Dunkirk Marc-Antoine Olivier is vice European champion in open water swimming over 10 kilometres. A second Frenchman, Logan Fontaine won the bronze medal this Sunday in Ostia, near Rome during the European Championships. Italian Domenico Acerenza wins gold.
it’s about the second medal of the competition for Marc-Antoine Olivier, after his third place in the 5 km in open water on Saturday. Race where Logan Fontaine came fourth half a second after Marc-Antoine Olivier.
“A big smile but still a little resentment”, reacted to the microphone of France Télévisions the Frenchman, who was in the lead in the last kilometer in front of Olivier and Acerenza. Fontaine had managed to bring back a group of pursuers on the Hungarian David Betlehem, who took the lead of the race very early, widening a gap with the other swimmers after about ten minutes, before going it alone for more than ten minutes. ‘one hour and a half.