奥运会设开放式水域游泳比赛真是件好事情

Swimming
Russia
Age: 25

Born in Lipetsk, Dyatchin won the 10,000m open water world championship at the in 2003 in Seville. But discouraged by the prospects of his event gaining Olympic status, Dyatchin quit and joined his father's construction business. In 2005, he broke a clavicle in a road accident. As post-surgical treatment, the medics suggested swimming. To his amazement, Dyatchin realized that his repaired clavicle worked in the water even better than the original. Lured back by the IOC's decision to include the 10,000m this year in Beijing, Dyatchin regained his world championship in Melbourne in 2007, winning despite suffering lacerations he got from one seriously mean jellyfish. Good thing the Olympic race is in fresh water.

奥运巨星89：弗拉基米尔·狄阿茨恩（Vladimir Dyatchin）

项目：游泳

国籍：俄罗斯

年龄：25

弗拉基米尔﹒狄阿茨恩（Vladimir Dyatchin）出生于利佩茨克，2003年于塞维利亚赢得开放式水域10，000米世界冠军。但是，狄阿茨恩觉得他参与的这个运动项目被列入奥运会项目的可能性不大，只好沮丧地放弃训练，加入到他父亲的建筑公司。2005年，他在一次公路交通事故中折断了一根锁骨。医生建议他游泳，做为手术后的一种辅助治疗。让狄阿茨恩感到惊讶的是，他发现经过手术后的锁骨在水中甚至比原来的更加灵活。国际奥委会决定在今年北京奥运会上开设10，000米项目，在这个决定的吸引下，狄阿茨恩2007年于澳洲墨尔本再次卫冕其世界冠军。那次比赛中，他的身体被海蜇撕裂了一个口子，他是忍痛坚持比赛，并终于赢得胜利。奥运会比赛在开放式水域举办，这真是一件好事情。