Cancún is a great place to start focusing on the LA28 Olympic 10 km open water swim.

The hard-packed white sand that laps upon the Cancún shores reminds me very much of Belmont Shore in Long Beach, California where the Olympic open water races will be held on July 17th and 18th 2028. If the onshore winds blow similarly in Cancún, it could be a splitting image of Belmont Shore.

This Friday, November 6th, large fields of the fastest men’s and women’s open water swimmers will compete in the 10 km World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup 2026/27 that starts with Stop 1 in Cancún on the beautiful shores of the Caribbean Sea located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in Mexico.. On Saturday, November 7th, the competition will culminate in the 3 km Knockout Sprints.

The best of the best are here in Cancún:

Men’s Start List

1. Lucas Ezequiel Alba, Argentina
2. Joaquin Moreno, Argentina
3. Bailey Armstrong, Australia
4. Percy Escobar, Bolivia
5. Arthur Aguilar, Brazil
6. Leonardo Brandt de Macedo, Brazil
7. Matheus Melecchi, Brazil
8. Victor Moreno, Brazil
9. Eduardo Lima Mustafa, Brazil
10. Jeison Rojas, Costa Rica
11. Denis Borovka, Czech Republic
12. Matej Kozubek, Czech Republic
13. Petr Moravek, Czech Republic
14. Martin Straka, Czech Republic
15. David Farinango, Ecuador
16. Emile Mexmacque, France
17. Marc-Antoine Olivier France
18. Ethan Parker, France
19. Sacha Velly, France
20. Oliver Klemet, Germany
21. Florian Wellbrock, Germany
22. Jose Barrios, Guatemala
23. David Betlehem, Hungary
24. Yonatan Ahdut, Israel
25. Domenico Acerenza, Italy
26. Fabio Dalu, Italy
27. Andrea Filadelli, Italy
28. Pasquale Giordano, Italy
29. Ivan Giovannoni, Italy
30. Marcello Guidi, Italy
31. Davide Marchello, Italy
32. Dario Verani, Italy
33. Riku Ezawa, Japan
34. Taishin Minamide, Japan
35. Kaito Tsujimori, Japan
36. Emiliano Almanza Chavez, Mexico
37. Jonatha Arredondo, Mexico
38. Fernando Betanzos, Mexico
39. Luis Eduardo Corona Martinez, Mexico
40. Alessio Ducourtil Ancona, Mexico
41. Juan Pablo Garcia Santa Cruz, Mexico
42. Santiago Martinez, Mexico
43. Marco Antonio Melendez Hernandez, Mexico
44. Ramses Miranda Vidal, Mexico
45. Diego Obele Cisneros, Mexico
46. Paulo Strehlke Delgado, Mexico
47. Roberto Valdes Ochoa, Mexico
48. Maximiliano Vega Cuevas, Mexico
49. Esteban Faure, Monaco
50. Bartosz Kapala, Poland
51. Francisco Amaral, Portugal
52. Diogo Cardoso, Portugal
53. Nolan Carrel, Switzerland
54. Christian Schreiber, Switzerland
55. Rastislav Cacik, Slovakia
56. Richard Urban, Slovakia
57. Dogukan Ulac, Turkey
58. Jose Maria Labayru Gomez, Uruguay
59. Joshua Brown, USA
60. Dylan Gravley, USA
61. Jacob Pishko, USA
62. Ivan Puskovitch, USA
63. Raul Alberto Briseno Gonzalez, Venezuela
64. Johndry Segovia, Venezuela
65. Ronaldo Eduardo Zambrano Sanchez, Venezuela

Women’s Start List

1. Romina Soledad Imwinkelried, Argentina
2. Mayte Puca, Argentina
3. Jacqueline Davison-McGovern, Australia
4. Moesha Johnson, Australia
5. Cibelle Jungblut, Brazil
6. Lizian Sobral, Brazil
7. Julie Pleskotova, Czech Republic
8. Rafaela Coello, Ecuador
9. Danna Martinez, Ecuador
10. Maria de Valdes, Spain
11. Angela Martinez Guillen, Spain
12. Candela Sanchez Lora, Spain
13. Louna Kasvio, Finland
14. Clemence Coccordano, France
15. Ines Delacroix, France
16. Lea Boy, Germany
17. Jeannette Spiwoks, Germany
18. Yanci Vanegas, Guatemala
19. Bettina Fabian, Hungary
20. Giulia Berton, Italy
21. Linda Caponi, Italy
22. Antonietta Cesarano, Italy
23. Noemi Cesarano, Italy
24. Giulia Gabbrielleschi, Italy
25. Barbara Pozzobon, Italy
26. Rebecca Rimoldi, Italy
27. Ginevra Taddeucci, Italy
28. Airi Ebina, Japan
29. Ichika Kajimoto, Japan
30. Paulina Alanis Hernandez, Mexico
31. Regina Cuevas Ortiz, Mexico
32. Marisela Escobar Falcon, Mexico
33. Katherine Mercado, Mexico
34. Citlalli Montserrat Mora Olivares, Mexico
35. Dalia Berenice Moreno Velasco, Mexico
36. Camila Nieves Zubieta, Mexico
37. Andrea Ximena Perez Armenta, Mexico
38. Sharon Rubio de la Rosa, Mexico
39. Yuritzi Salgado Gonzalez, Mexico
40. Dana Toledo, Mexico
41. Lisa Pou, Monaco
42. Klaudia Tarasiewicz, Poland
43. Angelica Andre, Portugal
44. Mariana Mendes, Portugal
45. Mafalda Rosa, Portugal
46. Callan Lotter, South Africa
47. Lucia Slamova, Slovakia
48. Karolina Ann Valko, Slovakia
49. Su Inal, Turkey
50. Pilar Canedo, Uruguay
51. Alessandra Liviana Gendarmi, USA
52. Becca Mann, USA
53. Chloe Teger, USA
54. Paola Perez, Venezuela

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