Australia s Kareena Lee has charged home to win a historic bronze medal just 1.7 seconds behind Brazilian winner Ana Marcela Cunha in the women s Olympic marathon swimming.
Lee, 27, and Rio Olympic champion Sharon van Rouwendaal sprinted to the timing wall together, with the Dutch defending champion just pipping the Australian for the silver medal by 0.8 seconds at Tokyo s Odaiba Marine Park.
It s Australia s first-ever medal in marathon swimming.
Swimmers had to start the gruelling 10-kilometre open water race early on Wednesday morning due to the water temperatures already reaching an incredible 29C - just below the 31C limit allowed for the race to go ahead.
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