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2022’s Open Water Highlights: Florian Wellbrock Shines Beyond the Pool<\/strong><\/p>\n

As open water swimming continues to grow and return to normalcy after the pandemic, there have been plenty of exciting stories. Here is a look at some of the best and most interesting open water moments during 2022.<\/p>\n

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: MIXED 6K RELAY (June 26)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mixed 6K relay featured two women and two men from each country swimming three 500-meter loops. As expected, this race produced an exciting, back-and-forth battle, but it was some of the stars of men\u2019s open water who pulled their teams onto the medal stand on the anchor leg, with Germany\u2019s Florian Wellbrock<\/strong> outpacing the field to secure gold.<\/p>\n

Germany had the lead at the halfway point after Lea Boy<\/strong> and Oliver Klemet<\/strong> had concluded their legs, but by the end of the third leg, Hungary\u2019s David Betlehem<\/strong> had passed German Leonie Beck<\/strong> to give his country the lead, although Italy, France and Germany were all within 8.2 seconds of Hungary.<\/p>\n

That meant a final-leg battle among four men who had all won 10K Olympic medals: Hungary\u2019s Kristof Rasovszky<\/strong>, Italy\u2019s Gregorio<\/strong> Paltrinieri<\/strong>, France\u2019s Marc-Antoine Olivier<\/strong> and Wellbrock.<\/p>\n

With one 500-meter lap to go, Paltrinieri led by 4-tenths over Rasovszky, with Wellbrock 8-tenths farther behind. But the German showed off his outstanding finishing speed to pull himself into the lead, and touched first with a final time of 1:04:40.5 to secure gold. Both Rasovszky and Paltrinieri hit the pad in 1:04:43.0, but a photo finish gave the silver medal to Hungary and bronze to Italy. France ended up fourth in 1:04:56.4.<\/p>\n

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: 5K (June 27)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s Florian Wellbrock<\/strong> outswam a pair of familiar rivals from the pool when he won the men\u2019s 5K gold medal over Italy\u2019s Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong> and Ukraine\u2019s Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Romanchuk, who was racing in open water at a major competition for the first time, led for much of the early portion of the race, but he could not keep pace with Paltrinieri and Wellbrock over the final kilometer. Wellbrock finished in 52:48.8, less than four seconds clear of Paltrinieri\u2019s 52:52.7. Romanchuk ended up with the bronze (53:13.9), more than 20 seconds behind Paltrinieri.<\/p>\n

The medal was Wellbrock\u2019s third individual gold in open water at a major competition along with previous medals in the 10K from the 2019 World Championships and 2021 Olympics.<\/p>\n

\"Ana

Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Perottino \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

In the women\u2019s competition, 30-year-old Brazilian Ana Marcela Cunha<\/strong> repeated as gold medalist in a tight race with France\u2019s Aurelie Muller<\/strong>. At the previous World Championships in 2019 at Gwangju, Cunha won by one second. This time, the margin of victory was 9-tenths, 57:52.9 to 57:53.8.<\/p>\n

Finishing third was Italy\u2019s Giulia Gabbrielleschi<\/strong> in 57:54.9.<\/p>\n

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: 10K (June 29)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gregorio Paltrinieri, who two days earlier claimed silver in the 5K, won the 10K crown at Hungary\u2019s Lake Lupa to become the second man to secure the pool (1500 meter freestyle, June 25, at the Duna Arena in Budapest) and open water double at the World Championships.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old swam the second-fastest 1500 free in history (14:32.80 European record) and came from behind in the 10K to get his hand on the board first in 1:50:56.8. Domenico Acerenza<\/strong> made it an Italian 1-2 finish in 1:50.58.2, with Germany\u2019s Florian Wellbrock\u2014the first man to win the 10K-1500 double in Gwangju three years ago\u2014taking third in 1:51:11.2.<\/p>\n

