Alexander Studzinski of Germany put on a powerful surge over last two loops and held on to win the 2010 King of the Sea (called the Rei do Mar in Portuguese).

Alexander beat Luis Arapiraca of Brazil (silver), Chad Ho of South Africa (bronze), Alex Meyer of USA (fourth), Allan do Carmo (fifth) in a tough 10K format in front of thousands of fans and a live TV audience.

Here is the exciting King of the Sea finish:

Alexander explains his strategy in a post-race interview:

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