Oceane Cassignol, Ana Marcela Cunha Tie for 2021 FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series Title
2020 Tokyo Olympic marathon swimming gold medalist Ana Marcela Cunha and 21-year-old Frenchwoman Oceane Cassignol [shown above] tied for the 2021FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series title. The season rankings were announced at the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series Grand Finale held in Yas Bay, Abu Dhabi, UAE where Cunha finished second and Cassignol finished sixth on the FINA professional marathon swimming circuit.
2021 FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series Final Rankings:
1st tie: Oceane Cassignol (France, 21) and Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil,29) – 2,300 points
3rd: Giulia Gabbrielleschi (Italy, 25) – 2,050 points
4th: Anna Olasz (Hungary, 28) – 1,498 points
5th: Leonie Beck (Germany, 24) – 1,300 points
6th: Caroline Laure Jouisse (France) 1,194 points
7th: Lea Boy (Germany) 1,000 points
8th: Barbara Pozzobon (Italy) 950 points
9th: Jeannette Spiwoks (Germany) 800 points
10th: Lara Grangeon de Villele (France) 680 points
11th: Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherlands) 600 points
12th: Serena Stel (Netherlands) 550 points
13th: Rachele Bruni (Italy) 500 points
14th: Sofie Callo (Italy) 500 points
15th: Reka Rohacs (Hungary) 460 points
16th: Arianna Bridi (Italy) 450 points
17th: Lisa Pou (France) 420 points
18th: Samantha Arevalo (Ecuador) 400 points
18th: Eva Fabian (Israel) 400 points
20th: Orian Gablan (Israel) 350 points
20th: Ginevra Taddeucci (Italy) 350 points
20th: Burcunaz Narin (Turkey) 350 points
23rd: Angelica Andre (Portugal) 320 points
24th: Alice Dearing (Great Britain) 300 points
24th: Guy Shlegel (Israel) 300 points
24th: Tuna Erdogan (Turkey) 300 points
27th: Madelon Catteau (France) 286 points
28th: Sophia Irem Iskenderoglu (Turkey) 250 points
29th: Maria de Valdes (Spain) 200 points
29th: Mafalda Rosa (Portugal) 200 points
29th: Sevim Eylul Supurgeci (Turkey) 200 points
32nd: Marie Kuntzmann (France) 196 points
33rd: Maria Bramont-Arias (Peru) 194 points
34th: Ece Yildirim (Turkey) 190 points
34th: Mariah Denigan (USA) 190 points
36th: Luca Vas (Hungary) 182 points
36th: Krystyna Panchishko (Urkaine) 182 points
38th: Paula Ruiz Bravo (Spain) 180 points
38th: Merve Erdemir (Turkey) 180 points
40th: Onon Katalin Somenek (Hungary) 170 points
40th: Ilgin Celik (Turkey) 170 points
42nd: Mira Szimcsak (Hungary) 160 points
42nd: Aleyna Nur Sungur (Turkey) 160 points
44th: Silvia Ciccarella (Italy) 150 points
44th: Doga Babacan (Turkey) 150 points
46th: Mariya Fedotova (Kazakhstan) 146 points
47th: Isabella Sinisi (Italy) 140 points
48th: Milana Boldyreva (Kazakhstan) 138 points
49th: Elea Linka (Germany) 130 points
50th: Vivien Balogh (Hungary) 120 points
51st: Alisia Tettamanzi (Italy) 106 points
52nd Alena Benesova (Czech Republic) 104 points
53rd: Viviane Jungblut (Brazil) 102 points
53rd: Spela Perse (Slovakia) 102 points
55th: Aurelie Muller (France) 100 points
55th: Katie Grimes (USA) 100 points
57th: Adeline Furst (France) 96 points
58th: Danielle Huskisson (Great Britain) 92 points
58th: Sarah Kohler (Germany) 92 points
60th: Xiaoming Ma (China) 90 points
60th: Eleonora Brotto (Italy) 90 points
62nd: Yana Kurtseva (Russia) 88 points
63rd: Kenna Delaney Godfrey Smallegange (Canada) 86 points
64th: Romina Soledad Imwinkelried (Argentina) 84 points
64th: Lean Cabon (France) 84 points
66th: Kincso Gal (Hungary) 82 points
67th: Lenka Sterbova (Czech Republic) 80 points
68th: Brooke Travis (USA) 78 points
69th: Xeniya Romanchuk (Kazakhstan) 76 points
70th: Mathilde Herlem (France) 74 points
71st: Holly Hibbott (Great Britain) 70 points
72nd: Mahina Nicole Valdivia Dannenberg (Chile) 68 points
73rd: Diana Taszhanova (Kazakhstan) 66 points
74th: Mariia Bondarenko (Ukraine) 62 points
75th: Irina Arkhipova (Kazakhstan) 60 points
The FINA Marathon Swim World Series included four 10 km races in Doha, Qatar on March 13th, Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia on August 28th, Eilat, Israel on December 12th, and Abu Dhabi, UAE on December 16th.
The remaining 10 km races in Seychelles on May 9th, Budapest on June 12th, Setúbal, Portugal on June 19th, lac St-Jean, Canada on July 25th, and lac Mégantic, Canada on August 7th were all cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Cunha said after the race in Yas Bay, “I wanted to win today to ensure that I would be the FINA World Series leader, but the calculations are complicated. I honestly don’t know if I am the winner or perhaps I am tied for first in the World Series results for the season.”
Cassignol acknowledged the Grand Finale was a tough swim, “Now get for some rest before [the] 2022 [season].”
The prize money is given to the top 10 finishers based on the season-ending rankings as follows:
- US$50,000
- US$35,000
- US$25,000
- US$20,000
- US$15,000
- US$12,000
- US$8,000
- US$5,000
- US$3,500
- US$1,500
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