Ashley Twichell, Good In Gwangju
Courtesy of WOWSA, Gwangju, Korea.
Ashley Twichell had a successful series of swims at the FINA World Championships.
The personable distance freestyler kicked off with a 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualifying swim in 10 km race, and then followed up with a bronze medal in the 5 km Mixed Relay.
When she shifted to the pool, she finished 4th with a career best time of 15:43.19 in the 1500m freestyle.
Other open water swimmers competing in the pool included Kiah Melverton of Australia who finished 7th in 16:01.38 in the 1500m freestyle while in the 800m freestyle Giulia Gabbrielleschi of Italy placed 14th in 8:35.03 and Viviane Jungblut of Brazil finished 19th in 8:42.52.
Women’s 1500m Freestyle Results:
| 1 | 1 | QUADARELLA | Simona |  ITA |
15:40.89 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | KOHLER | Sarah |  GER |
15:48.83 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | WANG | Jianjiahe |  CHN |
15:51.00 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | TWICHELL | Ashley |  USA |
15:54.19 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | GOUGH | Maddy |  AUS |
15:59.40 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | KESELY | Ajna |  HUN |
16:01.35 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | MELVERTON | Kiah | AUS |
16:01.38 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | BELMONTE | Mireia |  ESP |
16:02.10 |
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