Sharon van Rouwendaal wins Open Water title in Loch Lomond

Dutch Olympic champion Sharon van Rouwendaal won the first Open Water swimming title at the European Championships on Wednesday, leading from the start in Loch Lomond to take the 5km gold.

Sharon Van Rouwendaal celebrates after taking gold me in the women's 5km open water swimming at Loch Lomond, northwest of Glasgow, on August 8, 2018 during the 2018 European Championships.

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Van Rouwendaal, who won her 2016 Olympic gold over 10km, covered the shorter course in 56 minutes and 01.0 seconds to finish 16.8 seconds clear of Germany's Leonie Beck (56:17.8) while Italy's Rachele Bruni won bronze in 56:49.7.

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