6. Portugal 58:42.5LAVRENTYEV Arseniy 58:37.5INACIO Daniela 58:40.6VIEGAS Daniel 58:42.5

7. Czech Republic 59:22.2FICHTL Jakub 59:19.7VITEK Rostislav 59:20.4PECHANOVA Jana 59:22.2

8. Spain 1:00:04.6HERVAS F. Jose 1:00:01.1NOGUEIRA Diego 1:00:01.5LOPEZ Xenia 1:00:04.6

9. Hungary 1:00:33.2GERCSAK Csaba 1:00:21.7PTAK Oliver 1:00:27.6KOVACS Rita 1:00:33.2

10. Switzerland 1:00:36.5BAILLOD Julien 1:00:31.4MATTHEY Iris 1:00:35.5OBERSON Swann 1:00:36.5

11. Ukraine 1:01:04.0UKRADYGA Kostyantyn 1:01:03.6SNITKO Igor 1:01:04.0BERBASOVA Alona 1:01:04.0

12. France 1:01:41.0BRANDA Loic 1:01:40.6DIETRICH Cathy 1:01:40.7FRAYSSE Sebastien 1:01:41.0

13. Croatia 1:03:23.3SOLDO Josip 1:02:31.0SITIC Karla 1:02:38.9SOLDO Tomislav 1:03:23.3

14. Great Britain 1:03:35.8BROWN Alistair 1:03:33.5FORREST Jamie 1:03:35.2HESELTINE Aynsley 1:03:35.8

The first triumviratus – Ferretti, Bruni and Volpi, the winning members of the first team competition

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11 CChhrriissttiiaann RReeiicchheerrtt GGEERR 1111 2200 1177 2200 557722 SSeebbaassttiieenn FFrraayyssssee FFRRAA 1133 1155 1177 445533 JJuulliieenn CCooddeevveellllee FFRRAA 1177 1133 1155 445544 VViinncceenntt KKiirrsstteenn GGEERR 44 1177 1111 1122 440055 MMaannuueell SScchhwwaarrttzz GGEERR 11 1122 88 1133 333366 JJuulliieenn BBaaiilllloodd SSUUII 77 66 1144 22777 Bertrand Venturi FRA 11 14 25

Diego Nogueira ESP 10 15 259 Valerio Cleri ITA 20 20

Thomas Lurz GER 20 20Toni Frantz GER 20 20

12 Daniel Fogg GBR 17 1713 Nicola Bolzonello ITA 15 DNF 15

Vincent Peroni FRA 15 DNF 1515 Dmitriev Michael ISR 14 14

Loic Branda FRA 14 14Hendrick Muffels GER 14 14Michael Dubief FRA 7 7 14Alistair Brown GBR 5 9 14

20 Maarten Van der Weijden NED 13 13Jose Hervas ESP 13 13

22 Alex Schelvis NED 12 12Jan Wolfgarten GER 12 12Luca Ferretti ITA 12 12Stephen Waterhouse GBR 2 10 12

26 Bertug Coskun TUR 11 1127 Berkay Polat TUR 10 10

Andrea Bondanini ITA 10 1029 Efe Erduran TUR 9 9

Andrea Volpini ITA 9 9Julien Sauvage FRA 9 9Thibaut Le Dallour FRA 1 8 9

R Name Fede- Piombino Marmaris Sete Navia Porec TOTALration (ITA) (TUR) (FRA) (ESP) (CRO)

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33 Dursun Saru TUR 8 8Jan Posmourny CZE 8 8

35 Libor Smolka CZE 6 6Ivan Brion ESP 6 6Tomas Melicharek CZE 1 5 6

38 Sergio Arteaga ESP DNF 5 539 Sergio Gomez ESP 4 4

Anze Cuden SLO 4 441 Brian Ryckeman BEL 3 342 Allen Lindberg GBR 1 1

Rodolfo Valenti ITA 1 1Jeffrey Hill GBR 1 1

45 Simone Ercoli ITA DNF 0Tjas Stihovic SLO DNF 0Gareth Keating GBR DNF 0Branko Milosevic SUI DNF 0Michal Spurny CZE DNF 0Mathieu Wanner SUI DNF 0

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Photo: REUTERS

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11 NNaaddiinnee PPaassttoorr GGEERR 1144 2200 1155 2200 555522 CCaatthhlleeeenn RRuunndd GGEERR 1133 1177 55 1177 447733 AAnnttjjee MMaahhnn GGEERR 55 1155 DDSSQQ 1144 334444 IIrriiss MMaatttthheeyy SSUUII 88 88 1155 33115 Alice Franco ITA 20 20 406 Cathy Dietrich FRA 12 20 327 Martina Grimaldi ITA 15 15 30

