There will be several odds-on gold medal favorites in the swimming events at the LA28 Olympic Games.
Summer McIntosh in the 200 butterfly, 200 IM and 400 IM.
Katie Ledecky in the 1500m freestyle.
And Moesha Johnson (@swimmer_moesha) in the 10 km.
The 28-year-old 2024 Paris Olympics silver medalist proved her dominance again in the 10 km race at yesterday’s World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Ibiza, Spain. Of the 11 World Cup podium positions she has earned, 9 have been gold. She said, “Today, the biggest factor was dealing with the cold – mentally and physically. That’s why I pushed the pace more than usual. In cold water, your heart rate drops, so I was trying to keep it high to stay warm. I was really racing the conditions first, and then thinking about tactics second.”
9 swimmers of the 66 starters did not finish in the 18.6° wavy conditions. Another 8 swimmers were over the time limit.
What happened?
Conditions changed from days past to race day. For the worse.
It was choppy – real choppy and cold. At 18.6°C, the course was colder and much rougher than the swimmers expected or prepared for.
It was unexpected and took most of the field by surprise despite national team spots for the upcoming European Championship and Pan Pacific Championship being contested among teammates. But the top Aussie continues to forge on.
World Cup 10 km Results
- Moesha Johnson, 28, Australia
- Angela Martinez-Guillen, 22, Spain
- Viktoria Mihalyvari-Farkas, 22, Hungary
- Lisa Pou, 26, Monaco
- Klaudia Tarasiewicz, 22, Poland
- Ginevra Taddeucci, 28, Italy
- Lea Boy, 26, Germany
- Bettina Fabian, 21, Hungary
- Clara Martinez de Salinas Pena, 19, Spain
- Candela Sanchez Lora, 22, Spain
- Ichika Kajimoto, 22, Japan
- Caroline Laure Jouisse, 31, France
- Inex Delacroix, 23, France
- Mariah Denigan, 22, USA
- Brinkleigh Hansen, 16, USA
- Airi Ebina, 24, Japan
- Paula Otero Fernandez, 22, Spain
- Chelsea Gubecka, 27, Australia
- Louna Kasvio, 20, Finland
- Su Inal, 15, Turkey
- Julie Pleskotova, 24, Czech Republic
- Clemence Coccordano, 21, France
- Becca Mann, 28, USA
- Tiana Kritzinger, 21, Australia
- Bianca Monaco, 18, Australia
- Tayla Martin, 27, Australia
- Alessia Ossoli, 21, Italy E
- lena Tortora, 21, Italy
- Brooke Travis, 25, USA
- Jacqueline Davison-McGovern, 22, Australia
- Alex Siegel, 16, USA
- Manoli Cassar, 17, France
- Candela Giordanino, 21, Argentina
- Ana Abad, 22, Ecuador
- Napsugar Nagy, 17, Hungary
- Mira Miszali, 17, Hungary
- Macy May Beuzeville, 18, Australia
- Lou-Ann Gaudaire, 19, France
- Ashley Twichell, 36, USA
- Sioban Decraene, 18, Belgium
- Sienna Deurloo, 20, Australia
- Julia Coll Marti, 18, Spain
- Rylee Smith, 17, Australia
- Maria Gonzalez Vazquez, 18, Spain
- Anina Bruhin, 20, Switzerland
- Maria Bramont-Arias, 26, Peru
- Emma Fredersdorf, 20, Switzerland
- Laura Recuerdo Diaz, 17, Spain 2:18:07.70
- Giulia Berton, 24, Italy DNF
- Linda Caponi, 27, Italy DNF
- Maria de Valdes, 27, Spain DNF
- Sofia Garces, 18, Argentina DNF
- Ajna Kesely, 24, Hungary DNF
- Mariana Mendes, 24, Portugal DNF
- Marina Roca Fortuny, 21, Spain DNF
- Mafalda Rosa, 22, Portugal DNF
- Claire Weinstein, 19, USA DNF
- Maria Fernanda Arellanos, 17, Peru OTL
- Alessandra Liviana Gendarmi, 17, USA OTL
- Naira Jaen Serra, 17, Spain OTL
- Hana Krasnohorska, 18, Slovakia OTL
- Julia Lapena Ruiz, 18, Spain OTL
- Alba Maestro Lorenzo, 23, Spain OTL
- Alba Ortiz de Guinea Baston, 28, Spain OTL
- Paula Rodriguez Rodriguez, 18, Spain OTL
- ALba Rubio Villoria, 16, Spain DSQ
- Malak Meqdar, 19, Mauritius DNS
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