Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Dansk Svømmeunion - For første gang fyldes Københavns kanaler af 4000 svømmere hen over to dage


 

TrygFonden Christiansborg Rundt afvikles i år for første gang over to dage. Det giver både deltagere og tilskuere nye oplevelser – blandt andet et svømmende fakkeloptog gennem kanalerne i solnedgangen.

Normalt er det kun én dag om lovet, man lovligt kan hoppe i de københavnske kanaler og svømme rundt om Christiansborg. I år er det for første gang nogensinde eventen afvikles over to dage - den 26. og 27. august. Dansk Svømmeunion, der arrangerer TrygFonden Christiansborg Rundt, har nemlig valgt at udvide eventet til at foregå fra fredag eftermiddag og hele den efterfølgende lørdag.

”Vi så gode muligheder i at udvide eventet til også at omfatte fredag eftermiddag og aften. Blandt andet muligheden for at afprøve svømmeruten om aftenen samt muligheden for at få flere virksomheder og deltagere til at deltage i direkte forlængelse af en arbejdsdag,” siger Caroline Kleemann, projektleder for TrygFonden Christiansborg Rundt i Dansk Svømmeunion.

 

Svømmende fakkeloptog gennem indre by i solnedgangen

Et af de nye tiltag finder sted fredag aften, hvor der vil være et helt særligt syn i vente for tilskuerne til TrygFonden Christiansborg Rundt. For første gang bliver tre heats sendt af sted, mens solen går ned, og hver svømmer er udstyret med en selvlysende havtaske.

”Vi ønsker at lyse kanalerne op og svømme i samlet flok som et svømmende fakkeloptog gennem hjertet af København. Det bliver en social tur med stop undervejs, der er med til at sætte fokus på det rene vand i havnen,” siger Caroline Kleemann, projektleder for TrygFonden Christiansborg Rundt i Dansk Svømmeunion.

Konceptet hedder TrygFonden Christiansborg Rundt by Night og vil finde sted fra kl. 20.30 til cirka 22.00. Læs mere om TrygFonden Christiansborg Rundt by night her.

 

Nye distancer til nybegyndere og de helt hardcore svømmere

Normalt består TrygFonden Christiansborg Rundt af to forskellige distancer: Den individuelle svømmetur på 2.000 m rundt om Christiansborg samt Krüger Stafetten, hvor firmandshold deler distancen op og svømmer 500 m hver.

2.000 m kan imidlertid være en stor mundfuld for helt nye åbent vand-svømmere. Og samtidig kan det hurtigt blive trivielt for de mere hardcore svømmere, der måske har taget turen rundt om Christiansborg mange gange før. Derfor har Dansk Svømmeunion valgt at åbne op for to nye distancer: 1.000 m og 10.000 m.

”Jeg håber, at vi kan inkludere flere af de svømmere, der gerne vil være med, men synes, at 2.000 m er lige i overkanten. Samtidig er der også noget mere ekstremt til de svømmere, der gerne vil presse sig selv med hele fem rundture om Borgen,” siger Caroline Kleemann, projektleder for TrygFonden Christiansborg Rundt i Dansk Svømmeunion.

Det er allerede sikkert at sige, at distancen på 10.000 m er populær – den blev nemlig meget hurtigt udsolgt. Læs mere om de forskellige distancer her.

 

Mad og live-musik til virksomheder og andre grupper

Et event over to dage åbner op for helt nye muligheder i forhold til at gøre eventet mere tilgængeligt for virksomheder, der ønsker at tage af sted sammen. Derfor er Dansk Svømmeunion og miljøvirksomheden Krüger Veolia A/S gået sammen om at stable et fredagsarrangement på benene, der skal gøre det nemmere for virksomheder at se potentialet i at være med.

