Courtesy of Ian Hanson, Hanson Media. Photo of TSS Aquatic teammates (left to right) Moesha Johnson, Maddie Gough, and Bianca Crisp (bronze). Photo Courtesy: Swimming Australia (Delly Carr). Guthrie courtesy of Delly Carr of Swimming Australia, Brighton Beach, Adelaide, Australia.

20-year-old Madeleine Gough, a distance freestyle pool specialist, took to the open water and very comfortably won the 5 km race at the 2020 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships in Brighton Beach, Adelaide.

2020 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships Women’s 5 km Race Results:

1. Madeleine Gough (20) 58:08.56

2. Moesha Johnson (22) 1:00:51.96

3. Bianca Crisp (20) 1:01:08.79 [6th in 10 km]

4. Laura Taylor (20) 1:01:14.55

5. Jade Slee (19) 1:01:15.82 [DNF in 10 km]

6. Jordan White (26) 1:01:37.93 [8th in 10 km]

7. Sacha Downing (22) 1:01:51.48 [12th in 10 km]

8. Laura Brosnan (19) 1:02:12.02 [15h in 10 km]

9. Tayla Martin (20) 1:03:37.16 [22nd in 10 km]

10. Rebekah Weller (25) 1:05:04.46 [17th in 10 km]

11. Suzanne Ryan (22) 1:05:05.71 [25th in 10 km]

12. Alice Stuart (22) 1:05:06.84

13. Chloe Truscott (21) 1:05:09.35 [21st in 10 km]

14. Josie Page (20) 1:05:19.28 [26th in 10 km]

15. Emma Warburton (20) 1:06:03.43

16. Imogen Foley (20) 1:07:03.04 [23rd in 10 km]

17. Eve Caton (19) 1:07:53.52

18. Ashleigh Oberekar (19) 1:08:07.79

19. Katelyne Irwin (24) 1:08:41.99 [27th in 10 km]

20. Katelin Van Breen (18) 1:09:04.78

21. Sharon Crisafi (50) 1:09:06.07

22. Ella Harnetty (19) 1:10:31.96 [29th in 10 km]

23. Sarah-Jane Weir (30) 1:13:41.34

24. Nishika Sharma (19) 1:14:03.94

25. Kate Moroz (17) 1:16:05.80

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