The German Leonie Beck was crowned in the women's 10 km race, ahead of the Italian Ginevra Taddeucci and the Portuguese Angélica André.

Frenchwomen Madelon Catteau (8th) and Aurélie Muller (9th), both subsequently bronze in the mixed relay, only touched the finish plate a minute later.

For Marc-Antoine Olivier, this is the second medal of this Italian meeting after the bronze gleaned the day before in the 5 km in open water, only half a second ahead... Logan Fontaine, happier on Sunday with also two medals.

"A big smile but still a little resentment", reacted to the microphone of France Télévisions the Frenchman, who was in the lead in the last kilometer in front of Olivier and Acerenza.

ontaine had managed to bring back a group of pursuers on the Hungarian David Betlehem, who took the lead of the race very early, widening a gap with the other swimmers after about ten minutes, before going it alone for more than ten minutes. 'one hour and a half.

"The key word was not to panic, not to waste energy unnecessarily," explained Fontaine.

The latter was then decisive in the bronze medal obtained by France in the 5 km mixed relay, dominated by Italy ahead of Hungary.

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The last Italian runner was the decidedly very fit Acerenza, who disgusted the Hungarian Kristof Rasovszky.

"Many Waves"

"I climb a step, but I would have liked the title today, but Acerenza was really very strong," said Marc-Antoine Olivier after the 10 km, at the microphone of France Télévisions.

"At sea, there were a lot of waves, strategy. It's nice to do races like that".

The women's race was even tighter, since four swimmers stood within a few meters of the finish, as evidenced by the two hundredths that separated Angélica André, third, from the Dutch Sharon van Rouwendaal, titled the day before in the 5 km, but who failed at the foot of the podium on Sunday.

In the lead at halfway, the double world champion in the discipline (2015 and 2017) Aurélie Muller broke down, finishing in ninth position and said she was "very disappointed".

"It was a very, very hard race. The first part of the race, I felt pretty good and the wind picked up, but the waves, I don't really like them," she said.

There was still less swell than the day before, where the women's and men's 25 km open water races were stopped and then canceled after more than 3h30 of racing, creating an imbroglio.

The swimmers had not been warned at the same time, some rushing to touch the finish plate after a final lap, as is customary when a race is cut short, others stopping completely.

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