25 km world champion Axel Reymond of France faced an old rival in the 1000m freestyle at the IISA 6th World Championship in Molveno, Italy.

But his 38-year-old German opponent, Andreas Waschburger, has been on a roll over the last year, setting records across both the English Channel and Molokai Channel. The defending King of the Ice swam his race to plan and won the Ice Kilometer as he did the 500m freestyle…by a comfortable margin over a trio of younger swimmers: Reymond, 31-year-old Reino von Wielligh of South Africa, and 23-year-old Jakub Kacerovsky of the Czech Republic.

His victory followed his Ice Kilometer victory of his fellow teammate Alisa Fatum-Böker to keep a German lock on the distance freestyle events at the IISA World Championship.

1000m Men’s Freestyle Top 10 Results

1. Andreas Waschburger (Germany, 38, IISA bio here) 11:43.18
2. Axel Reymond (France, 30, IISA bio here) 12:14.00
3. Reino von Wielligh (South Africa (South Africa, 31, IISA bio here) 12:27.07
4. Jakub Kacerovsky (Czech Republic, 23, IISA bio here) 12:46.81
5. Rostislav Vítek (Czech Republic, 49, IISA bio here) 13:04.24
6. Quinn Boyle (New Zealand, 19, IISA bio here) 13:28.75
7. Stephen Rouch (USA, 41, IISA bio here) 13:29.10
8. Chris Cook (Great Britain, 44, IISA bio here) 13:40.74
9. Marek Rother (Poland, 56, IISA bio here) 13:51.56
10. Virgile Poirier (France, 24, IISA bio here) 13:57.70

In the preliminary heats, Scott Lautman (USA, 72, IISA bio here) set a age group world record in 17:37.53.

Photos of Waschburger by HYLO®️-SPORT/ Janis Scheuermann

Watch the live coverage of the IISA 6th World Championship on Daily Motion here, organized by Ice Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Paolo Chiarino (@paolochiarino).

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