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Lars Hamer

Athletes battled choppy seas and heavy winds caused by the approaching Tropical Cyclone Trami, as the fourth leg of the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup took place in Hong Kong on Saturday.
The 10-kilometre race at Repulse Bay was forced to start an hour ahead of schedule, at 8.30am, after the Observatory said it would issue a No 3 typhoon signal at 10.40am.
Italian Dario Verani came first in the men’s race, finishing the six-lap course in one hour, 57 minutes and 39.20 seconds.
He overtook compatriot Marcello Guidi, who finished second in 1:57:39.80, in the final few metres of a thrilling finish that had the pair sprinting neck and neck to the line. Frenchman Marc-Antoine Olivier was third in 1:57:48.70.

“My race was perfect because I love to swim in these conditions. [At the beginning of the race] the sea was flat and without waves. So I’m very happy with this race,” Verani said.
“In the last part of the race, there were a lot of waves because the wind was in the opposite direction.”
Verani is the reigning 25km European champion and has two third-place finishes at the World Cup to go alongside Saturday’s win. In the overall rankings, he is second, 150 points behind Olivier.
The 27-year-old Guidi got the first World Cup victory of his career at the last stop in Setubal and is third in the overall rankings.
“A very crazy end with Dario Verani in the final lap. I pushed everything, and in the end, I saw Dario, but it was very difficult [to stay ahead of him],” Guidi said.

In the women’s race, Paris Olympics silver medallist Moesha Johnson came first in 2:06:38.10. The Australian was followed by Olympic bronze medallist, Italian Ginevra Taddeucci, in 2:06:40.50. Third place went to Lea Boy of Germany in 2:06:57.40.
“It was quite windy,” Johnson said. “Half of the course was quite smooth. Half the course was quite choppy, but that made the race all the more interesting.
“They’re going to do their best to let us get a whole complete race in. We had to rush the start, which is never easy.
“You have a preparation that you know you like to do before your race, but I think that just shows the capabilities of these athletes – they are very adaptable to situations.”
Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha is the current leader in the women’s World Cup rankings, 402 points ahead of Boy in second. Another Brazilian, Viviane Jungblut, is third.
All female athletes and 10 male swimmers who crossed the finish line in a time longer than two hours and 10 minutes were still in the water when the T3 signal was raised.
On Friday, the Hong Kong, China Swimming Association said the competition would be cancelled if the No 3 signal was hoisted before 7am on race day.
The association did not say what would happen if the signal was raised during the race, and started despite knowing some athletes would still be in the water by 10.40am.


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