Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha poses with her gold medal after winning the women's 25km open water race at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia August 1, 2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
KAZAN, Russia, Aug 1 (Reuters) – - Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha won the women’s 25 kilometre world championship open water title on Saturday, raising the prospect of a potential gold in home waters at next year’s Rio Olympics.
Cunha, who had coloured the sides of her hair purple, backed up her 10km open water bronze earlier in the week by touching first after 5 hours 13 minutes 47.3 seconds on the Kazanka River.
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