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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 11. THE list of the 50 athletes (25 menand 25 women) competing at the marathon swimming 10km races at the2012 Olympic Games in London (GBR) has been established after thecompletion of the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier, organisedin the Setubal Bay in Portugal on June 9-10, 2012. The marathon swimming qualification for the 2012 Olympic Gamescomprised two steps: the automatic selection of the 10 first rankedswimmers at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai and the15 remaining spots being decided in the Setubal event. Under excellent conditions, 61 men and 40 women took the plunge inthe Portuguese waters and the Olympic dream became true for 30 ofthem. Among men, the winner of the race was Olympic championOussama Mellouli (TUN, 1h45m18s5), gold medallist of the 1500m freein the pool at the last Olympics in the "Water Cube". The men'spodium was completed by Richard Weinberger (CAN, 1h45m30s2) and byPetar Stoychev (BUL, 1h45m34s1). It will be the fourth Olympics forthe Bulgarian competitor, one of the best open water swimmers inhistory and flag bearer of his country at the Opening Ceremony ofthe 2008 Games in the Chinese capital. In the women's field, it was Haley Anderson (USA) who swam faster(1h44m30s6) in Setubal, getting the right to be present in herfirst Olympics and touching home ahead of Eva Risztov (HUN,1h44m32s0) and Anna Olasz (HUN, 1h44m36s8). As the qualificationwas done with a maximum quota of one athlete per country, Olaszcould not accomplish her Olympic qualification. In Portugal, the qualification was done taking the fastest 10swimmers in each race, plus considering then the fastest fivecompetitors on a continental basis. In the women's race, the hostplace for Great Britain had been awarded in Shanghai (Keri-AnnePayne had been world champion in the Chinese metropolis), while inthe men's event Daniel Fogg was faster than 2008 silver medallistDavid Davies in Set?bal. OLYMPIC MARATHON LONDON 2012 -- Qualified Athletes MEN Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE) - Shanghai Thomas Lurz (GER) - Shanghai Sergey Bolshakov (RUS) - Shanghai Alex Meyer (USA) - Shanghai Ky Hurst (AUS) - Shanghai Francisco Jose Hervas (ESP) - Shanghai Brian Ryckeman (BEL) -- Shanghai Julien Sauvage (FRA) -- Shanghai Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) -- Shanghai Andreas Waschburger (GER) - Shanghai Oussama Mellouli (TUN) - Setubal Richard Weinberger (CAN) - Setubal Petar Stoychev (BUL) - Setubal Valerio Cleri (ITA) - Setubal Troyden Prinsloo (RSA) - Setubal Yasunari Hirai (JPN) - Setubal Igor Chervynskiy (UKR) - Setubal Ivan Enderica Ocho (ECU) - Setubal Arseniy Lavrentyev (POR) - Setubal Yuri Kudinov (KAZ) - Setubal Erwin Maldonado (VEN) - Setubal Csaba Gercsak (HUN) - Setubal Kane Radford (NZL) - Setubal Mazen Aziz (EGY) - Setubal Daniell Fogg (GBR) - Setubal WOMEN Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) - Shanghai Martina Grimaldi (ITA) - Shanghai Marianna Lymperta (GRE) - Shanghai Melissa Gorman (AUS) - Shanghai Cecilia Biagioli (ITA) - Shanghai Poliana Okimoto (BRA) - Shanghai Jana Pechanova (CZE) -- Shanghai Angela Maurer (GER) -- Shanghai Swann Oberson (SUI) -- Shanghai Erika Villaecija (ESP) - Shanghai Haley Anderson (USA) - Setubal Eva Risztov (HUN) - Setubal Yanqiao Fang (CHN) - Setubal Zsofia Balazs (CAN) - Setubal Ophelie Aspord (FRA) - Setubal Natalia Charlos (POL) - Setubal Anna Guseva (RUS) - Setubal Karla Sitic (CRO) - Setubal Wing Yung Natasha Terri (HKG) - Setubal Yumi Kida (JPN) - Setubal Olga Beresnyeva (UKR) - Setubal Cara Baker (NZL) - Setubal Yanel Pinto (VEN) - Setubal Heidi Gan (MAS) - Setubal Jessica Roux (RSA) -- Setubal The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World Magazine . It has been posted in its entirety without editing. Swimming World offers all outlets the chance to reach our audience by contactingus at Newsmaster@swimmingworldmagazine.com. However, Swimming World reserves the right to choose what material is posted. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China IPL Tattoo Removal Machine , Multifunction Beauty Machine, and more. For more , please visit IPL Hair Removal Equipment today!
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