Richard Weinberger

Richard Weinberger earned Canada it's first Open Water medal today in the Men's 10km at Hyde Park, and for those that weren't awake to see it, it was quite the nailbiter.

Weinberger was with the lead pack the whole way, even finishing the first few laps in first place.  The back 1.5km saw four of the men breaking away from the rest of the field, with Richard in the mix. 

Congratulations to Richard Weinberger and his coach Ron Jacks. This morning, Richard gave Canada its 17th medal with a tremendous bronze medal swim at the London Olympics. Its a great day for Canada and we are very proud of you!  Enjoy the moment and well done!

Vikes and UVPCS Open Water swimmer Richard Weinberger qualified for the Olympic Games in Portugal this morning, capturing a silver medal in the 10 km qualifying race in a time of 1:45:30.2.

After a rough start where he lost his goggles, Weinberger slowly moved up in the pack.  At the first lap timed, he was in 49^th position, and nearly 30 seconds behind the leaders.  He gradually moved his way up the field to 5^th place with one lap to go.