LONDON (Reuters) - Eva Risztov of Hungary held off a late charge from American Haley Anderson to win the gold medal in a dramatic women's marathon swim at the London Olympics on Thursday.
The pair went stroke for stroke over the last 500 metres of the gruelling 10 kilometre event before Risztov got her hands on the finishing pads first at the Serpentine.
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