Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil won the women’s 10km marathon swimming event at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo.
After the gruelling 10km open-water swim, the 29-year-old Cunha touched the finish line in 1:59:30.8, just 0.9 seconds ahead of Netherlands’ Sharon van Rouwendaal. This gave the Dutchwoman her second Olympic medal – she won the gold in Rio in 2016.
Kareena Lee of Australia finished a further 0.8 seconds behind to win the bronze medal, become Australia’s first marathon swimming medallist.
At the end of lap six, at 8.6km, Leonie Beck of Germany was leading the race, 2.6 seconds ahead of Cunha, with 5.5 seconds separating the top five.
By the 9.5km mark, Cunha was in front, and the leading pack of swimmers still had the energy to race to the line.
In the last 500m, Cunha edged ahead, opening a gap of 0.7-seconds between her and van Rouwendaal, Beck had dropped back in to third place. Lee had moved up from fifth to fourth, 3.5 seconds behind.
Cunha got to the pad first in 1:59:30.8, followed in quick succession by van Rouwendaal and Lee. Beck could not keep up with the pace and dropped to fifth place behind Anna Olasz of Hungary.
source (article; picture): Olympics.com, Tokyo 2020; m4sport
A videó megnézése után, amiben bemutatják Annát és latolgatják az esélyeit az olimpia előtt, próbáld eldönteni, hogy a következő állítások igazak (T), hamisak (F), vagy nem volt róluk szó (NM).
source: Tokyo 2020: Olympic Marathon Swim Predictions – Anna Olasz (Hungary), WOWSA, Youtube
- When Steve met Anna for the first time, Anna was a high-school student in Spain.
- A few years later, Anna swam for Arizona Private University.
- Steve thought that Anna was the type of girl who has a goal in her mind
and she achieves it. - Eva Risztov barely lost Anna.
- Anna is a drop-dead sprinter.
- Anna won silver medal in 25K race at 2015 European Junior Open
Water Swimming Championship. - Dr Jekyll’s personality comes out of Anna, when she is in water.
- Anna is able to withstand the physicality of this sport,
unlike other women in this sport. - Anna is going to finish within 5 seconds of the gold medallist racing furiously.
- According to Steve, it will be difficult for Anna to crack the top eight.
keys/megoldások: 1. F, in Hungary; 2. F, Arizona State University; 3. T; 4. F, Anna barely lost Eva Risztov in a race within a race at the 2012 second qualification race; 5. F, she isn’t a drop-dead sprinter.; 6. F, 2015 World Championship; 7. F, Mr Hyde’s personality comes out of her because she is a fierce competitor; 8. F, like other women in this sport; 9. NT, ‘racing furiously’ wasn’t mentioned; 10. T
Válaszolj a következő kérdésekre a videóban hallottak alapján.
- Where did Steve meet Anna and what were they doing?
- What was Anna curious about when they first talked?
- Who was Anna competing against in a race within a race at the 2012 second
qualification race? - What happened in 2012 Olympic final?
- What is Anna really good at as a sportswoman?
- Why is Anna a chameleon?
- What happens to the woman swimmers when the gun goes off?
- Why is it difficult for referees to call?
- Why is Anna like Muhammad Ali?
- What is Steve’s final prediction for Anna in the 10K Olympic race?
keys/megoldások: 1. Steve met Anna at a local race in Spain that he was covering.; 2. She put up a lot of questions about studying at American universities.; 3. against her Hungarian team-mate, Eva Risztov; 4. Eva Risztov won the gold medal; 5. She is a real racer.; 6. She can respond to any kind of tactics well.; 7. They become boxers, MMA-fighters.; 8. Because there is such physicality in the water during the race.; 9. Because she uses the rope-and-dope technique –she is able to withstand physicality of this sport.; 10. She can be 8th or 9th to the podium but he doesn’t see her much further than that. (Fortunately, Anna must have surprised her with her 4th result!)
Vocabulary
goal | cél |
to achieve | elérni |
barely | alig/éppen csak |
drop-dead | belehalós |
to withstand | ellenállni |
physicality | korporalitás |
furiously | dühösen/bőszen |
to crack | sikerül bejutni valahová |
fierce competitor | vad/heves verseny |
curious | kíváncsi |
prediction | jóslat/előrejelzés |
to cover (sport event) | sporteseményt közvetíteni |
to put up questions | kérdéseket feltenni |
to respond to | reagálni valamire |
rope-and-dope technique | Egy bokszharcos technika, amely Muhammad Alihoz fűződik, 1974-bena nehézsúly világbajnok, George Foreman ellen alkalmazta először. Ali a második menet elejétől a kötelekre támaszkodott, hagyta, hogy Foreman megüsse, és nem támadta ellenfelét (ezt a stratégiát Ali később rope-a-dope módszernek nevezte) |
podium | dobogó |