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 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.
With swimmers starting the 10-kilometre open water race early Wednesday in water temperatures already at 29 degrees - just under the allowable limit of 31 degrees - Lee was in touch with the leaders throughout.
She made her move on the final lap along with Cunha and van Rouwendaal.
Cunha's winning time was one hour 59 minutes 30.8 seconds.
Lee was immediately on the phone after the race to her coach John "JR" Rodgers, with the 82-year-old legendary swim coach, unable to travel to Tokyo due to poor health.
Cunha won her first medal in her third Olympics. She was 10th five years ago in Rio de Janeiro and fifth in the 2008 Beijing Games.
