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.

With eyes focused on the 2024 Paris Olympic 10 km finalists including bronze medalist Ginevra Taddeucci of Italy (World Aquatics bio here, @ginevrataddeucci) and fifth-place finisher Bettina Fábián of Hungary (World Aquatics bio here), it was Viktória Mihályvári Farkas (21, Hungary, World Aquatics bio here, @v_mihalyvari) who captured, rather comfortably, gold in a time of 1:57:27.54 over Tadeucci who finished in 1:57:30.35 and Germany’s Lea Boy (Germany, World Aquatics bio here, @lea_boy) who finished in 1:57:34.38.

The 21-year-old Hungarian was competing in only her second 10 km race – and immediately put her on the LA28 podium watch list with her ability to race in the open water. Her best times in the pool (2:04 in the 200m, 4:13 in the 400m, 8:30 in the 800m, and 16:02 in the 1500m), her tactical composure in a tightly packed race and finish sprint to emerge on top of the European Championship podium seem to be great exposure of her potential.

10 km Women’s Final Results

The starting field for the women include:

1. Viktória Mihályvári Farkas Hungary 1:57:27.54
2. Ginevra Taddeucci Italy 1:57:30.35
3. Lea Boy Germany 1:57:34.38
4. Klaudia Tarasiewicz Poland 1:57:34.52
5. Bettina Fábián Hungary 1:57:34.65
6. Paula Otero Fernández Spain 1:57:35.94
7. Linda Caponi Italy 1:57:47.42
8. Candela Sanchez Lora Spain 1:57:50.33
9. Barbara Pozzobon Italy 1:57:54.37
10. Inès Delacroix France 1:57:55.99
11. Jeannette Spiwoks Germany 1:58:01.56
12. Ella Dyson Great Britain 1:58:40.32
13. Georgia Makri Greece 2:00:29.72
14. Louna Kasvio Finland 2:01:19.96
15. Janka Juhász Hungary 2:01:20.09
16. Mafalda Rosa Portugal 2:01:31.76
17. Špela Perše Slovenia 2:02:11.43
18. Alena Benesova Czech Republic 2:02:36.89
19. Ofek Adir Israel 2:04:23.82
20. Mariana Mendes Portugal 2:11:00.68
21. Tuna Erdogan Turkey 2:11:06.71
22. Emily Golos Israel 2:14:06.22
23. Hana Krasnohorska Slovakia 2:14:12.07
24. Omer Shwartz Israel 2:14:12.25
25. Sezen Akanda Boz Turkey 2:14:34.45
26. Maria de Valdes Alvarez Spain DSQ
27. Maša Arnež Slovenia DNF
28. Leah Crisp Great Britain DNF
29. Su İnal Turkey

Tomorrow, Farkas will face the top guns from the 2024 Paris Olympics again. It should be an even tighter dual bunched in a tight pack with fifth-place 2024 Paris Olympic finisher Bettina Fábián of Hungary (World Aquatics bio here), sixth-place finisher Giulia Gabbrielleschi of Italy (World Aquatics bio here, @gabbri1996), and Taddeucci in the hunt for gold.

The 5 km starting field for the women tomorrow 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 Leonie-Sarah Josephine Tenzer Finland
7 Inès Delacroix France
8 Jonna Joensen Faroe Islands
9 Celine Rieder Germany
10 Bettina Fábián Hungary
11 Viktória Mihályvári Farkas Hungary
12 Mira Szimcsák Hungary
13 Omer Shwartz Israel
14 Giulia Gabbrielleschi Italy
15 Barbara Pozzobon Italy
16 Ginevra Taddeucci Italy
17 Klaudia Tarasiewicz Poland
18 Mariana Mendes Portugal
19 Mafalda Rosa Portugal
20 Maša Arnež Slovenia
21 Špela Perše Slovenia
22 Lucia Slámová Slovakia
23 Tuna Erdogan Turkey
24 Su İnal Turkey
25 Selinnur Sade Turkey

For more information, visit europeanaquatics.org.

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