Gregorio Paltrinieri And Mira Szimcsak On Form At LEN Open Water Cup

LEN Open water alghero (2)
L-R; Domenico Acerenza, Gregorio Paltrinieri & Marcello Guidi; Photo Courtesy: G.Scala / @DBM_Media
Left Sidebar

Gregorio Paltrinieri claimed his first win of the 2022 LEN Open Water Cup in Alghero, Sardinia, with Mira Szimcsak prevailing in a tight finish to take the women’s race.

Paltrinieri won bronze in the opening two legs and on Friday he withstood the pressure from Italy team-mate Domenico Acerenza to win in 1hr 49mins 45.7secs.

Acerenza (1:49:46.5) and Marcello Guidi (1:50:01.9) completed an Italian podium.

mira szimcsak LEN Open Water Cup

Rachelle Bruni, Mira Szimcsak & Giulia Gabbrielleschi: Photo Courtesy: G.Scala / @DBM_Media

The women’s race produced an unexpected outcome with Hungarian 18-year-old Szimcsak holding on with the seniors and then out-touching Vivian Jungblut of Brazil and Italy’s nine-time European champion Rachele Bruni.

The 2018 European junior 5k champion Szimcsak was first home in 1:58:36.1 ahead of Jungblut (1:58:36.2) and Bruni (1:58:36.3).

Giulia Gabbrielleschi joined the Hungarian and fellow Italian on the podium as the top three European finishers, Jungblut also awarded a medal.

The series resumes after the FINA World Championships with the next leg in Belgrade on 10 July