Isabelle Härle Claims Victory Solo Style
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
Isabelle Härle once swam a 5 km swim in 52:54. She was flying in that race. She took it out hard and hung on to win a gold medal in the 5 km team pursuit for her native Germany at the 2013 FINA World Championships.
But she had the advantage of drafting off of teammates Thomas Lurz and Christian Reichert.
In the 5 km race at the 2014 European Championships, she was without her male teammates, but took out her swim equally hard and similarly hung on to win a gold medal, the first solo European championships of her career. ”I imagined that Thomas was swimming ahead of me, and this helped me a great deal.”
The final results:
1. Isabelle Härle (GER) 57:55.7
2. Sharon Van Rowendaal (NED) 58:29.9
3. Mireia Belmonte Garcia (ESP) 58:41.4
4. Eva Risztov (HUN) 58:48.7
5. Rachele Bruni (ITA) 58:56.3
6. Kalliopi Araouzou (GRE) 59:37.2
7. Mariia Novikova (RUS) 59:50.5
8. Erika Villaecija Garcia (ESP) 1:00:06.4
9. Patricia Wartenberg (GER) 1:00:08.4
10. Finnia Wurnram (GER) 1:00:19.9
11. Nikolett Szilagyi (HUN) 1:00:46.9
12. Isabella Sinisi (ITA) 1:00:48.9
13. Anastasiia Krapivina (RUS) 1:01:02.7
14. Elizaveta Gorshkova (RUS) 1:01:12.1
15. Julie Berthier (FRA) 1:01:13.8
16. Alice Dearing (GBR) 1:01:50.9
17. Giorgia Consiglio (ITA) 1:01:52.0
18. Jana Pechanova (CZE) 1:02:10.8
19. Lucinda Campbell (GBR) 1:03:12.9
20. Luisa Morales Gil (ESP) 1:03:26.6
21. Kseniya Skrypel (UKR) 1:03:30.3
22. Barbora Pickova (CZE) 1:05:33.1
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