No, You Take The Lead

Courtesy of WOWSA, Rome, Italy.

Valerio Cleri, Trent Grimsey, Vladimir Dyatchin and the other top men at the 2009 World Championship 25K race (see results below) picked up the pace and finished hard, but in the beginning of the race, it was an interesting game of cat and mouse where no one wanted to take the lead.

25 km 2009 FINA World Championship Results:
1. Valerio Cleri (ITA) 5:26:31.6
2. Trent Grimsey (AUS) 5:26:50.7
3. Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) 5:29:29.3
4. Brian Ryckeman (BEL) 5:30:18.4
5. Loic Branda (FRA) 5:30:20.9
6. Bertrand Venturi (FRA) 5:30:22.9
7. Brendan Capell (AUS) 5:30:27.5
8. Rostislav Vitek (CZE) 5:32:38.8
9. Simon TobinDaignault (CAN) 5:34:48.2
10. Libor Smolka (CZE) 5:35:06.4
11. Sean Ryan (USA) 5:36:22.2
12. Andrea Volpini (ITA) 5:36:37.9
13. Manuel Chui (MEX) 5:39:12.1
14. Rodrigo Elorza (MEX) 5:43:26.4
15. Danill Serebrennikov (RUS) 5:46:21.7
16. Arseniy Lavrentyev (POR) 5:48:43.0
17. Saleh Mohammad (SYR) 5:49:30.6
18. Adel Elbehary (EGY) 5:54:00.3

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