”Vi vil rigtig gerne åbne virksomhedernes øjne for, at medarbejdergrupper kan deltage, og at alle kan være med – ligesom mange virksomheder deltager i DHL-stafetten. I år er det fx muligt at tage samlet af sted fra kontoret fredag og være med om eftermiddagen eller aftenen,” siger Caroline Kleemann, projektleder for TrygFonden Christiansborg Rundt i Dansk Svømmeunion.

Fredag aften på eventpladsen vil der være både mad og levende musik i form af en jazztrio. På den måde kan fx grupper af kollegaer mødes efter deltagelsen og spise sammen. Læs mere om fredagsarrangementet her.

Læs mere om TrygFonden Christiansborg Rundt på hjemmesiden: www.copenhagenswim.com

CANOE EUROPE - This week brings the 2022 ECA Junior and U23 Wildwater Canoeing European Championships



Everything is ready in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the start of the 2022 ECA Junior and U23 Wildwater Canoeing European Championships. About 250 boats from 19 European countries are expected to start and fight for the European Champion titles.

Banja Luka is one of the traditional venues for the Wildwater Canoeing competitions of the highest international level and this week the Vrbas River will welcome the future stars of Wildwater Canoeing at the ECA Junior and U23 Wildwater Canoeing European Championships.

Athletes from 19 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Ireland, North Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine) will be on the start line over four competition days.

The championships will be officially opened on Wednesday evening, and the first races will kick off on Thursday when competitors will paddle in wildwater sprint heats. On Friday, the first sets of medals will be awarded to the best in individual sprint finals as well as team sprint races. Saturday will bring individual classic races, and on Sunday the championships will conclude with team classic events.

All the strongest Wildwater Canoeing nations are in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and representatives of Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Slovenia will be among the main favourites for the medals. On the start list we can find many athletes who already have rich experience in senior categories and medals from previous junior and U23 Championships, and will aim for the highest places in Tijesno Canyon. Among them will be Tereza Kneblova, Cecilia Panato, Alice Panato, Laura Fontain Manoel and Tanguy Fontaine, Marie Nemcova, Ana Steblaj, Charles Ferrion, Augustin Reboul, Mikulas Zapletal, Tjas Til Kupsch, Nika Ozimc, Anna Retkova, Matej Vanek.

RESULTS:

http://www.timing-mojstrana.com/25-28-8-2022-banja-luka-eca-junior-u23-wildwater-canoeing-european-championships/

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LEN European Aquatics Championships - Masters athletes set for Roma 2022


 

For all of the latest start lists, schedules and live results click here. https://roma2022masters.microplustimingservices.com/indexRoma2022_web.php?s=TG9hZENvbXBTY2hlZHVsZSgpOw==&cat=&page=&spec=&bat=&td=&hg=&descIT=&descEN=&descFR=&curCatSel_M_F=&sport=Swimming

To watch the latest live streams: LEN TV. https://tv.len.eu/main

For accreditation collection: click here. https://www.roma2022.eu/en/2022/08/21/pubblicati-gli-orari-di-accredito-per-gli-atleti-masters/

For the latest masters news, head to the Roma 2022 Masters homepage. https://www.roma2022.eu/en/masters/homepage/

Over 5000 masters athletes will compete across five sporting disciplines during 12 days of competition in iconic Roma 2022 venues recently used by the professionals during the LEN European Aquatics Championships.

The first masters athletes to compete at the championships will be the men’s 45-49 age group in the first wave of the 3km open water event in Ostia on Wednesday 24 August.

The following day (25 Aug) will see the start of the artistic swimming competition, with the solo technical displays from the 70-79 and 40-49 age-groups.

Diving shall commence on 26 August with a variety of women’s and men’s 1m and 3m springboard competitions before eight days of pool swimming gets underway from 28 August.

Water polo will be the final discipline to commence – on 29 August and runs through until 4 September, the final day of the Roma 2022 European Masters Championships.

