The 36th Faros Marathon, a popular international marathon swim, was won by its 2009 champion, Alexander Studzinski on August 27th.
The 16K swim starts in the harbor of Stari Grad, heads out to sea for 8K in the Adriatic to the tip of the Kabal Peninsula before returning to the finish on the island of Hvar.
Alexander won over 33 competitors who came from the Dominican Republic, Spain, France, Russia, Greece and the Netherlands.
The bright blue skies, Alexander finished in a record time of 3:15:46 followed by Macedonian Evgenij Pop Acev and the first woman, Angela Maurer from Germany. Croatia’s top finisher was Tomislav Saldo in fifth. The official results are below:
1. ALEXANDER STUDZINSKI (GERMANY) 3:15:43
2. EVGENIJ POP ACEV (MACEDONIA) 3:19:19
3. JULIEN SAUVAGE (FRANCE) 3:23:41
4. TOMISLAV SOLDO (CROATIA) 3:25:03
5. MARIN MILAN (CROATIA) 3:26:33
6. JOSIP SOLDO (CROATIA) 3:32:54
7. DAAN GLORIE (NETHERLANDS) 3:37:33
8. DUJE MILAN (CROATIA) 3:37:43
9. DEJAN MLADENOVSKI (MACEDONIA) 3:39:52
10. DIAZ MARCOS (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) 3:49:24
11. DRAŽEN ADŽIÆ (CROATIA) 4:09:46
12. DANIJEL ÈITAR (CROATIA) 4:24:20
13. JOSIP ARALICA (CROATIA) 4:27:37
14. VASO VULIN (CROATIA) 4:32:19
15. BALASZ CSELENY (HUNGARY) 4:52:43
16. FILIP ERCEG (CROATIA) 4:58:52
17. IGNACIO RAVELL (SPAIN) 5:09:49
18. ANES CIPURKOVIĆ (BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA) 5:23:15 – OTL
19. VJEKOSLAV TADIĆ (CROATIA) 5:29:29 – OTL
20. NIKOLA TEPAVČEVIĆ (MONTENEGRO) 6:04:34 – OTL
VID VELIČKOVIČ (SLOVENIA) DNF
1. ANGELA MAURER (GERMANY) 3:22:31
2. ANNA UVAROVA (RUSSIA) 3:22:32
3. CATHLEEN GROSSMANN (GERMANY) 3:40:08
4. EVELIEN SOHL (NETHERLANDS) 3:44:07
5. ANJA TRIŠIÆ (CROATIA) 3:45:32
6. SOFIA PETRENKO (RUSSIA) 3:54:27
7. DINA LEVAÈIÆ (CROATIA) 4:03:47
8. STEPHANIE ERDBRINK (SWITZERLAND) 4:06:03
9. HANA NOVAKOVA (CZECH REPUBLIC) 4:29:26
10. IRENE VAN DER LAAN (NETHERLANDS) 4:39:28
11. MANCA ÈEMAŽAR (SLOVENIA) 4:41:03
SUZANA ŠIKIÆ (CROATIA) DNF
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