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The Open Water Swimmers of the Year:
\nAna Marcela Cunha and Florian Wellbrock<\/span><\/h1>\n
By Dan D’Addona and David Rieder<\/span><\/p>\n
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$\"Swimming$ [Photo Courtesy: Kareem Elgazzar \/ USA Today Sports]<\/p>\n
Ana Marcela Cunha continues to be the world\u2019s most dominant woman in open water, capturing Swimming World\u2019s Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year title in 2019 and 2021. (Because of the COVID pandemic, the award was not presented in 2020.)<\/p>\n
In the biggest race of the past five years, the Brazilian star was at her best at this past summer\u2019s Tokyo Olympic Games, surging to the 10K open water gold medal.<\/p>\n
Twenty-five women qualified for the race, which began at Odaiba Marine Park.<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t lead from the outset. In fact, she didn\u2019t even lead for most of the course. It was Ashley Twichell who set the pace and led for most of the race, but Cunha swam right with the American. Germany\u2019s Leonie Beck went into the top group on Lap 6 of the seven-lap course, but once Cunha got back in front early in the final lap, she never surrendered the lead.<\/p>\n
But it wasn\u2019t as simple as all of that.<\/p>\n
As Cunha tried to break away late in the race, two swimmers managed to stay close: the Netherlands\u2019 Sharon van Rouwendaal and Australia\u2019s Kareena Lee. Van Rouwendaal, the defending gold medalist from the 2016 Olympics in Rio, had a similar race strategy as Cunha and used a late surge to earn the silver medal in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
In fact, after nearly two hours of swimming, Cunha was able to maintain her body-length lead over van Rouwendaal, getting to the touchpad just 9-tenths ahead of her Dutch rival, 1:59:30.8 to 1:59:31.7\u2014and only 1.7 seconds ahead of Lee at 1:59:32.5.<\/p>\n
The gold was Cunha\u2019s first-ever Olympic medal and the second-ever medal for Brazil in open water, as Poliana Okimoto took bronze at Rio.
\n\u201cThis is my third Olympic Games,\u201d Cunha said after the race. \u201cIn 2008, I had no chance, in 2012 I didn\u2019t qualify, and Rio 2016 was not the result we expected.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe arrived here in Tokyo wanting\u2014as much as you can\u2014this medal, and around 10 days (before the race), I said to my coach that for my opponents to win this race, it will be very difficult because I want it so hard, so much…and I\u2019m really well-prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n[Photo Courtesy: Kareem Elgazzar \/ USA Today Sports]<\/p>\n
In 2019, Florian Wellbrock was the world\u2019s premier distance swimmer both in the pool and in open water. The German was actually competing in open water for the first time at the World Championships, and he emerged with a gold medal in the 10K race, edging out France\u2019s Marc-Antoine Olivier by just 2-tenths to capture the world title. A week-and-a-half later, Wellbrock out-dueled rivals Mykhailo Romanchuk and Gregorio Paltrinieri to win the world title in the 1500 freestyle. He set himself up to head to the Tokyo Olympics as a favorite in both events after finishing just 32nd in the 1500 at his first Games in Rio.<\/p>\n
But Wellbrock\u2019s Olympics did not get off to the best start in his first event, the 800 freestyle. It was no surprise to see Wellbrock battling Romanchuk and Paltrinieri for the majority of the race, and Wellbrock took over the lead with 50 meters to go. But on the last length, American Bobby Finke stormed from a second-and-a-half back to steal away the gold medal. At the same time, both Paltrinieri and Romanchuk passed Wellbrock, so he was denied a chance to win his first Olympic medal.<\/p>\n
Three days later, Wellbrock swam in the 1500 free Olympic final, and he led for most of the race. With only 50 meters to go, the margin was 7-tenths over Romanchuk and Finke. But then, Finke went crazy once again and sprinted ahead of the field to win gold\u2014and Romanchuk, too, turned on the afterburners. Wellbrock hung on to win bronze, but it was a rough end to his week in the pool.<\/p>\n
But Wellbrock still had to race in the open water 10K, and this time, he finished. Wellbrock went out hard and held the lead for most of the race, only briefly surrendering the lead to France\u2019s Marc-Antoine Olivier. A pack of about six swimmers were close heading into the last of seven laps of the course, but Wellbrock just annihilated the field at that point and pulled away to win gold\u2014by an incredible 25 seconds!<\/p>\n
And for that accomplishment, winning gold in the single most important race in open water swimming every four-year cycle, Wellbrock wins the honor of Swimming World\u2019s Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year.<\/p>\n
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FEATURES<\/p>\n
