European Aquatics Open Water World Cup
- Might 18, 2024
- Leg 1: Piombino, Italy
- Outcomes
Males’s 10K
- Domenico Acerenza (ITA) – 1:46:54.16
- Sacha Velly (FRA) – 1:46:54.67
- Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA) – 1:46:54.86
- Vincenzo Caso (ITA) – 1:47:07.15
- Andrea Filadelli (ITA) – 1:47:11.49
Ladies’s 10K
- Angela Martinez Guillen (ESP) – 1:56:37.81
- Ginevra Taddeucci (ITA) – 1:56:39.46
- Caroline Jouisse (FRA) – 1:56:40.33
- Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) – 1:56:42.36
- Lisa Pou (MON) – 1:56:42.50
After almost two hours of racing on the European Aquatics Open Water World Cup cease in Piombino, Italy, Domenico Acerenza rallied previous the French duo of Sacha Velly and Marc-Antoine Olivier during the last 100 meters to beat them by lower than a second.
Acerenza, a 29-year-old Italian, reached the end line in a profitable time of 1:46:54.16, with Velly (1:46:54.67) and Olivier (1:46:54.86) proper on his tail.
Acerenza has been on a tear to start out 2024 with only a couple months remaining till the Paris Olympics this summer season. He punched his ticket to the River Seine with a Seventh-place end on the World Championships in February earlier than profitable the primary World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cups cease in March.
“That is the Olympic yr — that is good coaching for the race,” Acerenza stated. “I attempt to push on daily basis so it’s okay.”
Velly, the runner-up finisher at 19 years previous, led going into the ultimate lap however couldn’t maintain onto a body-length benefit over Acerenza.
On the ladies’s aspect, 20-year-old Spaniard Angela Martinez Guillen additionally got here from behind to seize the 10km title forward of Italy’s Ginevra Taddeucci (1:56:39.46) and France’s Caroline Jouisse (1:56:40.33).
“The ultimate a part of the race was loopy,” stated Martinez Guillen, who positioned thirteenth on the World Championships in February to qualify for the Paris Olympics. “There was lots of people.”
Reigning Olympic champion Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil missed the rostrum by only a couple seconds with a 4th-place exhibiting in 1:56:42.36. Lisa Pou, who switched sporting nationalities from France to Monaco final yr, positioned fifth in 1:56:42.50.
2023 world champion Leonie Beck of Germany couldn’t fast crack the highest 10 with an Eleventh-place effort in 1:56:52.11.
The European Aquatics Open Water World Cup continues subsequent month with one last tune-up earlier than the Paris Olympics. The second cease of the tour is scheduled for June 29 in Barcelona, Spain.
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— European Aquatics (@EuroAquatics) Might 19, 2024