Canada’s Richard Weinberger wins bronze in men’s open-water marathon
LONDON – Richard Weinberger has won bronze in the men’s open-water marathon at the London Games.
Weinberger stayed with the lead pack to finish third, while Tunisia’s Oussama Mellouli won gold. Germany’s Thomas Lurz took silver.
The 22-year-old, who lives and trains in Victoria, is the first Canadian to win a medal in open-water swimming.
The sport made its Olympic debut in 2008 in Beijing, but Canada didn’t qualify any swimmers then.
Weinberger served notice he was an Olympic medal contender for London by winning last year’s test event.
He was 5.2 seconds behind Mellouli, who finished in 1:49:55.1 over the 10-kilometre swim, held in the Serpentine in London’s Hyde Park.
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