Germany’s Thomas Lurz and Brazil’s Poliana Okimoto both won tactical races in the New York City leg of the series. Lurz’s fourth World Cup victory in a row means he is well on his way to his goal of capturing his first overall FINA World Cup season title in 2009. The choppy conditions provided a real test of open water swimming experience. Okimoto caught 15-year-old Eva Fabian of the USA with 150m to go. The duo matched each other stroke-for-stroke to the finish with Okimoto winning by half a body length.
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Results
Men
1. Thomas Lurz (Germany), 1:47:41.5
2. Vladimir Dyatchin (Russia), 1:47:43.5
3. Francis Crippen (USA), 1:47:43.9
4. Chad Ho (South Africa), 1:47:44.5
5. Allan Do Carmo (Brazil), 1:47:48.0
6. Evgeny Drattsev (Russia), 1:47:49.0
7. Sergiy Fesenko (Ukraine), 1:47:52.5
8. Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria), 1:48:08.0
9. Andrew Douglas Gemmell (USA), 1:48:50.2
10. Kane Radford (New Zealand), 1:49:11.9
11. Alexander Maxwell Meyer (USA), 1:51:45.0
12. Luis Escobar (Mexico), 1:53:04.9
13. Charles Denison Cullom (USA), 1:53:18.9
14. Arthur Frayler (USA), 1:53:58.3
15. Daniel Fogg (GBR), 1:54:27.4
16. Daniel Delgadillo (Mexico), 1:57:48.9
17. Barton Wells (USA), 2:03:30.9
18. Andres Olvik (Estonia), 2:04:44.9
– Ivan Lopez (Mexico), DNS
– David Davies (GBR), DNF
– Richard Charlesworth (GBR), DNS
– Rodrigo Elorza (Mexico), DNS
– Penaillilo Roberto (Chile), DNF
Women
1. Poliana Okimoto (Brazil), 2:04:40.8
2. Eva Mariel Fabian (USA), 2:04:45.3
3. Angela Maurer (Germany), 2:05:24.6
4. Ana Cunha (Brazil), 2:05:25.9
5. Karla Sitic (Croatia), 2:05:27.1
6. Mathilde Riis Sorensen (Denmark), 2:05:45.7
7. Alejandra Gonzalez (Mexico), 2:05:51.0
8. Christine Elizabeth Jennings (USA), 2:05:53.1
9. Emily Ann Brunemann (USA), 2:05:53.4
10. Heidi George (USA), 2:05:55.4
11. Nadine Pastor (Germany), 2:07:20.2
12. Odette Saldivar (Mexico), 2:07:26.7
13. Swann Oberson (Switzerland), 2:07:28.6
14. Inga Kozur (Ukraine), 2:08:21.3
15. Keri-Anne Payne (GBR), 2:08:28.0
16. Emily Ann Hanson (USA), 2:11:14.3
– Cassandra Patten (GBR), DNF
– Lisa Broadfield (USA), DNF