Italy Wins, America Second, Russia Third
Italy, boosted by a powerful gold-medal performances of Martina Grimaldi and Valerio Cleri in the 10K races, won the overall team championships at the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships with 116 points, but the USA was right behind with 111 points with Russia in third with 62 points.The team results are as follows:
Italy, 116 points
USA, 111
Russia, 62
France, 40
Brazil, 36
Germany, 36
Australia, 24
Spain, 21
Netherlands, 21
Bulgaria, 18
Ukraine, 17
Greece, 16
Canada, 13
China, 12
Argentina, 8
Czech Republic, 8
South Africa, 6
Great Britain, 5
Slovakia, 5
New Zealand, 4
Croatia, 3
Mexico, 3
Azerbaijan, 2
Ecuador, 1
Canada, 0
Poland, 0
Slovenia, 0
Photo of the Italian team at the 2009 European Open Water Swimming Championships.
Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
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