Angela Maurer earns top place in Women’s overall ranking: 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup – Part 4
Angela Maurer, the gold medallist of Setubal swim, decided to take rest in the fourth stop of the 2011 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup on July 24, in Lac St-Jean, Canada.
She was already exhausted after competing in three consecutive stop of the World Series, thus she preferred to take rest in the fourth and fifth legs of the championship.
The fourth leg of the Women’s Marathon series was very surprising as only three swimmers took part in the meet. Nadine Reichert of Germany secured gold medal of the event, as she passed through the finishing line with a timing of 2 hours, 10 minutes and
45.47 seconds. She remained nearly eight minutes ahead of Joanie Guillemette-Simard of Canada, who was awarded silver medal for posting a time of 2 hours, 18 minutes and 28.22 seconds.
Guillemette-Simard’s team-member, Caitlin Nolan captured bronze medal of the discipline by reporting a time of 2 hours, 25 minutes and 40.59 seconds.
Subsequently, the fifth stop of the series was organised on August 13 at Lac Megantic, Canada. The event was successful in attracting eight participants among those were seven Canadian swimmers and one was the American swimmer.
Guillemette-Simard, the silver medallist of Lac St-Jean, geared up her swim in Lac Megantic and seized gold medal of the event in 2 hours, 30 minutes and 51 seconds. Her team-member, Jade Dusablon claimed silver medal of the event as she posted 2 hours,
30 minutes and 52 seconds. Heidi George of USA remained six seconds slower than her former finisher and clocked a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes and 58 seconds.
The Canadian legs of the series witnessed participations of few participants only and thus were not much of an excitement for viewers. Therefore, everyone shifted their focus towards the sixth stage of the series in Shantou. China on September 25.
Maurer was going to take part in the event along with USA’s Emily Ann Brunemann and her team-mate, Reichert. Brunemann and Maurer dominated their way towards the finishing line all the way through 10km swim.
The two of them engaged each other in a neck-to-neck race whereas Brunemann gained a body length lead from Maurer in the final kilometres of the race. The American sustained her pace and crossed the finishing line with an astounding time of 2 hours, 04 minutes
and 52.41 seconds.
Maurer remained 2.31 seconds slower than Brunemann and clinched the silver medal by producing an effort of 2 hours, 04 minutes and 54.72 seconds. Third position of the event was accomplished by Maurer’s team-mate, Reichert, who concluded her 10km race in
a time of 2 hours, 04 minutes and 55.78 seconds.
After obtaining silver medal of the Shantou swim, Maurer escalated to the top of points table. Her efforts in the 10km swim were highly recognized by the audience, who were eager to see Maurer shine in the open water event. Her splendid effort in the Shantou
leg pleased her fans and she expressed her desire of securing a podium finish in the next race of series.
Furthermore, after the conclusion of the session, everyone shifted their focus towards the concluding stage of the 2011 World Cup in Hong Kong.
Continued in Part 5
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