Earlier in the day Ginevra Taddeucci (27, Italy, World Aquatics bio here, @ginevrataddeucci) won her first European title in the women’s 5 km race at the 2025 European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Championships in Stari Grad, Croatia.

Later on in the afternoon under worsening conditions, Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri (World Aquatics bio here, @greg_palt) had to work especially hard on a modified course to capture his 13th career European title in both the open water and the pool.

It was a tough battle for the 30-year-old Italian star, battling and positioning himself among and, ultimately, ahead of the two best swimmers from Hungary, 21-year-old Olympic bronze medalist Dávid Betlehem (World Aquatics bio here, @betlehemdavid) and 27-year-old fellow Olympic gold medalist Kristóf Rasovszky (World Aquatics bio here, @kristofrasovszky).

5 km Men’s Final Results

1. Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy 52:05.79
2. Dávid Betlehem Hungary 52:08.07
3. Kristóf Rasovszky Hungary 52:13.57
4. Sacha Velly France 52:22.04
5. Logan Fontaine France 52:22.09
6. Hunor Kovács Seres Hungary 52:24.61
7. Marcello Guidi Italy 52:25.00
8. Damien Joly France 53:22.24
9. Piotr Woźniak Poland 53:23.78
10. Dario Verani Italy 53:23.98
11. Paul Niederberger Switzerland 53:24.20
12. Mateo Garcia Castro Spain 53:24.75
13. Noah Lerch Germany 53:28.24
14. Mario Mendez Puga Spain 54:47.43
15. Emre Sarp Zeytinoglu Turkey 54:49.17
16. Martin Straka Czech Republic 54:49.37
17. Ricardo Santos Portugal 54:49.50
18. Marin Mogic Croatia 54:49.51
19. Yonatan Ahdut Israel Atakan Ercan Turkey 54:50.66
20. Maor Goralnik Israel 55:06.53
21. Emir Batur Albayrak Turkey 56:14.81
22. Francisco Amaral Portugal 56:18.99
23. Grgo Mujan Croatia 57:09.66
24. Rastislav Čačík Slovakia 57:10.76
25. Patrick Eremija Croatia 57:36.92
26. Líggjas Joensen Faroe Islands 59:28.75
27. Silas Dam Lindberg Faroe Islands 59:57.64
28. Rainer Moritz Bockes Germany DSQ
29. FChristian Schreiber Switzerland DNS

Tomorrow, the podium trio will have their third opportunity in three days to race again – three times – in the 3 km Knockout Sprints event. At 3:00 pm, they will race in the 1.5 km First Round heat. At 3:30 pm with relatively little rest, they will race again in the 1 km Second Round head, and then they will most likely face off one more time at the 4:00 pm 500m Final. It will be quite a day of racing.

Men’s 3 km Knockout Sprints Starting Field

1 Luca Karl Austria
2 Martin Straka Czech Republic
3 Mateo Garcia Castro Spain
4 Mario Mendez Puga Spain
5 Logan Fontaine France
6 Marc-Antoine Olivier France
7 Sacha Velly France
8 Bárður Ólavsson Faroe Islands
9 Noah Lerch Germany
10 Arne Schubert Germany
11 Dávid Betlehem Hungary
12 Hunor Kovács Seres Hungary
13 Kristóf Rasovszky Hungary
14 Matan Roditi Israel
15 Matteo Diodata Italy
16 Davide Machello Italy
17 Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy
18 Piotr Woźniak Poland
19 Paul Niederberger Switzerland
20 Christian Schreiber Switzerland
21 Batur Albayrak Emir Turkey
22 Berk Boz Turkey
23 Efe Guler Mevlut Turkey

For more information, visit europeanaquatics.org.

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