Earlier in the day Viktória Mihályvári Farkas (21, Hungary, World Aquatics bio here, @v_mihalyvari) won the women’s 10 km race at the 2025 European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Championships in Stari Grad, Croatia.

The men followed and, true to form, Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary (World Aquatics bio here, @kristofrasovszky) topped the podium in the afternoon’s 10 km race on Day One of the Championships. He won in 1:47:23.68 ahead of two Frenchman Logan Fontaine  (World Aquatics bio here, @logan.fontaine_) in 1:47:26.05 and Marc-Antoine Olivier (World Aquatics bio here, @marc_antoine_olivier_officiel) in 1:47:26.18, and Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri (World Aquatics bio here, @greg_palt).

With Rasovszky just setting a Hungarian national record in the 400m freestyle in 3:45.32 at the Hungarian National Championships in April, it would have been a tall task for anyone to outsprint him over the last 400 meters.

10 km Men’s Final Results

1. Kristóf Rasovszky Hungary 1:47:23.68
2. Logan Fontaine France 1:47:26.05
3. Marc-Antoine Olivier France 1:47:26.18
4. Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy 1:47:26.27
5. Andrea Filadelli Italy 1:47:26.28
6. Sacha Velly France 1:47:29.33
7. Matan Roditi Israel 1:47:30.61
8. Athanasios Charalampos Kynigakis Greece 1:47:31.34
9. Dario Verani Italy 1:47:33.30
10. Dávid Betlehem Hungary 1:47:35.23
11. Luca Karl Austria 1:48:38.16
12. Mario Mendez Puga Spain 1:48:38.83
13. Mateo Garcia Castro Spain 1:48:38.89
14. Paul Niederberger Switzerland 1:48:39.38
15. Christian Schreiber Switzerland 1:48:40.67
16. Martin Straka Czech Republic 1:48:42.45
17. Piotr Woźniak Poland 1:49:33.46
18. Hector Pardoe Great Britain 1:52:24.38
19. Yonatan Ahdut Israel 1:53:04.90
20. Hunor Kovács Seres Hungary 1:53:59.94
21. Rainer Moritz Bockes Germany 1:55:51.94
22. Ricardo Santos Portugal 1:55:52.83
23. Jonas Claus Kusche Germany 1:55:58.13
24. Atakan Ercan Turkey 1:56:14.81
25. Mauro Bobanovic Croatia 2:00:30.00
26. Francisco Amaral Portugal 2:00:30.33
27. Doġukan Ulaç Turkey 2:01:25.53
28. Tomas Pavelka Slovakia 2:07:35.43
29. Batur Albayrak Emir Turkey DNF
30. Sean McCann Great Britain DNF
31. Logan Vanhuys Belgium DNF

Tomorrow, Rasovszky will have the opportunity to come back and capture a double victory in the 5 km race that will also include Olympic medalists include Betlehem of Hungary and Paltrinieri of Italy, another great precursor to the upcoming 2025 World Aquatics Championships held in Singapore this July. The field will include:

1 Martin Straka Czech Republic
2 Mateo Garcia Castro Spain
3 Mario Mendez Puga Spain
4 Logan Fontaine France
5 Damien Joly France
6 Sacha Velly France
7 Líggjas Joensen Faroe Islands
8 Silas Dam Lindberg Faroe Islands
9 Moritz Rainer Bockes Germany
10 Noah Lerch Germany
11 Dávid Betlehem Hungary
12 Hunor Kovács Seres Hungary
13 Kristóf Rasovszky Hungary
14 Maor Goralnik Israel
15 Marcello Guidi Italy
16 Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy
17 Dario Verani Italy
18 Piotr Woźniak Poland
19 Francisco Amaral Portugal
20 Ricardo Santos Portugal
21 Paul Niederberger Switzerland
22 Christian Schreiber Switzerland
23 Rastislav Čačík Slovakia
24 Batur Emir Albayrak Turkey
25 Atakan Ercan Turkey
26 Sarp Emre Zeytinoglu Turkey

For more information, visit europeanaquatics.org.

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