MELBOURNE: Larisa Ilchenko was repeatedly attacked by jellyfish as she battled through one of the toughest races of her life to win the 10km open water world title here yesterday by barely one second.
The exhausted Russian was stung all over her body, including her face, as she gave every last ounce of energy to hold off Britain's Cassandra Patten to add the 10km crown to the 5km World Swimming Championship gold she won on Sunday.
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