Leonie Beck<\/strong> completed the open water double with victory in the 5k and David Betlehem<\/strong> clinched his maiden senior title at the European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade.<\/p>\n Beck moved from second at the halfway stage of the second of three laps to touch in 58:25.3 while Betlehem out-touched Marc-Antoine Olivier<\/strong> in a sprint finish.<\/p>\n With that, the German completed the 5\/10k double after she out-touched\u00a0Barbara Pozzobon<\/strong> by 0.1secs in the longer race on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Ginevra Taddeuci<\/strong> claimed her third European medal with silver in 58.26.5 while Bettina Fabian<\/strong> came from fifth to land third in 58:28.7, the pair overhauling Rome 2022 silver medallist and long-time leader Maria de Valdes<\/strong> who finished fourth in 58:29.0.<\/p>\n Beck will travel to Paris as one of the Olympic title contenders where the likes of Ana Cunha and Sharon van Rouwendaal, gold and silver medallists in Tokyo, await in the River Seine.<\/p>\n Beck said:<\/p>\n \u201cI was dead from yesterday\u2019s race (10km) so I just tried to hold on and keep a good position until the finish.<\/p>\n “I managed to achieve that, I could stay in front, so I didn\u2019t have to push that hard to catch up the leaders and did a great finish. I\u2019m really happy with my second gold medal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n