Details about the water polo schedule will be updated HERE as soon they are available. https://roma2022masters.microplustimingservices.com/waterpolo/index_web.php

Full schedules in open water swimming, artistic swimming, diving and pool swimming are listed below






Sunday, August 21, 2022

WORLD TRIATHLON - A picture perfect day for Lucy Charles-Barclay as she takes the world title in Samorin


 

World class fields lined up in Samorin, Slovakia, to chase world titles and medals in the 2022 World Triathlon Long Distance Championships. The event was part of the 2022 World Triathlon Multisport Championships Samorin which encompassed the Collins Cup and Professional Triathlon Organisation (PTO) Age-Group races.

Pierre Le Corre (FRA) has earned the World Triathlon Long Distance title in Samorin with an astonishing run to earn the gold medal. Germany’s Florian Angert displayed a strong swim and bike set-up and maintained a solid second position on the run to claim the silver medal in the Long Distance Championships. It was a brilliant day for Germany with Frederic Funk crossing the line to take bronze.

Lucy Charles-Barclay returned to racing today after injury and showcased the perfect race to take the tape and was crowned World Triathlon Long Distance champion in Slovakia. Emma Pallant-Browne showed her class on the run to chase down second position and was awarded the silver medal in the World Championships in Samorin. 2021 World Triathlon Long Distance champion Sarissa de Vries took bronze in Samorin today.

Review the full results. https://triathlon.org/results/result/2022_world_triathlon_long_distance_championships_samorin/552892

 

Women's recap

In the 2022 World Triathlon Long Course Championships, sixteen strong elite women lined up, to contest for the title and medals in Samorin. Great Britain’s long course triathlon specialist, Lucy Charles-Barclay led the women through the 2km swim and exited the water, after opening up a sizeable gap on the field.

Charles-Barclay entered solo into transition to commence the 80km bike portion of the long-distance world championships.

Great Britain’s Rebecca Clarke, Brazil’s Luisa Baptista, Sarissa de Vries of the Netherlands, Grace Thek of Australia and Marjolaine Pierre of France exited the water together and moved through into the first transition of the day, before heading out onto the 80km bike course in Samorin, Slovakia.

Up front, Charles-Barclay was leading the race but at the halfway point and around the technical turn, the British triathlete tackled with her positioning around the corner enabling Clarke to take the lead. It wasn’t long before Charles-Barclay powered back to lead the race. de Vries pushed through into second position with Pierre in third. Olympic medallist Lisa Norden appeared to be pushing through the field and moving up.

Charles-Barclay and de Vries took turns up front over the final stages of the bike course and very little separated the two women as they approached their final transition of the day.

Pierre and Pallant-Browne were over 2minutes44seconds down on the leaders as they entered transition.

Charles-Barclay moved through to lead the early stage of the run, knowing she had running sensation and fellow British compatriot Pallant-Browne on the chase.

Thek of Australia was pushing the pace in fourth and Baptista was moving through exceptionally well in fifth place.

Charles-Barclay produced a perfect set up across all three segments of the long-distance format, to take the tape and be crowned champion in Samorin, with great emotion.

“I just can’t believe it! I obviously wanted to come back and race and didn’t know exactly where I was training wise. I had been going pretty well but you never really know until you get out there and race. I knew I had to dig deep with Emma Pallant behind me. I don’t know what the future holds but I am going to keep striving and digging and see how big I can go.”

“I was really happy with the swim, it was non-wetsuit, it suited me, it was pretty choppy so I knew I could get a pretty good gap there so I went hard in the swim. Tried to go as fast as I could through T1 and get that gap and then ride pretty hard. We had a pretty strong tailwind on the way out and I wanted to save something for the way back. Even with my little hiccup on the turnaround, I was like, it’s time to dig, there’s a headwind on the way back, this is where it gets tough.”

“The sky is the limit really, I just didn’t expect that today, so I feel it’s given me so much confidence and to come back here and put it all together, it’s just really special,” said Charles-Barclay.

