Katie Grimes is the sole open water swimming podium finisher who qualified for the finals in the 1500m freestyle. Meanwhile. Florian Wellbrock and Gregorio Paltrinieri have won the last four world championship titles in the 1500m freestyle.
The Paris Olympics 10 km marathon swim will be unique – a point-to-point marathon swim
Florian Wellbrock completely dominated the men’s 10K marathon swim on Day 2 of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, winning by 18 seconds.
Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy, Florian Wellbrock of Germany, Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary, and a handful of other elite marathon swimmers will compete in the 10 km race on Sunday at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan