Van Rouwendaal wins Olympic 10k marathon swimming gold
PARIS: Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands made a late surge to win gold in the women's 10k marathon swimming at the Paris Olympics on Thursday (Aug 8). Van Rouwendaal won with a time of 2h 03m 34.2s, with Australian Moesha Johnson taking silver 5.5 seconds behind and Italy's Ginevra Taddeucci claiming bronze.