Pallant-Browne showed just what she is capable of across the 18-kilometre run, to storm down the finish chute and be awarded the silver medal at the long-distance world championships and a delighted de Vries, the 2021 long-distance champion, earned bronze to round out the women’s podium in Samorin.

“Super special. At the start of the week, we said goodbye to my Grandpa and this is the last place I wanted to be here this week. I am just so happy to get on the podium.”

“I didn’t have a good swim, I felt strong on the bike. I held it fairly solid and just enough to get second.”

“It’s always an honour to race with her (Lucy Charles-Barclay),” said Pallant-Browne.

“It’s amazing to be here today as the reigning champion, I did everything I could today to make it happen. The Brits were just too fast today, I had to dig really really deep today. Gave everything in the swim, on the bike and run so bronze is what we got. I am really happy.” de Vries said.

 

Review the results.

Playback the race on-demand at TriathlonLIVE.tv

 

Results: Elite Women

1.Lucy Charles-Barclay         GBR 03:34:17

2.Emma Pallant         GBR 03:37:29

3.Sarissa De Vries NED 03:39:26

4.Grace Thek AUS 03:39:42

5.Luisa Baptista BRA 03:41:02

 

ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON

World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary. 

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Italy win double open water gold in Roma 2022 finale


 

Domenico Acerenza of Italy and Germany’s Leonie Beck won their maiden individual European Open Water titles on the final day of competition at Roma 2022.

Both swimmers returned to the water four hours later for the mixed 4x1500m relay event.

After an epic battle between five nations it was the hosts who finished first, with Acerenza climbing onto the top step of the podium again, this time alongside 5km champion Gregorio Paltrinieri, 10km silver medallist Ginevra Taddeucci and Rachele Bruni.

Hungary took silver, with France finishing third.

 

MEN’S 10KM OPEN WATER:

Acerenza, who claimed silver in the 5km event on Saturday behind Gregorio Paltrinieri, was again expected to do battle with his Italian team-mate.

However, they were just two among a host of possible medallists with the likes of Kristof Rasovszky and Marc-Antoine Olivier two other major ‘ones-to-watch’.

Hungarian David Betlehem was something of a surprise leader, but he swam off course in the latter stage of the race. That allowed the chasing group to close and pass.

Acerenza was at the head of that pack and he, along with Marc-Antoine Olivier and Logan Fontaine broken clear in the closing stages.

The Italian touched in one hour 50 minutes 33.6 seconds, with French duo Oliver (1:50:33.6) and Fontaine (1:50:39.1) completing the podium places.

“I’m really happy to finally win a big race and especially happy to do it here at home,” Acerenza told LEN TV.

“We had a great race over a really hard course, the waves didn’t make it easy for us but training here for years of course helped a lot.”


 

WOMEN’S 10KM OPEN WATER:

Fresh from victory over 5km world champion Sharon van Rouwendaal was looking for her second Roma 2022 gold and she would be in contention for much of this race.

The Dutch swimmer was among a group of six athletes who remained close for much of this contest before Italian Rachele Bruni and Anna Olasz dropped off the pace.

That left four chasing three medals.

Leonie Beck finished what she described as a “very disappointing” fifth in the 5km on Saturday and that fuelled her sprint finish as she powered clear of her three opponents to secure gold in 2:01:13.4.

Italy’s Ginevra Taddeucci (2:01:15.2) took silver, with Portugal’s Angélica André (2:01:16.4) just touching out van Rouwendaal for bronze, by 0.2 seconds.

“It was extremely hard, we had a lot of waves, I much more prefer courses similar to a flat pool, but I love Rome,” Beck told LEN TV.

“I made a lot of mistakes, lost the contact with the group in the front, had to catch them up and I could have saved more energy if I had stayed with them but I’m really happy with this win.”

Champions League Water Polo 2022-2023 Draw – Groups and venues decided for the first round of qualifications


 

The draw for the first qualification round of the men’s water polo Champions League was held yesterday and groups and host venues has been confirmed.

