Games still on

Although the swimming in the pool have ended, the marathon 10km women swimming went underway yesterday. Larisa Ilchenko won it in 1hour and 59 minutes. And she's only 20! She showed intelligence and class well beyond her age as she merely drafted behind 2 Great Britain swimmers and finally overtaking them in the last stretch. She now is the 1st ever 10km Olympic winner as this is a new Olympics sport.There was also an amputee among the field of swimmer who lost her leg due to a motorcycle accident. She qualified for the Olympics swimming with just 2 hands and 1 leg. That itself was an achievement. As if it wasn't good enough, she came in 16th out of 25 able swimmers. Not bad i say for a girl with only 1 leg. Natalie Du Toit of South Africa have showed a performance and courage worthy of a gold medal.