Sharon van Rouwendaal from the Netherlands made a late surge to win gold in the women's 10km marathon swimming at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Australia snatched silver while Italy scooped up the bronze.
Van Rouwendaal won with a time of 2hr 03min 34.2sec, with Australian Moesha Johnson taking silver 5.5 seconds behind and Italy's Ginevra Taddeucci claiming bronze.