{"id":146934,"date":"2015-08-01T03:41:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T10:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=146934"},"modified":"2015-08-01T04:17:14","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T11:17:14","slug":"simone-ruffini-grabs-mens-25k-open-water-title-at-2015-fina-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-ruffini-grabs-mens-25k-open-water-title-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Ruffini Grabs Men&#8217;s 25K Open Water Title at 2015 FINA World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Simone Ruffini<\/strong> of Italy picked up the men&#8217;s 25K open water world title at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Ruffini closed out the win with a time of 4:53:10.7. That swim made him the third man from Italy to win an open water world title along with <strong>Valerio Cleri<\/strong> (25K in 2009, 10K in 2010) and <strong>Luca Baldini<\/strong> (5K in 2001 and 2002).<\/p>\n<p>On the podium, Ruffini then proposed to fellow Italian swimmer <strong>Aurora Ponsele<\/strong>, evoking memories of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-morning-swim-show-feb-17-2012-matt-grevers-and-annie-chandler-relive-marriage-proposal-discuss-prep-for-trials\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matt and Annie Grevers&#8217; epic podium proposal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">E anche la proposta di <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RufSimone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RufSimone<\/a> per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/auriponsy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@auriponsy<\/a> \u00e8 mondiale <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2mdwcENANs\">http:\/\/t.co\/2mdwcENANs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kazan2015?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kazan2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/DiVuNRA2Vq\">pic.twitter.com\/DiVuNRA2Vq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Swimbiz (@Swimbizitalia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swimbizitalia\/status\/627435738636918784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kazan2015?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kazan2015<\/a> stravince <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RufSimone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RufSimone<\/a> prima l&#39;oro nella 25km fondo e poi la proposta di matrimonio a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/auriponsy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@auriponsy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Lw3enOqnol\">pic.twitter.com\/Lw3enOqnol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Claudio Lenzi (@clenzi82) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clenzi82\/status\/627433394356490240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Meyer<\/strong>, who explained that he had to battle some stomach issues during the race, managed to surge into a silver-medal position with a 4:53:15.1. He&#8217;s the third American male swimmer to win multiple individual medals at the World Championships. \u00a0He previously won the 25K back in 2010. \u00a0<strong>Chip Peterson<\/strong> and <strong>Fran Crippen<\/strong> are the other American men to have picked up more than one career medal with three each.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s <strong>Matteo Furlan<\/strong> claimed the bronze medal with a 4:54.38.0, his second medal of the week having already taken the bronze in the men&#8217;s 5K. That&#8217;s the first time since 2002 that Italy has placed two men on an open water podium at worlds. \u00a0In 2002, Baldini won the men&#8217;s 5K with <strong>Stefano Rubaudo<\/strong> picking up bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Meyer&#8217;s Tennessee training partner <strong>David Heron<\/strong> raced his way into 10th overall with a 5:00:11.5 as the second-best team behind Italy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_146935\" style=\"width: 689px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/men-25k-open-water-fina-world-championships.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146935\" data-attachment-id=\"146935\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-ruffini-grabs-mens-25k-open-water-title-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/men-25k-open-water-fina-world-championships\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/men-25k-open-water-fina-world-championships.png\" data-orig-size=\"679,451\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"men-25k-open-water-fina-world-championships\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;men-25k-open-water-fina-world-championships&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: FINA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/men-25k-open-water-fina-world-championships.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/men-25k-open-water-fina-world-championships.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146935\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/men-25k-open-water-fina-world-championships.png\" alt=\"men-25k-open-water-fina-world-championships\" width=\"679\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/men-25k-open-water-fina-world-championships.png 679w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/men-25k-open-water-fina-world-championships-533x354.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-146935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: FINA<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/results\/2015-fina-world-championships-open-water-swimming-mens-25k\/open-water\/2015\/August\/1\" target=\"_blank\">2015 FINA World Championships, Open Water Swimming: Men&#8217;s 25K &#8211; Results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Ruffini of Italy picked up the men&#8217;s 25K open water world title at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. 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