2024 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup – Hong Kong
Beneath strain of an incoming hurricane that created very windy situations in Hong Kong, the beginning of racing was moved up up an hour, and after about 2 hours and 20 minutes of racing, any remaining opponents (9 within the males’s subject, 12 within the ladies’s subject) had been pulled in emergency abandonment and had been ranked based mostly on their place within the final official checkpoint.
Within the ladies’s race, it was Australian Moesha Johnson who prevailed, whereas within the males’s race, Italy’s Dario Verani received in a nail-biter end.
Ladies’s Race
Prime 10:
- Moesha Johnson, Australia – 2:06:38.10
- Ginevra Taddeucci, Italy, +2.40
- Lea Boy, Germany, +19.30
- Jeanette Spiwoks, Germany, +32.50
- Katie Grimes, USA, +37.70
- Jacqueline Davison-McGovern, Australia, +37.80
- Lisa Pou, Monaco, +38.80
- Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil, +39.10
- Viviane Jungblut, Brazil, +1:32.20
- Cibelle Jungblut, Brazil, +1:48.10
On the 2023 World Championships, Moesha Johnson didn’t qualify to signify Australia within the open water 10km race. A transfer to Germany to coach with arguably the world’s finest distance coach proper now Bernd Berkhahn has netted spectacular outcomes, successful an open water 10km silver medal ultimately summer season’s Olympic Video games and now her first profession Open Water World Cup gold medal.
Johnson was affected person all through the race, preferring to le Monaco’s Lisa Pou and American teenager Katie Grimes set the tempo for a lot of the race. Johnson sat off their hip for nearly the whole race earlier than a late burst pulled her to the win. Italian Ginevra Taddeuci, who additionally sat amongst a giant lead pack for a lot of the race, went along with her within the rush for the end, however finally it was Johnson who touched the pad first.
American Katie Grimes, who received an Olympic bronze medal on the Paris Video games within the pool, completed fifth on this race, fading 37 seconds behind late within the race after holding a two second lead heading into the final lap. She’s going to head to the pool World Cup later this week in Singapore.
Every of the 4 stops of this 12 months’s sequence to date have had a special winner. Leonie Beck, who was solely twenty fifth on this race, received the opener in Egypt; Ana Marcela Cunha received in Italy; and Lea Boy received in Portugal.
Prize cash is given to the highest 8 finishers at every meet within the particular person races, and prime three relays, with $350,000 in total prize cash to be awarded to the highest 10 finishers of the entire sequence, presuming they race in not less than 75% of the stops.
On this 12 months’s sequence, factors are additionally awarded for successful completely different dash sections of the race.
Prime 5 Standings Ladies – After Hong Kong
- Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil – 2350 factors
- Lea Boy, Germany – 1948 factors
- Viviane Jungblut, Brazil – 1900 factors
- Caroline Laure Jouisse, France – 1750 factors
- Fabian Bettina, Hungary – 1650 factors
- Ginevra, Italy – 1600 factors
- Leonie Beck, Germany – 1500 factors
- Moesha Johnson, Australia – 1150 factors
- Ines Delacroix, France – 1010 factors
- Jeannette Spiwoks, Germany – 1000 factors
Males’s Race
Prime 10:
- Dario Verani, Italy – 1:57:39.20
- Marcello Guidi, Italy – +0.60
- Marc-Antoine Olivier, France – +9.50
- Kyle Lee, Australia – +9.70
- Andrea Filadelli, Italy – +13.10
- Thomas Edward Raymond, Australia – +13.40
- Dylan Gravley, USA – +15.90
- Paul Niederberger, Switzerland – +25.40
- Pasquale Sanzullo, Italy – +29.60
- Paulo Strehlke Delgado, Mexico – +30.50
Thomas Raymond of Australia pushed the tempo for a lot of the early race, main midway, however as situations worsened within the back-half of the race, the lurking veterans in what was a reasonably large lead pack made their strikes.
That included 29-year-old Dario Verani of Italy, who was twenty second after the primary lap, about 15 seconds behind Edwards. By the top of the third lap, he had climbed all the way in which to 2nd, and finally it was he and his countrymate Marcello Guidi who roared to a photograph end.
The win for Verani was his first profession particular person gold on the circuit and eighth total medal following bronze medals in Soma Bay and Setubal earlier on this 12 months’s tour.
The win pushed Verani into 2nd within the tour standings forward of his countrymate Guidi. France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier completed third to keep up his total sequence lead.
American 17-year-old Luke Ellis positioned 18th, about 2 minutes and 24 seconds behind the leaders. Gabe Manteufel was twenty eighth, about 10 minutes and 43 seconds again, whereas Josh Brown didn’t end the race.
Prime 10 Standings Males – After Hong Kong
- Marc-Antoine Olivier, France – 2500 factors
- Dario Verani, Italy – 2350 factors
- Marcello Guidi, Italy – 2008 factors
- Andrea Filadelli, Italy – 2000 factors
- Kristof Rasovsky, Hungary – 1338 factors
- Pasquale Sanzullo, Italy – 1120 factors
- David Bethlehem, Hungary – 1050 factors
- Martin Straka, Czech Republic – 890 factors
- Domencio Acerenza, Italy – 800 factors
- Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy – 784 factors
4×1500 Staff Race
Prime 10 Finishers:
- Australian A (Moesha Johnson, Jacqueline Davison-McGovern, Thomas Edward Raymond, Kyle Lee) – 1:10:53.10
- Brazil A – +9.10
- USA – +30.80
- Australia B – +1:19.50
- China – +2:09.00
- Brazil B – +4:29.60
Johnson, the ladies’s 10k champion, opened up an early lead for Australia, and the Dolphins led the race nearly wire-to-wire to select up the win by a cushty margin over Brazil and the USA.
In the meantime, the Individuals and Brazilians traded positions a couple of instances within the race, with 17-year-old American Claire Weinstein swimming an 18:26 second leg for Staff USA to drag by the legendary Ana Marcela Cunha (18:30).
Brazil’s Luiz Felipe Loureiro slashed that lead in half, and the Brazilians’ youngest, 18-year-old Leonard Brandt De Macedo, dropped a giant break up of 17:07 on the closing leg to lock up silver for Brazil.
