For anyone interested, the Women's 10k is scheduled for Wed at 9am on nbc.com (streaming live video)
For sure, the one to watch is Natalie du Toit, partial amputee... the girl is an inspiration!
You can watch the whole race on the nbcolympics.com web site, assuming that your technology supports the video software they require. You can also fast-forward if you don't want to watch two hours of elbows.
Britain and Brazil seem to have been the only countries with two swimmers in the race. Both of those pairs tried some team tactics, but with just two and with so little opportunity to communicate either between themselves or with an on-shore coach, they weren't quite able to drop Ilchenko or block her out at the end. Having been in similar situations, although with much less at stake, I found the end of the race pretty exciting to watch.
You can watch the whole race on the nbcolympics.com web site, assuming that your technology supports the video software they require. You can also fast-forward if you don't want to watch two hours of elbows.
Britain and Brazil seem to have been the only countries with two swimmers in the race. Both of those pairs tried some team tactics, but with just two and with so little opportunity to communicate either between themselves or with an on-shore coach, they weren't quite able to drop Ilchenko or block her out at the end. Having been in similar situations, although with much less at stake, I found the end of the race pretty exciting to watch.
