The Women's 10K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

right|200pxThe 6th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was being held July 15–23, 2010 in Lac Saint-Jean near Roberval, Quebec, Canada.The championships featured 3 race distances: 5-kilometer , 10-kilometer and 25-kilometer...

was swum on Saturday, July 17, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada

Roberval, Quebec

Roberval is a city on the south-western shore of Lac Saint-Jean in the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. With a population of 10,544 in the Canada 2006 Census, it is the third largest city on this lake after Alma and Dolbeau-Mistassini.It is the seat of the...

. It was the first event of the 2010 Open Water Worlds.

The race began at 11:30 a.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean

Lac Saint-Jean

Lac Saint-Jean is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated 206 kilometres north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an area of 1003 km² Lac Saint-Jean is a large, relatively...

 in the city center. 37 women swam the event.

The 10 kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 4 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.

Results

All times in hours:minutes:seconds

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martina Grimaldi	Italy	2:05:45.2
2	Giorgia Consiglio	Italy	2:05:57.4
3	Melissa Gorman Melissa Gorman Melissa Anne Gorman is an Australian long distance swimmer.-Career:At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle....	Australia	2:05:57.9	result reinstated
4	Fang Yanqiao Fang Yanqiao Fang Yanqiao is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2008 World Open Water Championships – 12th 10 km*2010 World Open Water Championships – 3rd 10 km...	Mainland China	2:05:59.1
5	Angela Maurer Angela Maurer Angela Maurer is a long-distance swimmer from Germany.Angela Maurer lives in Wiesbaden, where she was born. She swims for the SSV Undine 08 e.V...	Germany	2:05:59.2
6	Ana Marcela Cunha	Brazil	2:05:59.7
7	Christine Jenning	United States	2:06:01.1
8	Keri-Anne Payne Keri-Anne Payne Keri-Anne Payne is a British swimmer, specialising in marathon open water swimming, and long-distance freestyle swimming in the pool. She is a two-time World 10 km Open Water champion, and an Olympic silver medallist.Payne was born in South Africa to British parents...	United Kingdom	2:06:01.4
9	Erika Villaecija	Spain	2:06:01.5
10	Linsy Heister	Netherlands	2:06:04.6
11	Ophelie Aspord	Early Modern France	2:06:04.8
12	Alejandra Gonzalez	Mexico	2:06:07.0
13	Yurema Requena	Spain	2:06:25.8
14	Jana Pechanová Jana Pechanová Jana Pechanová is an Olympic distance swimmer from the Czech Republic. She swam for the Czech Olympic team at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Pechanová finished 8th in 10 km distance.-References:...	Czech Republic	2:06:28.5
15	Cassandra Patten	United Kingdom	2:06:39.5
16	Ekaterina Seliverstova	Russia	2:06:44.2
17	Cara Baker	New Zealand	2:06:45.8
18	Zaira Cardenas Hernandez	Mexico	2:06:48.4
19	Stacey Hansford	Australia	2:07:39.7
20	Karla Sitic	Independent State of Croatia	2:08:33.2
21	Siyu Yan	Mainland China	2:08:33.2
22	Katia Barros Esquivel	Ecuador	2:08:38.2
23	Nadine Reichert	Germany	2:08:40.1
24	Olga Beresnyeva Olga Beresnyeva Olga Beresnyeva is a Ukrainian a long-distance swimmer.-Career:Beresnyeva debut at the Olympic Games of 2000, at the age of 15.After representing Ukraine at the Olympic Games of 2004 Beresnyeva migrated to Israel...	Ukraine	2:08:44.8
25	Nataly Caldas-Calle	Ecuador	2:08:48.8
26	Natalie du Toit Natalie du Toit Natalie du Toit is a South African swimmer. She is best known for the gold medals she won at the 2004 Paralympic Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. She was one of two Paralympians to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the other being table tennis player Natalia Partyka...	South Africa	2:09:00.1
27	Anastasia Zhidkova	Azerbaijan	2:09:01.0
28	Nadine Williams	Canada	2:10:05.8
29	Inha Kotsur	Azerbaijan	2:12:16.8
--	Eva Fabian Eva Fabian Eva Fabian is an American open water swimmer.-Swimming career:At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Fabian placed 10th in the 25 km....	United States	DQ
--	Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer and Olympian.She competed at the 2008 Olympics, where she finished 7th in the Women's 10K race....	Brazil	DQ
--	Aurelie Muller	Early Modern France	DQ
--	Marianna Lymperta	Greece	DQ
--	Kalliopi Araouzou	Greece	DNF
--	Teja Zupan	Slovenia	DNF
--	Zsofia Balazs	Canada	DNF
--	Manon Lammens	Belgium	DNF

Gorman disqualification

During the race Australia's Melissa Gorman

Melissa Gorman

Melissa Anne Gorman is an Australian long distance swimmer.-Career:At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle....

 was disqualified (DQ'd) for unsportsmanlike conduct. Three days later, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, following a protest of her DQ by Swimming Australia

Swimming Australia

Swimming Australia is the peak governing body for competitive swimming in Australia. The body currently has approximately 90,000 registered members nationally in 1100 clubs across the country, which includes swimmers, coaches, officials, administrators and volunteers...

, FINA

Fina

Fina may refer to:*Fina, a character in the Skies of Arcadia video game*FINA, the International Swimming Federation*FINA, the North American Forum on Integration...

 overturned Gorman's DQ, reinstating her result which placed her in third. This moved China's FANG Yanqiao

Fang Yanqiao

Fang Yanqiao is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2008 World Open Water Championships – 12th 10 km*2010 World Open Water Championships – 3rd 10 km...

 (and the rest of the finishers below them) down one place; Fang moving from third to fourth. France's Aurelie Muller's similar DQ for unsportsmanlike conduct was also reviewed; however, her disqualification was not overturned.