Robert Olivera and Sergey Sushchikh’s friendly rivalry was at an all time high during this year’s annual 4th of July Semana Nautica 15k race. Olivera won the race with a time of 48:36, and with Sushchikh right behind at 48:39.
The two runners faced each other at last year’s 15k and are no stranger to one another’s competitive nature. Olivera bettered his time by 1:19 from 2012.
“Last year he beat me — just smashed me. I had a huge improvement here today. A huge improvement,” said Olivera.
The two battled towards the end of the course, but Olivera edged just enough to come out on top.
“I made a slight move on him before reaching the bigger hill. I said to myself, ‘All right, you got to go. It’s going to hurt but he’s already backing off – if I can manage to make it up the hill, I think I can distance myself enough from him,” said Olivera about his opposition.
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