Gwangju (South Korea) (AFP)
Germany, with Florian Wellbrock in gold and Rob Muffels in bronze, trusteed two of the three men's 10-kilometer podiums in open water at the World Swimming Championships on Tuesday in Yeosu, South Korea.
Two days after the women's race, the men's 10km delivered in turn its ten Olympic sesames to the first ten swimmers to hit the plate in the finish channel. Three countries were offered two each: besides Germany, France, with 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Marc-Antoine Olivier, second Tuesday morning, and David Aubry (10th), and Italy, with Gregorio Paltrinieri ( 6th) and Mario Sanzullo (9th).
In Gwangju, status quo at the top of the diving boards, with an eighth crown in as many events contested for China, this time in the mixed team competition at 3m and 10m.
Russia has resumed its relentless advance in artistic swimming: it dominated the technical team (96.9426), ahead of China and Ukraine, to obtain its fourth title out of five awarded until then.
Only the highlight, an event that gives pride to the acrobatic tricks and who made his debut at the World Cup in the Korean basin, escaped his hegemony the day before: there was no Russian team involved.
French swimmers ranked ninth in the technical team (86.6543).
The podiums of the 5th day:
FREE WATER
. 10 km gentlemen
1. Florian Wellbrock (GER) 1h47: 55.9
2. Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA) 1h47: 56.1
3. Rob Muffels (GER) 1:47:47 am
4. Kristof Rasovszky (HUN) 1h47: 59.5
5. Jordan Wilimovsky (USA) 1h48: 01.0
6. Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) 1h48: 01.0
7. Weertman Ferry (NED) 1h48: 01.9
8. Alberto Martinez (ESP) 1h48: 02.2
9. Mario Sanzullo (ITA) 1h48: 04.7
10. David Aubry (FRA) 1h48: 05.1
...
NB: the top ten qualified for the Olympics 2020
DIVING
. Mixed team event 3m / 10m
1. Lin Shan / Yang Jian (CHN) 416.65 points
2. Sergey Nazin / Iuliia Timoshinina (RUS) 390.05
3. Katrina Young / Andrew Capobianco (USA) 357.60
ARTISTIC SWIMMING
. Technical team
1. Russia 96.9426 points
2. China 95,1543
3. Ukraine 93,4514
...
9. France 86.6543
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