Margarita Dominguez ESP 13 17 309 Carolina Beneyto ESP 7 11 18

Marta Recio ESP 6 12 1811 Edith van Dijk NED 17 17

Yurema Requena ESP 17 1713 Melanie Ebert GER 2 14 1614 Esther Nunez ESP 14 14

Angela Maurer GER 14 14Alice McCall GBR 4 10 14Charlotte Wooliscroft GBR 1 13 14

18 Isabel Donath GER 13 1319 Ezgi Inkaya TUR 12 12

Laura La Piana ITA 12 12Sonia Ruiz ESP 4 8 12

22 Beril Polat TUR 11 11Alessandra Romiti ITA 11 11Federica Vitale ITA 11 11

25 Carolina Bianchetto ITA 10 10Swann Oberson SUI DNF 10 10Aynsley Heseltyne GBR 3 7 10

28 Eva Crestacci ITA 9 9Maja Cesar SLO 9 9Elena Martinez ESP DNF 9 9

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31 Andreana Cimmarusti ITA 7 732 Camilla Frediani ITA 6 633 Andrea Bachli SUI DNF 3 334 Katerina Cernikova CZE 1 135 Marya Bliznyuk ISR DNF 0

Xenia Lopez ESP DNF DNF 0Teja Zupan SLO DNS 0

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1. KIENHUIS Job NED 1.00.28,012. ABROSIMOV Kirill RUS 1.00.30,223. BRUNI Gherardo ITA 1.00.37,654. FOKAIDIS Antonios GRE 1.00.40,005. BOYKOV Vasily RUS 1.00.40,346. CUIGNET Charlie FRA 1.00.41,977. RUFFINI Simone ITA 1.00.42,668. BEI Adriano ITA 1.00.45,239. MELICHAREK Tomás CZE 1.00.53,9610. MAISONNEUVE Marvin FRA 1.00.54,29

11. GEISSLER Rene GER 1.01.05,2212. MUFFELS Till-Hendrik GER 1.01.09,4313. BACKHAUS Robin GER 1.01.11,8414. ZUEV Alexander RUS 1.01.23,1315. DUBIEF Michael FRA 1.01.23,7616. BROWN Alistair GBR 1.02.35,9217. BRION Iván ESP 1.02.39,9418. WATERHOUSE Stephen GBR 1.02.43,1619. GOMEZ Sergio ESP 1.02.43,2620. DEN BOER Robin NED 1.03.04,5521. BIANCHI Eugenio SUI 1.03.11,4822. SOLDO Tomislav CRO 1.03.17,8423. PTAK Oliver HUN 1.03.18,5824. LINDENBERG Allan GBR 1.03.19,8025. VERREUSSEL Davy NED 1.03.20,3426. ARTEAGA Sergio ESP 1.03.20,7027. GASPAR Vasco POR 1.03.22,3928. ROTHENBERGER Martin SUI 1.03.23,5529. VARRO Gergo HUN 1.03.29,5030. CUDEN Anze SLO 1.04.06,2831. MORAIS Saul POR 1.05.30,1032. STIHOVIC Tjas SLO 1.05.30,37

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1. MULLER Aurélie FRA 1.04.39,002. ZUPAN Teja SLO 1.04.57,783. BRUNI Rachele ITA 1.04.58,644. CESAR Maja SLO 1.05.32,815. DONATH Isabell GER 1.05.33,926. BIANCHETTO Carolina ITA 1.05.34,707. WAAJIER Maaike NED 1.05.35,518. CONSIGLIO Giorgia ITA 1.05.35,839. PETRENKO Sofia RUS 1.05.38,1310. SANTAMARIA Eider ESP 1.05.41,5311. RECIO Marta ESP 1.05.45,2612. GORSHOKOVA Elizaveta RUS 1.05.47,5213. BARROT Celia FRA 1.05.51,5414. RUIZ Sonia ESP 1.05.51,9215. McCALL Alice GBR 1.05.53,2116. WOOLISCROFT Charlotte GBR 1.05.54,0617. LAMMENS Manon BEL 1.06.39,9518. WESSLER Julie-Ann GER 1.07.37,5019. TRAXEL Annika GER 1.07.42,7620. KOCZ Eniko HUN 1.08.44,7221. CHIBOUST Christel FRA 1.08.45,5422. HESELTINE Aynsley GBR 1.09.04,7223. KÜNG Rahel SUI 1.09.06,2224. FARKASOVA Alexandra SVK 1.09.11,65

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Team Trial – 3x3km 1. SPAIN 0.36.20,802. GERMANY 0.36.30,203. ITALY 0.36.32,354. GREAT BRITAIN 0.36.34,485. NEDERLANDS 0.36.50,226. SWITZERLAND 0.37.56,967. FRANCE 0.37.56,968. RUSSIA 0.38.58,18

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