012<\/span> 2021 OPEN WATER SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona and David Rieder<\/strong>
\nBrazil\u2019s Ana Marcela Cunha and Germany\u2019s Florian Wellbrock both captured Olympic gold in Tokyo and repeated as the world\u2019s elite open water swimmers in both 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n
014<\/span> 2021 OPEN WATER HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong>
\nAlthough the Tokyo Olympic Games commanded the spotlight in 2021, there were many other open water highlights throughout the year.<\/p>\n
018<\/span> ISHOF FEATURE: AQUATOTS MURDER CASE\u2014THE KATHY TONGAY STORY (Part 2)<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Bruce Wigo<\/strong>
\nThis is the second of a three-part story about \u201cThe Aquatots Murder Case\u201d that first appeared in the October issue of Swimming World. It is about Kathy Tongay, a little girl whose father, Russell, had been training her almost from birth to be an expert diver and swimmer. When she died at the age of 5, her father was arrested for murdering his daughter.<\/p>\n
022 <\/span> PERHAPS OVERLOOKED…BUT NOT FORGOTTEN<\/strong><\/span>
\nby John Lohn<\/strong>
\nAs we creep closer to signing off on this Olympic year, Swimming World offers a look at six athletes\u2014all members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame\u2014who hold a special place in history, even if they are not always at the forefront of the mind.<\/p>\n
025 <\/span> CONTINUING TO MAKE AN IMPACT<\/strong><\/span>
\nby David Rieder<\/strong>
\nAnthony Nesty\u2019s accomplishments as a swimmer in the late 1980s and \u201990s made him a national icon. But decades after that, he is still making a huge impact on the sport from a different vantage point\u2014as a coach.<\/p>\n
028<\/span> MENTAL PREP: BEFORE THE BEEP WITH DAVID CURTISS<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n
030<\/span> NUTRITION: THE IMPORTANCE OF IRON\u2014LOW MEANS SLOW!<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Dawn Weatherwax<\/strong>
\nIron is a mineral that directly impacts performance.<\/p>\n
COACHING<\/p>\n
016 <\/span> COACHING IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT (Part 1)<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nIn the first of two articles, Swimming World explores how coaches and administrators coped with the recent unpleasantness of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
036 <\/span> SPECIAL SETS: AUDREY DERIVAUX\u2014KILLER QUEEN<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nYoung Audrey Derivaux of Jersey Wahoos has turned in comparable times to the 11-12 age group superstars who have excelled before her.<\/p>\n
040 <\/span> SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: DISTRUST IN SWIMMING SCIENCE IS NOT A MYSTERY<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Rod Havriluk<\/strong>
\nThe fact that general scientific information is routinely ignored provides some perspective about the difficulty in applying science to the sport of swimming. While a single technique element cannot guarantee success, American Lydia Jacoby\u2019s Olympic victory suggests that using science can provide a competitive advantage.<\/p>\n
042<\/span> SPECIAL SETS: DANIEL DIEHL\u2014DEFINITELY DRIVEN<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
\nDaniel Diehl, 15, of the Cumberland YMCA Sea Otters is Maryland\u2019s\u2014and the nation\u2019s\u2014top-ranked male swimmer in the Class of 2024. In recent months, he has either broken or knocked on the door of several national age group records. In October, as the youngest male on the U.S. National Junior Team, he notched seven top 10 individual finishes at the FINA World Cup meets in Germany and Hungary.<\/p>\n
044 <\/span> Q&A WITH SWIM IRELAND\u2019S NATIONAL PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR JON RUDD<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n
045<\/span> HOW THEY TRAIN IRISH OLYMPIAN DARRAGH GREENE<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n
TRAINING<\/p>\n
039<\/span> DRYSIDE TRAINING: BACK TO BASICS (Part 2)<\/strong><\/span>
\nby J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n
JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n
047<\/span> | UP & COMERS: AVA BUHRMAN<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n
COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS<\/p>\n
007<\/span> THE OFFICIAL WORD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
008<\/span> A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
009<\/span> DID YOU KNOW: ABOUT \u201cDO YOU KNOW THAT….\u201d?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
032<\/span> HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
048<\/span> GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
049 <\/span> PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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