{"id":590654,"date":"2024-07-09T12:09:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T19:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=590654"},"modified":"2024-07-09T12:09:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T19:09:37","slug":"world-aquatics-confirms-13-additional-swimmers-for-olympic-10k-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-aquatics-confirms-13-additional-swimmers-for-olympic-10k-races\/","title":{"rendered":"World Aquatics Confirms 13 Additional Swimmers for Olympic 10K Races"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Aquatics Confirms 13 Additional Swimmers for Olympic 10K Races<\/strong><\/p>\n

World Aquatics on Tuesday confirmed<\/a> 13 additional swimmers for the Olympic open-water races in Paris on the basis of their times in the pool.<\/p>\n

Among the notable names joining the open water fray are veteran medal contenders Felix Aubock<\/strong> of Austria, Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> of Ireland and Guilherme Costa<\/strong> of Brazil, plus Turkish teen sensation Kuzey Tuncelli.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The additions bring the number of open water competitors to 57, a record-high in the fifth Olympics since the 10k has been part of the Games. There are 24 women and 33 men representing 30 countries, which is just shy of the record number of nations set at 32 in the 2012 Olympics.<\/p>\n