The women’s and men’s 10 km European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Championships in Stari Grad, Croatia will be held on Wednesday this week. The 10 km race will be the first event of the four-day championships.
On the men’s side, the competition among the Olympic medalists include Marc-Antoine Olivier of France (World Aquatics bio here, @marc_antoine_olivier_officiel), Dávid Betlehem of Hungary (World Aquatics bio here, @betlehemdavid), Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary (World Aquatics bio here, @kristofrasovszky), and Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy (World Aquatics bio here, @greg_palt) is expected to be heated and will be a great precursor to the upcoming 2025 World Aquatics Championships held in Singapore this July.
On the women’s side, the top guns from the 2024 Paris Olympics should have a great dual with the rest of the field in a tight pack. Fifth-place 2024 Paris Olympic finisher Bettina Fábián of Hungary (World Aquatics bio here) will likely battle Olympic bronze medalist Ginevra Taddeucci of Italy (World Aquatics bio here, @ginevrataddeucci, shown below), but a large leading pack is expected throughout the race with a lot of physicality involved.
The starting field for the women include:
1 Alena Benesova Czech Republic
2 Maria de Valdes Alvarez Spain
3 Paula Otero Fernández Spain
4 Candela Sanchez Lora Spain
5 Louna Kasvio Finland
6 Inès Delacroix France
7 Leah Crisp Great Britain
8 Ella Dyson Great Britain
9 Lea Boy Germany
10 Jeannette Spiwoks Germany
11 Georgia Makri Greece
12 Bettina Fábián Hungary
13 Janka Juhász Hungary
14 Viktória Mihályvári Farkas Hungary
15 Ofek Adir Israel
16 Emily Golos Israel
17 Omer Shwartz Israel
18 Linda Caponi Italy
19 Barbara Pozzobon Italy
20 Ginevra Taddeucci Italy
21 Klaudia Tarasiewicz Poland
22 Mariana Mendes Portugal
23 Mafalda Rosa Portugal
24 Maša Arnež Slovenia
25 Špela Perše Slovenia
26 Hana Krasnohorska Slovakia
27 Akanda Boz Sezen Turkey
28 Tuna Erdogan Turkey
29 Su İnal Turkey
The starting field for the men include:
1 Luca Karl Austria
2 Logan Vanhuys Belgium
3 Martin Straka Czech Republic
4 Mateo Garcia Castro Spain
5 Mario Mendez Puga Spain
6 Logan Fontaine France
7 Marc-Antoine Olivier France
8 Sacha Velly France
9 Sean McCann Great Britain
10 Hector Pardoe Great Britain
11 Rainer Bockes Moritz Germany
12 Jonas Claus Kusche Germany
13 Charalampos Kynigakis Athanasios Greece
14 Dávid Betlehem Hungary
15 Hunor Kovács Seres Hungary
16 Kristóf Rasovszky Hungary
17 Yonatan Ahdut Israel
18 Matan Roditi Israel
19 Andrea Filadelli Italy
20 Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy
21 Dario Verani Italy
22 Piotr Woźniak Poland
23 Francisco Amaral Portugal
24 Ricardo Santos Portugal
25 Paul Niederberger Switzerland
26 Christian Schreiber Switzerland
27 Tomas Pavelka Slovakia
28 Batur Albayrak Emir Turkey
29 Atakan Ercan Turkey
30 Doġukan Ulaç Turkey
For more information, visit europeanaquatics.org.
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