Courtesy of Vojislav Mijić, Ohrid Lake, Macedonia.

At the inaugural International Olimpics Swimming Marathon 10 km in Ohrid Lake in Macedonia, the male and female winners received 750 euros.

It was a very exciting race.

Rio Olympian Ventsislav Aydarski (14th at the 2016 Olympics) won in a very close race over Marcel Schouten.

Male Results
1. Ventsislav Aydarski (Bulgaria) 1:59:50
2. Marcel Schouten (Netherlands) 1:59:51
3. Aleksandar Ilievski (Macedonia) 2:05:51
4. Arseny Beketov (Bulgaria) 2:10:31
5. Matias Diaz Hernandez (Argentina) 2:15:48
6. Dimitar Atanasov (Bulgaria) 2:17:57
7. Andrej Stojanoski (Macedonia) 2:26:48
DNF Vuk Celic (Serbia)
OTL Ilija Stojanovski (Macedonia)
OTL Milan Kitevski (Macedonia)

Female Results
1. Vasiliki Kadoglu (Bulgaria) 2:20:37
2. Tjasha Vozel (Slovenia) 2:29:37

Video of photo finish is posted here.

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