IPC Swimming World Championships
Natalie du Toit won one of the open water swim classes at the 2010 International Paralympic Committee Swimming World Championships at E3 Beach i Eersel, the Netherlands.32 athletes and 650 supporters watched the athletes compete in the 5K course.
In the men’s classes S1 through S10 M/W, Australian Hall Brenden (S9) captured gold over Portugal’s Emanuel Goncalves (S10) and American Joe Wisse (S10).
Natalie (S9) not only beat silver medalist Elodie Lorandie from France (S10) and Croatia’s Sanja Milojevic (S9), but also all of the men in classes S1 through S10.
Men’s results:
1. Brenden Hall (AUS) S9, 1:01:13.14
2. Emanuel Goncalves (POR) S10, 1:01:16.85
3. Joe Wise (USA) S10, 1:02:34.58
4. David Grachat (POR) S9, 1:04:06.34
5. Kasper Zysek (DEN) S9, 1:04:06.57
6. Sven Decaesstecker (BEL) S10, 1:04:11.55
7. Marcelo Collet (BRA) S10 and Chistoph Burkard (GER) S8, both 1:05:03.87
9. Cody Bureau (USA) S9, 1:06:43.75
10. Eduard Samarin (RUS) S9, 1:07:32.90
11. Wim De Paepe (BEL) S9, 1:09:00.44
12. Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz (ESP) S9, 1:10:02.50
13. Simon Boer (NED) S9, 1:11:52.24
14. Boris Malasevic (SRB) S10, 1:14:56.99
15. Cristiaan Du Plessis (RSA) S8, 1:15:01.07
16. Mikkel Asmussen (DEN) S8, 1:15:01.48
17. Gianluca Cacciamano (ITA) S10, 1:18:08.16
Women’s results
1. Natalie Du Toit (RSA) S9, 1:00:22.00
2. Elodie Lorandi (FRA) S10, 1:06:48.05
3. Sanja Milojevic (CRO) S9, 1:07:33.25
4. Elizabeth Stone (USA) S9, 1:09:45.84
5. Ashley Owens (USA) S10, 1:10:34.85
6. Sussan Beth Scott (USA) S10, 1:13:09.38
7. Adela Kolinska (CZE) S9, 1:25:41.38
8. Gina Lourens (IRL) S8, 1:32:12.73
In the men’s classes S11 through S13, Russia’s Sergey Punko (S12) won over Spain’s Enrique Floriano (S12) and Germany’s Robert Doerries (S13). Teigan van Roosmalen (S13) from Australia won the women’s race.
Men’s results:
1. Sergey Punko (RUS) S12, 59:58.19
2. Enrique Floriano (ESP) S12, 1:00:55.75
3. Robert Doerries (GER) S13, 1:06:44.62
Women’s results:
1. Teigan Van Roosmalen (AUS) S13, 1:17:35.51
Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff.
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