USA Today · Aug 15, 2016
The Latest: Open water swimming underway at Copacabana
(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
9:40 a.m.
The women's 10-kilometer open water swimming competition is underway at Fort Copacabana.
Under sunny skies and a slight breeze, 26 women waded into the Atlantic Ocean and started the race about 250 yards off-shore. The starting platform wasn't used after it broke into three pieces during bad weather last week.
Beachgoers strolled the sands of famed Copacabana Beach, some oblivious to the Olympics going on around them. Others stood ankle deep in the waves washing ashore.