Olympic Champion's Racing Strategy

Olympic 10K Marathon Swim gold medalist Maarten van der Weijdenh gave credit to his British competitor, David Davies while explaining his racing philosophy in a recent interview: "The way David chose to swim was very brave – just to go out and swim two hours very fast."

But, Maarten put his unique spin on his own tactics, "My way is much more tactical and I take it slower for the first one and a half hours so perhaps it is harder for him. My way is to really enjoy the race, the tactics, and the swimmers next to me in the game."