Daniel Wiffen has completed the marathon 10km swim in the River Seine this morning, finishing in 18th place, six minutes and 27.4 seconds after the overall leader.
The Olympic 800m freestyle champion and 1,500m freestyle bronze medallist is Ireland’s first ever competitor in marathon swimming at an Olympic Games.
Wiffen, who had never competed in an international open water race, took to the water at 6.30am Irish time on Friday morning.
Kristof Rasovszky from Hungary won gold in the race. The 10km route was on a 1.67km loop (six loops) in the River Seine, the original venue for the swimming competition at the Games in 1924, between the Pont Alexandre III (where the boats started out for opening ceremony), and the Pont de l’Alma.
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