However, while the first two ranked sides from each group will qualify for the second round, exact details of the qualifying system for the Euro Cup and Challenger Cup are still being finalised. They will be announced at a future date in accordance with LEN Rules and regulations.

 

Group A (Het Ravijn)

A Hid Vasas-Plaket (HUN)

Steaua Bucharest (ROU)

Primorac Kotor (MNE)

Het Ravijn (NED)

Nepobjedivi Invictum Sarajevo (BIH)

 

Group B (Oradea)

RN Savona (ITA)

Galatasary Istanbul (TUR)

CSM Oradea (ROU)

ASA Tel-Aviv (ISR)

 

Group C (Herceg Novi)

HAVK Mladost Zagreb (CRO)

Jadran Herceg Novi (MNE)

EVK Zaibas (LTU)

Enka Istanbul (TUR)

 

Group D (Turcoing)

EN Turcoing (FRA)

Panionios GSS (GRE)

Vitoria Guimaraes (POR)

Banja Luka (BIH)

KVIK Kastrup (DEN)

Hungary tops the medal table at the Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe European Championships Munich 2022


 

After four days of the competition in Munich the Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe European Championships Munich 2022 has come to an end. The best nations of the last season were excelling also on the Olympic Regatta Course in Munich. Hungary concluded the European Championships on the first place in medal standings, with a total of 17 medals. Germany was second with 16 and Spain third with a total of 14 medals.

On the last day of the European Championships Munich 2022 fifteen canoe sprint finals were on the programme. Hungary, Poland and Spain were among those who were the most satisfied after the last competition day.

Hungary started the canoe sprint finals with gold medal of Noemi Pupp who was the winner of women's K1 1000 metres final. In the final Justyna Iskrzycka from Poland was second and Isabel Contreras from Spain third. The Hungarian national anthem was played after women's K2 200 metres final, where their crew finished the race ahead of Poland and Germany.

Balint Kopasz and Bence Nadas were crowned European Champions in men's K2 500 metres final. Germany won silver medal and Lithuania bronze. In women's C2 200 metres final Giada Bragato and Bianka Nagy won the European Champion title for Hungary. Spain was second and Germany third.

The host nation was happy after men's K2 1000 metres final where Martin Hiller and Tamas Grossman beat Spanish and Italian duos to claim European Champion titles.

Martin Fuksa from Czech Republic who is the holder of best European time in men's C1 500 meters event from 2017 European Championships in Plovdiv once again picked up gold medal. This time he beat Serghei Tarnovschi from Moldova and Catalin Chirila from Romania to reach the highest podium position.

"Now I am really European champion. I'm really happy, it's my eighth title in 500m and 11th totally. I'm glad if I can compete in front of big and huge crowds, in front of my family, and with friends. I hope that I will continue in these good races in the future. In this season I had eight finals, eight medals, so I'm really happy. I'm looking forward to a few days of rest before I start again with hard training and prepare for Olympic qualifiers," said Fuksa.

Poland celebrated the European Champion title in men's C2 200 meters event with Aleksander Kitewski and Arsen Sliwinski. They won the race ahead of Spain and Lithuania who shared the second place with the equal time in the finish.

There was a tie in women's K1 500 meters final, where two bronze medals were awarded to Slovenian Anja Osterman and Emma Jorgensen from Denmark. The European Champion title went to Anna Pulawska from Poland, while Eszter Rendessy from Hungary finished second.

Anna Pulawska was also a member of golden Polish K4 crew that celebrated the European Champion title over 500 meters. Denmark was second and Hungary third.

Portuguese kayaker Kevin Santos was the fastest man of men's K1 200 meters final, finishing ahead of Roberts Akmens from Latvia and Petter Menning from Sweden.

In women's C1 200 metres final Antia Jacome from Spain produced the best time for the European title. Ukraine's Liudmyla Luzan was second and Vanesa Tot from Croatia third.

