Photos: Ilchecko takes gold in Women's 10km Marathon Swimming

  2008-08-20 04:03:06 GMT    2008-08-20 12:03:06 (Beijing Time)    BOCOG

Photos: Ilchecko takes gold in Women's 10km Marathon Swimming

Larisa Ilchenko gears up to the finish line. (Photo credit: Liu Dawei/Xinhua)

Photos: Ilchecko takes gold in Women's 10km Marathon Swimming

Larisa Ilchenko competes. (Photo credit: Liu Dawei/Xinhua)

  Larisa Ilchenko of Russia won the Women's 10km Marathon Swimming title at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Wednesday.

  Larisa Ilchenko clocked 1 hour 49 minutes and 27.7 seconds, followed by Keri-Anne Payne in second and Cassandra Patten in third. Both Payne and Patten are from Great Britain.