That followed a dramatic women\u2019s race in which the Netherlands\u2019 Sharon van Rouwendaal<\/strong> won the women\u2019s 10K by a half-second (2:02:29.2 to 2:02:29.7 over Germany\u2019s Leonie Beck) to claim her first world title in the event. Brazil\u2019s Ana Marcela Cunha\u2014the 5K and 25K women\u2019s champion\u2014touched a second later (2:02.30.7) to capture the bronze medal.<\/p>\n

Van Rouwendaal has now won every 10K title available to her: Olympic gold at Rio 2016, European titles between 2014-20 and now the world title after silver at Kazan 2015.<\/p>\n

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: 25K (June 30)<\/strong><\/p>\n

After swimming 15-and-a-half miles in Hungary\u2019s Lake Lupa near the border of Budapest and close to the Danube River, the top three women\u2019s 25K open water swimmers all finished with a time of 5 hours, 24 minutes 15 seconds. Only 3-tenths of a second separated the medalists, with Brazil\u2019s Ana Marcela Cunha claiming gold in 5:24:15.0, followed by Germany\u2019s Lea Boy (2-tenths behind) and the Netherlands\u2019 Sharon van Rouwendaal (another 1-tenth behind Boy)!<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s 25K was close, too, as Italy\u2019s Dario Verani<\/strong> won by 1.2 seconds with a time of 5:02:21.5 over France\u2019s Axel Reymond<\/strong>. Hungary\u2019s Peter Galicz<\/strong> finished about 13 seconds behind the leader for the bronze medal (15:02:34.4).<\/p>\n

BROTHERS SWIM IN 50 STATES IN 25 DAYS (July 20-Aug. 14)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Swim Brothers<\/a>, Joe and John Zemaitis<\/strong>, completed an unprecedented marathon swim tour across America, swimming at least 10 kilometers in all 50 states in 25 days. Their effort raised more than $10,000 for the USA Swimming Foundation in an effort to promote water safety and drowning prevention, and to provide access to open water swimming across the country.<\/p>\n

\"John

Photo Courtesy: Mike Brown<\/p><\/div>\n

The adventure started in Hawaii. From there, they flew to Big Lake in Anchorage, Alaska, then embarked on an RV trip across the continental U.S., beginning in Nevada, then California, moving up the West coast and across the northern United States, followed by a journey down the East coast, then across the South and Midwest, and ending up in their home state of Arizona in mid-August, which just happened to be Drowning Impact Awareness Month.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor thirty-five years I\u2019ve been involved with USA Swimming as a swimmer and as a coach,\u201d Joe Zemaitis said in a press release. \u201cTo partner with the USA Swimming Foundation to spread the message of Saving Lives and Building Champions as we (went) across the United States swimming a marathon in all 50 states (was) the trip of a lifetime.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor nearly 20 years, I\u2019ve been challenging swimmers I coach in Arizona at Swim Neptune to set challenging goals, train hard and fearlessly pursue their dreams.\u201d The Zemaitis brothers were able to have the chance to do just that with their amazing adventure.<\/p>\n

SEAN NUTTALL SWIMS ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO AND BACK (Aug. 12)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open water swimmers have crossed some of America\u2019s Great Lakes in the past, some as individuals and others with a group relay.
\nSean Nuttall<\/strong> took the next step and swam across Lake Ontario\u2014and back\u2014in a 100-kilometer swim from Toronto to St. Catherines and back.<\/p>\n

The marathon round-trip crossing took 42 hours.<\/p>\n

Nuttall completed the swim to raise money for brain research at the University of Toronto. The school\u2019s Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases does scientific research on debilitating brain disorders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis cause is incredibly personal for me,\u201d Nuttall told the Toronto Sun. \u201cMy father, a criminal defense lawyer in Toronto, passed away five years ago this August after an extremely brief struggle with an unidentified neurodegenerative disease. In November 2016, he completed a complex jury trial. By February 2017, just three months later, he was in emergency care in a psychiatric ward. By May, he had largely lost the ability to talk, and by August, he was gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith few treatment options, all my family and I could do during this nightmarish time was watch, try to adjust to each heartbreaking new phase, and offer him and each other what little comfort we could.\u201d<\/p>\n

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