Read moreGermany Pull Away On Final Leg To Win Team Relay At World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup22 February 2025Germany 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,...
Read moreWorld Championships: Florian Wellbrock, Ana Marcela Cunha Claim 5k Gold Medals27 June 2022World 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...
Read moreEuropean Championships: Leonie Beck Out-Touches Barbara Pozzobon To Retain 10k Title By 0.1 In Belgrade12 June 2024European 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...
Read moreMarc-Antoine Olivier, Anna Olasz Win FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim Series Stop in North Macedonia29 August 2021Marc-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...
Read moreGregorio Paltrinieri Wins 10km Open Water Days After Rattling 1500 Free World Record18 August 2020Gregorio 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...
Read moreOlympic Champ Florian Wellbrock, Jeanette Spiwoks Win LEN Open Water Cup in Barcelona27 September 2021Olympic 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...
Read moreSacha Velly & Leonie Beck Claim Victories At LEN Open Water Cup13 May 2022Sacha 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...
Read moreGregorio Paltrinieri, Leonie Beck Close Out LEN Open Water Cup with Wins12 October 2021Gregorio 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...
Read more12019 Italian Swimming Championships Day 3: Four-Way Tie in Men's 100 Free04 April 2019By 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...
Read more1Ana Marcela Cunha Wins 2019 5K World Championship; Hannah Moore, Leonie Beck Tie for Third16 July 2019Brazil'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...
Read more2019 Italian Swimming Championships Day One: Quadarella, Deta Shine02 April 2019By 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...
Read moreGregorio Paltrinieri And Mira Szimcsak On Form At LEN Open Water Cup20 May 2022Gregorio 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...
Read more2021 European Aquatics Championships: Van Rouwendaal & Paltrinieri Claim 5k Open Water Titles12 May 2021Sharon 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...