It was an Italian affair in beautifully breezy Somabay in Egypt, site of the first stage of the 2024 World Aquatic Open Water Swimming World Cup series that was held yesterday.

Under rough water, constantly choppy conditions in turquoise blue 21°C water, the race was close throughout the six-lap course.

But eventual winner Domenico Acerenza said, The water was very choppy and the wind was very hard, but we are open water swimmers, we know how to handle this condition very well.”

How true his words were – especially for him and his Italian teammates.

Acerenza outswam Olympian and fellow Italian rival Gregorio Paltrinieri in second and Dario Verani who finished third.

Men’s Final Results

1. Domenico Acerenza, Italy (29) 1:55:26.40
2. Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy (29) 1:55:28.90
3. Dario Verani, Italy (29) 1:55:29.50
4. Marc-Antoine Olivier, France (27) 1:55:31.40
5. David Betlehem, Hungary (20) 1:55:31.60
6. Jules Wallart, France (21) 1:55:35.60
7. Marcello Guidi, Italy (26) 1:55:35.80
8. Pasquale Sanzullo, Italy (26) 1:55:37.10
9. Andrea Filadelli, Italy (22) 1:55:37.70
10. Carlos Garach Benito, Spain (19) 1:55:37.90
11. Fabio Dalu, Italy (23) 1:55:40.60
12. Martin Straka, Czech Republic (23) 1:55:40.70
13. Kristof Rasovszky, Hungary (26) 1:56:38.10
14. Piotr Wozniak, Poland (18) 1:56:38.30
15. Mario Sanzullo, Italy (30) 1:57:20.40
16. Ivan Giovannoni, Italy (22) 1:57:22.10
17. Matheus Melecchi, Brazil (18) 1:57:46.70
18. Guillem Pujol, Spain (27) 1:57:47.40
19. Jonas Kusche, Germany (19) 1:57:49.10
20. Alejandro Puebla Martinez, Spain (21) 1:57:51.60
21. Jan Hercog, Austria (26) 1:57:51.70
22. Luca Karl, Austria (21) 1:58:03.20
23. Niklas Frach, Germany (26) 1:58:58.10
24. Bartosz Kapala, Poland (17) 2:00:03.40
25. Lev Cherepanov, Kazakhstan (23) 2:00:10.50
26. Axel Reymond, France (30) 2:01:00.30
27. Ioannis Skaris, Greece (17) 2:02:24.90
28. Peter Galicz, Hungary (23) 2:05:56.90
29. Marco Inglima, Italy (26) 2:05:57.90
30. Alberto Martinez, Spain (25) 2:06:00.60
31. Karim Maged, Egypt (16) 2:06:10.40
32. Denis Borovka, Czech Republic (18) 2:09:36.20
33. Mazen Mosafa Shokry, Egypt (15) 2:09:46.20
34. Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed, Egypt (15) 2:09:46.50
35. Spyridon Andreadis, Greece (22) 2:14:23.30
36. Galymzhan Balabek, Kazakhstan (24) 2:15:06.40
37. Sherif Reda Metwally, Egypt (15) 2:15:11.70
38. Mohamed Tarek Rashad, Egypt (18) 2:15:17.50
39. Yousseif Ihab Mostafa, Egypt (19) 2:20:36.70
40. Yahia Hazem Hussein, Egypt (15) 2:25:26.00
41. Mostafa Tarek, Egypt (20) DNF
42. Sheka Ahmed Yacoub Ahmed, Sudan (15) DNF
43. Gafar Hassan, Sudan (21) DNF
44. Marwan Elamraway, Egypt (28) DNS
45. Mohamed Moselhy, Egypt (22) DNS

To watch the races, visit the World Aquatics YouTube feed here.

The World Aquatics World Cup rankings after Stage 1 are posted here.

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