It was a wild finish.
Jordan Wilimovsky finished sixth in the 10k open water marathon swim on Tuesday morning, missing out on the podium in a photo finish. He swam a 1:53:03.2, 3.4 seconds out of gold and 1.2 seconds away from bronze. Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands won gold.
It was an interesting and extremely exciting race, as Australia’s Jarrod Poort—not among the pre-race favorites—took out a very fast pace, breaking away from the pack and swimming alone for the first 7.5 kilometers of the race. But the gap between Poort and the large pack of chasers began to narrow significantly, and Poort ended up 40 seconds or so back.