{"id":652917,"date":"2026-09-05T10:49:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=652917"},"modified":"2026-09-05T10:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:49:35","slug":"russia-picks-up-three-golds-at-junior-open-water-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/russia-picks-up-three-golds-at-junior-open-water-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Picks up Three Golds at Junior Open Water World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Russia Picks up Three Golds at Junior Open Water World Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian swimmers picked up three gold medals and four total medals at the Junior Open Water World Championships on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It was a Russian 1-2 in the 14- and 15-year-old 5-kilometer race in Santa Fe, Argentina, with <strong>Kira Guseva<\/strong> topping countrywoman <strong>Anastasiia Siniakova. Kseniia Misharina<\/strong> won the 7.5-km race for 16- and 17-year-olds, while 15-year-old <strong>Alan Nosov<\/strong> took home that division\u2019s 5K race.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s 7.5k race was an all-Hungarian affair, with <strong>Balint Kreisz<\/strong> and <strong>Armand Marosszeki<\/strong> going 1-2.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldaquatics.com\/competitions\/5250\/world-aquatics-junior-open-water-swimming-championships-2026\/results?event=108a19c0-fe38-4e8d-b7e6-c5263a301210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WorldAquatics\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Junior Open Water World Championships race video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/open-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Water News Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ludovica-terlizzi-mate-karpati-capture-10k-titles-at-junior-open-water-world-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ludovica Terlizzi, Mate Karpati Capture 10K Titles at Junior Open Water World Championships<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 7.5 km<\/h4>\n<p>Misharina took the race out fast and needed every bit of the 55-second lead she built at the halfway point. She clocked in at 1 hour, 29 minutes, 22.50 seconds, just 3.3 seconds up on American <strong>Brinkleigh Hansen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Misharina added to a pair of medals in the pool at the 2025 World Junior Championships, where she took silver in the 1,500 free and bronze in the 800.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing out hard was my only chance,\u201d Misharina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldaquatics.com\/news\/4572302\/balint-kreisz-kseniia-misharina-take-75km-open-water-world-junior-titles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told World Aquatics<\/a>. \u201cMy pool speed is the main reason I was able to start faster. This is my first gold at the World Junior Championships, so I am very happy and I know my team is happy too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The field closed on her but left a little too much gap to close. Hansen was in the middle of three swimmers astride entering the finishing straight and got her hand to the board first in 1:29:25.80. She was four tenths up on <strong>Olivia Galea<\/strong> of Australia. Hungary\u2019s <strong>Kitti Kammerer<\/strong> missed the podium by eight tenths in fourth.<\/p>\n<p>For Hansen, the 2024 Junior Open Water World Championships winner, this result was one she was happy with given that she suffered a concussion two weeks ago that disrupted her preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really haven&#8217;t been able to build back and really do what I normally do, so that was really hard mentally,\u201d she said. \u201cBut the whole staff back in Colorado kept checking up on me and giving me so much support. I wouldn&#8217;t have been here without them because of everything they do for me \u2013 they don&#8217;t get enough credit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The gap would be nearly eight seconds to Spain\u2019s <strong>Carlota Del Rio Decabo<\/strong> in fifth. American <strong>Alex Siegel<\/strong> placed seventh.<\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 5 km<\/h4>\n<p>The women\u2019s 5K race wasn\u2019t much of one, thanks to Guseva charging out of the blocks. She won in 59 minutes, 12.70 seconds, her margin nearly a minute and a half over Siniakova.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy because I prepared for this for a long time and worked hard, it\u2019s been a dream of mine,\u201d Guseva said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldaquatics.com\/news\/4572311\/russia-take-clean-sweep-of-5km-events-in-santa-fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to World Aquatics<\/a>. \u201cToday is my grandmother\u2019s birthday, so I think I did it for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Third place went to Argentina\u2019s <strong>Sofia Ovalles<\/strong> in front of home fans. She was a half-second behind Siniakova but 33 seconds up on American <strong>Grace Gannon,<\/strong> who finished fourth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can hardly believe it \u2013 it feels like a dream,\u201d Ovalles said. \u201cI never thought I\u2019d do this well, but I was confident; I thought about it a lot, visualized it constantly, and really wanted to make the podium for Argentina.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 7.5 km<\/h4>\n<p>Just as they did at the European Junior Championships, Kreisz and Marosszeki occupied the top two steps on the podium for Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>Kreisz won the sprint for the line, his time of 1:23.26.00 beating Morosszeki by 1.4 seconds. The top four were separated but just 1.6 seconds, with <strong>Bo Ling Su<\/strong> of Chinese Taipei getting to the board just ahead of Greece\u2019s <strong>Konstantinos Chourdakis<\/strong> for the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first medal for the island ever at the Open Water World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 5 km<\/h4>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Nosov made quick work of the field in the 14-15 race with a time of 55:59.40. he was 37 seconds ahead of <strong>Sawyer Hansen,<\/strong> who clinched the family\u2019s second medal of the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the first time my little brother and both my parents got to watch me compete internationally, so it was really special,\u201d Brinkleigh Hansen said of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s <strong>Ibrahim Bruhan,<\/strong> who had been on the wrong side of a touch to land off the podium in fourth at the European Junior Championships, got on the podium this time in third. He was 1.6 seconds behind Hansen and 2.1 ahead of South Africa\u2019s <strong>Carter Markgraaff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>American <strong>Porter DeBruin<\/strong> was eighth, a spot ahead of <strong>Kinan Jasem Radhe<\/strong> of Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia Picks up Three Golds at Junior Open Water World Championships Russian swimmers picked up three gold medals and four total medals at the Junior Open Water World Championships 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