Brazil wins gold in women's 10km marathon swimming at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian Ana Marcela Cunha won her first Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 in women's 10km marathon swimming in one hour 59 minutes 30.8 seconds, beating the silver medalist Sharon Van Rouwendaal of Netherlands by only 0.9 seconds here on Wednesday.

Cunha has won five individual world titles in marathon swimming, but it was her first Olympic medal. She finished fifth at Beijing 2008, when she