Bulgarian takes gold in Men's 10km Marathon Swimming

(BEIJING, June 1) -- Petar Stoychev from Bulgaria took gold with a time of 1:59:13.8 in the Men's 10km Marathon Swimming held in Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park on Sunday, June 1, and qualified for the Beijing Olympics.

Other swimmers that have earned tickets to the Olympics by qualifying through this competition are Csaba Gercsak (Hungary), Rostislav Vitek (Czech Republic), Chad Ho (South Africa), Erwin Maldonado (Venezuela), Allan Do Carmo (Brazil), Damian Blaum (Argentina), Daniel Katzir (Israel), Jose Francisco Hervas (Spain), and Arseniy Lavrentyev (Portugal).