Ana Marcela Cunha Dominates Opening Leg of LEN Open Water Cup in Israel
The LEN Open Water Cup kicked off its 2022 season in Eilat, Israel. The 6-part Ligue Européenne de Natation series will continue in:
- Piombino, Italy on May 13th
- Alghero, Italy on May 20th
- Belgrade, Serbia on July 12th
- Kiel, Germany on August 26th-27th
- Barcelona, Spain on September 24th
Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil continued where she left off after winning the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. It was a dominating performance where she won by over 80 seconds over If Leg 1 of the LEN Open Water Cup is any indication, the series will be highly competitive. Three of the top four finishers in Eilat were Olympic medalists.
Ana Marcela Cunha: “At one point the men caught us up so after that I tried to swim with them. When they finished their race, there was only one lap to go for us and by then I was far ahead so the tactics worked well. For me, Eilat is a very special place, I won my first big race here and it’s always a pleasure to return here. It was so nice that I was greeted at the technical meeting because of my 30th birthday – now the 20s are over, it’s a new chapter but I’m still preparing hard, this year we have the World Championships in our focus.”
Top 10 Women’s Results
- Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil) 2:06:01.3
- Oceane Cassignol (France) 2:07:22.7
- Ginevra Taddeucci (Italy) 2:07:24.9
- Angelica Andre (Portugal) 2:07:30.2
- Giulia Gabbrielleschi (Italy) 2:07:31.5
- Barbara Pozzobon (Italy) 2:07:32.0
- Caroline Jouisse (France) 2:07:37.5
- Lisa Pou (France) 2:07:42.5
- Vivien Balogh (Hungary) 2:08:39.5
- Bettina Fabian (Hungary) 2:08:44.6
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