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US-Trained Tunisian Takes Gold in Open-Water Swim
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Oussama Mellouli, one of the best American-trained swimmers never to swim
for the U.S., won a gold medal for Tunisia in the men's Olympic
10-kilometer open-water swim Friday. A former University of Southern
California swimmer who still trains at a club ...
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Olympics-Swimming-Mellouli wins open water gold medal
Reuters
LONDON Aug 10 (Reuters) - Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli won the gold medal in
the men's swimming marathon at the London Olympics on Friday to become the
first swimmer to get medals in the pool and open water. Mellouli won the
1500 metres freestyle ...
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Tunisia's Mellouli Wins Swimming Marathon to Set Olympic Record
Businessweek
Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli won the men's 10-kilometer swimming marathon,
becoming the first person to win medals in the pool and open water at the
same Olympics. Mellouli won the race in London's Serpentine Lake in 1 hour,
49 minutes, 55.1 seconds.
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Olympics-Men's swimming 10km freestyle medal results
Reuters
LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli won the Olympic gold
medal in the men's swimming 10km freestyle event on Friday. Germany's
Thomas Lurz won the silver and Canada's Richard Weinberger won the bronze.
Results Table 1.
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New York Ironman Triathletes Wait to See If Sewage Cancels Swim
San Francisco Chronicle
Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Charles MacIntosh, a managing director at Sterne,
Agee & Leach Inc., swam 29 miles last week in preparation for the inaugural
New York City Ironman triathlon. Now he and 2499 other participants may not
get to swim in the Hudson ...
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UPDATE 1-Olympics-Swimming-Mellouli wins open water gold medal
Chicago Tribune
the gold medal in the men's swimming marathon at the London Olympics on
Friday to become the first swimmer to win medals in the pool and open
water. Mellouli won the 1500 metres freestyle gold at the 2008. Beijing
Olympics and used his superior speed ...
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Olympics: Tunisian wins gold medal in 10-kilometer open water swim in London
San Jose Mercury News
LONDON -- Pool or lake, it makes no difference to Ous Mellouli. As long as
there's water involved. The Tunisian won the grueling 10-kilometer race at
the London Games on Friday to become the first swimmer to win medals in
both the pool and open water at ...
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Weinberger wins Olympic bronze in swimming marathon Friday
Examiner.com
Considered a serious darkhorse for a medal, Weinberger posted a time of one
hour, fifty minutes and three tenths of a second to win an Olympic bronze
medal in the men's 10km marathon swim. Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia won the
Olympic gold medal with a ...
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Sewage Puts Ironman Swim in Doubt
Wall Street Journal
Bypass work being done on the sewer line caused the local health department
to advise people to stay away from the water until further notice—a
prospect that could force race officials to cut the 2.4-mile swim portion
altogether. John Korff, the event's lead ...
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Swimming, Men's 10km Marathon: Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli Earns Open ...
SB Nation
The last swimming gold of the London Olympics went to the first African
male ever to win Olympic gold in swimming, Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli, who
added to his London tally with gold in the men's 10km open water swim.
Mellouli was already known as one ...
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