Sharon Van Rouwendal Cold Shoulders Injury To Turn Copacabana Orange

Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Women’s Marathon

Sharon Van Rouwendaal became the first Dutch winner of the marathon today, Copacabana painted orange by fans from The Netherlands , flags and clogs flying as she came home in 1 hour 56mins 32.1sec. That marked the first Dutch swimming gold of these Games, Van Rouwendaal joining compatriot Maarten van der Weijden, 2008 winner if the inaugural 10km event, in the club of Olympic marathon champions from their country.

Van Rouwendal looked as though she would be joined on the podium by Narbonne training partner Aurelie Muller (FRA), coach Philippe Lucas‘ second charge in the race on 1:56:48.7, the bronze to Rachel Bruni (ITA), on 1:56:49.5.

Then came news that Muller was disqualified (reason to come), leaving Brazil celebrating bronze for Poliana Okimoto in 1:56:51.4. The later marked Brazil’s first swimming medal of the home Games and the first in Olympic history for a Brazilian woman.

One of the first people Van Rouwendaal will congratulate as she gets congratulated is Monica Solana. She is the Spanish physiotherapist who worked on Mireia Belmont’s  poorly shoulders and helped Spain’s top aquatic asset soar to gold in the 200m butterfly and bronze in the 400m medley in the pool last week.

Belmonte’s coach Fred Vergnoux recommended that fellow Frenchman Lucas turn to Solana for help repairing a right shoulder injury that had dogged Van Rouwendaal for eight months. It took Solana a month of treatment to fix the problem.

Beyond the podium, those closest to it: Xin Xin (CHN), 1:57:14.4; Haley Anderson (USA), 1:57:20.2; Isabelle Haerle (GER), 1:57:22.1; and Keri-Anne Payne (GBR), 1:57:23.9.

History and History Re-written

The re-writing of history began before the race. “Welcome to Copacabana … …

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