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Germany Pull Away On Final Leg To Win Team Relay At World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup After three competitive legs with Australia, the German quartet pulled away on the final 1500 metres to win the mixed team relay at the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup. For 4500 metres,...

World Championships: Florian Wellbrock, Ana Marcela Cunha Claim 5k Gold Medals The first individual open water events of the World Championships took place Monday, and a pair of veteran swimmers familiar to the top of the podium captured gold medals in the 5-kilometer swim. In the men's race, German...

European Championships: Leonie Beck Out-Touches Barbara Pozzobon To Retain 10k Title By 0.1 In Belgrade Leonie Beck retained her 10k title as she out-touched Barbara Pozzobon by 0.1secs at the European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade. Giulia Gabbrielleschi was third to make it an Italian 2-3 in t...

Marc-Antoine Olivier, Anna Olasz Win FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim Series Stop in North Macedonia France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier and Hungary’s Anna Olasz won the latest installment of the FINA/CNSG Marathon World Swim Series 2021 in Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia on Saturday. Saturday’s race was the second in...

Gregorio Paltrinieri continued his fine form as he won the 10km open water at the Campionato Italiano Assoluto days after rattling Sun Yang's world record in the 1500 free with the second-fastest swim in history. Arianna Bridi won the women's race in the first event of the championships at which the...

Olympic Champ Florian Wellbrock, Jeanette Spiwoks Win LEN Open Water Cup in Barcelona The German duo of Florian Wellbrock and Jeanette Spiwoks won the men’s and women’s titles at the LEN Open Water Cup race on Saturday in Barcelona. The loaded field featured four of the six medalists from the 10-kil...

Sacha Velly and Leonie Beck were the respective winners of the men's and women's races in the second leg of the LEN Open Water Cup in Piombino, Italy. It was a first major victory for Frenchman Velly who, at 17, is another bright prospect to emerge from the Philippe Lucas' stable. He swam a smart ra...

Gregorio Paltrinieri, Leonie Beck Close Out LEN Open Water Cup with Wins Gregorio Paltrinieri and Leonie Beck picked up wins in the fifth and final leg of the 2021 LEN Open Water Cup Series in Alghero, Italy, on Saturday. For Paltrinieri, it’s the second straight win in home waters in Italy. It’s al...

By Taylor Covington, Swimming World College Intern. The 2019 Italian National Swimming Championships entered its third day of competition, offering a wide array of events ranging from the 100 to 1500 free to flex its muscle in both sprint and distance events. Spectators were not disappointed, as a f...

Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha claimed gold in the women's 5K Open Water race at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Cunha was consistently in the top ten throughout the race, but pulled away in the final 300 meters. A three-time World Champion in the 25K, this is Cunha's first ma...

By Taylor Covington, Swimming World College Intern. The 2019 Italian Swimming Championships kicked off on Tuesday with an interesting slate of events, including the men's 50 backstroke, the women's 800 freestyle, the men's 400 freestyle, the women's 100 breaststroke, the men's 200 butterfly, the wom...

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 w...

Sharon van Rouwendaal and Gregorio Paltrinieri claimed the first two gold medals of the open water programme at the European Aquatics Championships with respective victories in the 5k at Lake Lupa. Van Rouwendaal - who will defend her 10k Olympic crown in Tokyo in August - pulled away on the final s...