The newest race on the 2011 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup is the Traversée du lac Mégantic in Quebéc, Canada – another long line of well-organized athlete-centric marathon swims that the French Canadian population has been putting on for over five decades. The August 14th 10K race is preceded by a special 1K sprint race on August 13th.

The results from the 2010 10K race are below:

1. Heidi George (USA), 2:14.55
2. Joanie Guillemette-Simard (CAN), 2:18.03
3. Noelia Petti (ARG), 2:25.09
4. Rita Vanessa Garcia (ARG), 2:35.31
5. Katherine Renaud-Miron (CAN), 2:37.20
6. Kathryn Gagnon (CAN), 3:21.34

1. Simon Tobin (CAN), 2:09.49
2. Xavier Desharnais (CAN), 2:11.58
3. Barton Wells (USA), 2:11.59
4. Hassen Ghali (EGY), 2:19.32
5. Ahmed Hisham Fathi (EGY), 2:20.35
6. Paul Blais-Morisset (CAN), 2:25.08
7. Maxime Simoneau (CAN), 2:49.08
8. Christopher Bojanowsky (CAN), 3:19.11
9. Éric Paquet (CAN), 3:21.23

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