FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Marathon Swimming - Final - Women's 10km Marathon Swimming - Victory Ceremony - Fort Copacabana - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 15/08/2016. Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) of the Netherlands poses with her gold medal. REUTERS/Toby Melville Picture Supplied by Action Images
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Dutch Olympic champion Sharon van Rouwendaal completed an open water swimming double at the European Championships on Thursday when she added the blue riband 10 km title to the 5km gold she won 24 hours earlier.
In the chilly waters of Loch Lomond with the rain coming down at the end, the 24-year-old proved as relentless over the near-two hour slog as she had done on Wednesday, setting the pace for all but the first km of the race.
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