{"id":642929,"date":"2026-05-01T06:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=642929"},"modified":"2026-05-01T07:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:53:21","slug":"sacha-velly-clinches-maiden-solo-victory-as-moesha-johnson-continues-domination-at-open-water-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sacha-velly-clinches-maiden-solo-victory-as-moesha-johnson-continues-domination-at-open-water-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacha Velly Clinches Maiden Solo Victory As Moesha Johnson Continues Domination at Open Water World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Sacha Velly Clinches Maiden Solo Victory As Moesha Johnson Continues Domination at Open Water World Cup<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldaquatics.com\/competitions\/5157\/world-aquatics-open-water-swimming-world-cup-2026\/results?discipline=\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/moesha-johnson-florian-wellbrock-take-the-honours-at-world-aquatics-open-water-cup-in-somabay\/\">Leg 1 report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/moesha-johnson-makes-it-2-in-2-final-lap-surge-propels-david-betlehem-to-victory-in-ibiza\/\">Leg 2 report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sacha Velly<\/strong> edged out <strong>Marc-Antoine Olivier<\/strong> to clinch his maiden individual gold at the Open Water World Cup while <strong>Moesha Johnson<\/strong> continued her domination with a 25-second victory for a third straight crown at Golfo Aranci.<\/p>\n<p>Velly \u2013 13<sup>th<\/sup> after the sprint lap &#8211; was in pole position coming into the final stages of the race when Olivier surged with the pair going stroke for stroke and <strong>Andrea Filadelli<\/strong> a sliver behind the French pair.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_577085\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-577085\" data-attachment-id=\"577085\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-aquatics-championships-doha-kristof-rasovszky-takes-title-with-final-lap-surge\/21st-world-aquatics-championships-doha-2024-34\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240204_MAS_AM58061-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Marc Antoine Olivier of France reacts in the open water men 10 km during the 21st World Aquatics Championships at the Old Doha Port in Doha (Qatar), February 04th, 2024.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1707045692&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;101&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;21st World Aquatics Championships, Doha 2024&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"21st World Aquatics Championships, Doha 2024\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Marc-Antoine Olivier: Picture courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240204_MAS_AM58061--700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240204_MAS_AM58061--1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-577085\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240204_MAS_AM58061--700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"180\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-577085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marc-Antoine Olivier: Picture courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Despite Olivier&#8217;s challenge, the 2024 world junior champion got his hand to the board first in 1:49:07.50 ahead of Olivier (1:49:07.80) and Filadelli (1:49:08.30).<\/p>\n<p>Velly was part of the French mixed relay that won gold in October 2025 \u2013 also at Golfo Aranci \u2013 but Friday represented his first solo trip to the top of the podium.<\/p>\n<p>It also saw him upgrade his silver last time out in Ibiza behind <strong>David Betlehem<\/strong> who came a distant 18<sup>th<\/sup> in Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ivan Giovannoni<\/strong> was locked out by one place in fourth followed by Britain\u2019s <strong>Hector Pardoe<\/strong>, <strong>Logan Fontaine<\/strong> of France, Australian <strong>Nick Sloman<\/strong>, Hungarian Olympic champion <strong>Kristof Rasovszky<\/strong>, <strong>Marcello Guidi<\/strong> of Italy with Paris 2024 silver medallist <strong>Oliver Klemet<\/strong> rounding out the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>It promises to be a real old tussle for top spot in the final rankings at the fourth and final leg in Setubal, Portugal, in June. Olivier and Filadelli can\u2019t be separated with 1700pts followed by Velly (1660) and Betlehem (1630).<\/p>\n<h3>Johnson Continues Domination<\/h3>\n<p>Johnson emerged as the prominent force in women\u2019s open water last year, clinching the 5\/10k double and sharing 3k sprint bronze with <strong>Bettina Fabian<\/strong>\u00a0despite oppressively hot conditions at the Singapore worlds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_635871\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-635871\" data-attachment-id=\"635871\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kyle-lee-wins-5km-national-title-after-original-race-abandoned-moesha-johnson-wraps-up-womens-treble\/2026_ows-w-5km-all_moeshajohnson-9808\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026_OWS-W-5km-ALL_MoeshaJohnson-9808-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R6m2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1769301353&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;225&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2026_OWS W 5km ALL_MoeshaJohnson-9808\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Moesha Johnson, 5 km winner, 2026 Australian OW Champs Photo Courtesy Adam Crane (Swimming Australia)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026_OWS-W-5km-ALL_MoeshaJohnson-9808-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026_OWS-W-5km-ALL_MoeshaJohnson-9808-1024x613.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-635871\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026_OWS-W-5km-ALL_MoeshaJohnson-9808-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"173\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-635871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moesha Johnson: Photo Courtesy: Adam Crane (Swimming Australia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Australian won the 10k at the opening leg in Somabay by 48 seconds before her second straight victory in Ibiza last week.<\/p>\n<p>First on the sprint lap, Johnson came home in 1:54:12.10, for a thumping win with <strong>Angela Martinez Guillen<\/strong> next to touch the board in 1:54:37.20 to clinch her second straight silver.\u00a0<strong>Caroline Jouisse<\/strong> of France was third, a further 26.40secs behind in 1:54:38.60.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lea Boy<\/strong> of Germany was fourth followed by Monaco\u2019s <strong>Lisa Pou<\/strong>, <strong>Brinkleigh Hansen<\/strong> of the USA, Japan\u2019s <strong>Ichika Kajimoto<\/strong>, Fabian of Hungary, <strong>Mariah Denigan<\/strong> of the USA and Spain\u2019s <strong>Maria de Valdes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson sits atop the rankings with 2400pts and a 650-point lead over Guillen (1750) with just one stop remaining. 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