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On the third open water race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Singapore’s Sentosa Island, the athletes were exhausted from the heat, the conditions, and the revised schedule with less rest. It was brutal. But everyone was in the same boat. Moesha Johnson (27, Australia, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @swimmer_moe) had […]
In a repeat of competition in extremely high (30.2°C/86°F) water and air temperatures, the men’s 5 km race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Sentosa Island in Singapore saw the results as the 10 km race on Wednesday. It was a bit closer – as can be expected in a race half as long – but Florian Wellbrock (27,
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Moesha Johnson (27, Australia, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @swimmer_moe) was the overwhelming race favorite – and proved it again as she won the 5 km today after winning the 10 km race on Wednesday – although her margin of victory over silver medalist Ginevra Taddeucci (28, Italy, MSF bio here, World Aquatics
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Moesha Johnson (27, Australia, MSF bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @swimmer_moe) was touted as the race favorite – and she lived up to her pre-race billing – winning the 10 km race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships with plenty of room to spare. He victory helped kick off the open water events in
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After water quality delays and extremely high (30°C/86°F) water and air temperatures, the men’s 10 km race at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Sentosa Island in Singapore finally got underway and did not disappoint. The race had everything: Compared to Paltrinieri’s best time of 14:32.80 and Wellbrock’s best time of 14:34.89 in the 1500m freestyle in the pool,
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Avram Iancu (49, Romania, MSF bio here, @avramiancu) is doing well during the first half of his 530 km Triple Crown of River Stage Swims in the Rhine River. He is on schedule to swim from the North Sea to the Black Sea eventually reaching the Main River and swimming along the Danube River through the heart of continental Europe. Day 16 saw Avram
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Another day, another delay due to poor water quality in Sentosa Island at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – so the athletes wait and extend their taper. So the men’s and women’s 10 km races are pushed off until Wednesday – not a good look for the sport of open water swimming on the world’s
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While the media has reported the delay of the women’s 10 km swim at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships due to poor water quality, there is also another issue that may plague the open water races scheduled to be held this week on Sentosa Island: warm water. The water temperatures are reportedly between 30.4°C and
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