{"id":640105,"date":"2026-03-27T06:50:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=640105"},"modified":"2026-03-27T19:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T02:18:20","slug":"moesha-johnson-florian-wellbrock-take-the-honours-at-world-aquatics-open-water-cup-in-somabay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/moesha-johnson-florian-wellbrock-take-the-honours-at-world-aquatics-open-water-cup-in-somabay\/","title":{"rendered":"Moesha Johnson & Florian Wellbrock Take The Honours at Open Water World Cup in Somabay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moesha Johnson & Florian Wellbrock Take The Honours at Open Water World Cup in Somabay<\/h4>\n
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Moesha Johnson<\/strong> and Florian Wellbrock<\/strong> won their respective 10k races at the first stop of the World Aquatics Open Water World Cup<\/strong> in Somabay, Egypt.<\/p>\n
A 42-strong field took to the pontoon for the start of the women\u2019s race which followed the men\u2019s event in the turquoise waters of the Red Sea.<\/p>\n
While Somabay has previously been contested in choppy water, on Friday low winds made for a flat course.<\/p>\n
Johnson last year emerged as the dominant force in women\u2019s open water, clinching the 5\/10k double and sharing 3k sprint bronze with Bettina Fabian<\/strong> despite oppressively hot conditions at the Singapore worlds.<\/p>\n
With two-time Olympic champion Sharon van Rouwendaal<\/strong> having retired, it appears the Australian has taken the mantle from the Dutchwoman.<\/p>\n
She was marginally ahead of Ginevra Taddeucci<\/strong> approaching the latter stages in Somabay before she powered away to deliver a demonstration in open water swimming.<\/p>\n
The Australian \u2013 who headed the sprint in 18:45.10 and clinched 1,000 USD in the process \u2013 hit the board in 1:58:26.10 leaving the field trailing in her wake.<\/p>\n
Taddeucci, the 2025 overall champion, came home more than 48 seconds behind the Olympic silver medallist in 1:59:14.70.<\/p>\n
Lea Boy<\/strong> of Germany was third in 1:59:23.30 followed by Maria da Valdes<\/strong> of Spain, Hungary\u2019s Fabian and Lisa Pou<\/strong> of Monaco.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was a really great race and I’m really happy with it, it’s a great start to the season,\u201d Johnson told World Aquatics. \u201cThe World Cup last year was after a big season, so to get back on top again today, it’s just a really great start for me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere’s three more stops and I’ll do some pool racing in the middle; we’ll see what happens in the next stops.\u201d<\/p>\n
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