"I can't believe it. I had an injury this year, and this is why I didn't go to the world championships. To come home as European champion is something that I still need time to grasp," said Jacome.

Her compatriots Joan Antoni Moreno and Adrian Sieiro were unbeatable in men's C2 500 meters final. Polish duo was second and local heroes Sebastian Brendel and Tim Hecker were third.

The European Championships Munich 2022 concluded with 5000 metres events that were postponed from Saturday because of thunderstorm. Fernando Pimenta (POR), Walter Bouzan (ESP) and Rafal Rosolski (POL) were the best in men's kayak. Hungarian Emese Kohalmi was the fastest in women's kayak, winning the title and gold medal. Susanna Cicali from Italy was second and Eva Barrios from Spain third. In women's canoe Spain's Maria Corbera recorded a comfortable win ahead of Annika Loske from Germany and Liudmyla Babak from Ukraine.

 

RESULTS

WK1 1000

1. Noemi Pupp (HUN)

2. Justyna Iskrzycka (POL)

3. Isabel M. Contreras (ESP)

 

MK2 1000

1. Germany

2. Spain

3. Italy

 

MC1 500

1. Martin Fuksa (CZE)

2. Serghei Tarnovschi (MDA)

3. Catalin Chirila (ROU)

 

WC2 200

1. Hungary

2. Spain

3. Germany

 

MC2 200

1. Poland

2. Spain

3. Lithuania

 

WK2 200

 

1. Hungary

2. Poland

3. Germany

 

WK1 500

 

1. Anna Pulawska (POL)

2. Eszter Rendessy (HUN)

3. Emma Jorgensen (DEN)

3. Anja Osterman (SLO)

 

MC2 500

1. Spain

2. Poland

3. Germany

 

MK2 500

1. Hungary

2. Germany

3. Lithuania

 

WC1 200

1. Antia Jacome (ESP)

2. Liudmyla Luzan (UKR)

3. Vanesa Tot (CRO)

 

MK1 200

1. Kevin Santos (POR)

2. Roberts Akmens (LAT)

3. Petter Menning (SWE)

 

WK4 500

1. Poland

2. Denmark

3. Hungary

 

MK1 5000

1. Fermando Pimenta (POR)

2. Walter Bouzan (ESP)

3. Rafal Rosolski (POL)

 

WK1 5000

1. Emese Kohalmi (HUN)

2. Susanna Cicali (ITA)

3. Eva Barrios (ESP)

 

WC1 5000

1. Maria Corbera (ESP)

2. Annika Loske (GER)

3. Liudmyla Babak (UKR)

WORLD TRIATHLON - Pierre Le Corre crowned Long Distance World Champion in Samorin


 

World class fields lined up in Samorin, Slovakia, to chase world titles and medals in the 2022 World Triathlon Long Distance Championships. The event was part of the 2022 World Triathlon Multisport Championships Samorin which encompassed the Collins Cup and Professional Triathlon Organisation (PTO) Age-Group races.

Pierre Le Corre (FRA) has earned the World Triathlon Long Distance title in Samorin with an astonishing run to earn the gold medal. Germany’s Florian Angert displayed a strong swim and bike set-up and maintained a solid second position on the run to claim the silver medal in the Long Distance Championships. It was a brilliant day for Germany with Frederic Funk crossing the line to take bronze.

Lucy Charles-Barclay returned to racing today after injury and showcased the perfect race to take the tape and was crowned World Triathlon Long Distance champion in Slovakia. Emma Pallant-Browne showed her class on the run to chase down second position and was awarded the silver medal in the World Championships in Samorin. 2021 World Triathlon Long Distance champion Sarissa de Vries took bronze in Samorin today.

Review the full results. https://triathlon.org/results/result/2022_world_triathlon_long_distance_championships_samorin/552892

 

Men’s report

In the men’s race Frenchman Pierre Le Corre and South Africa’s Jamie Riddle opened up a gap in the 2km swim, to exit the water ahead of the field. Le Corre and Riddle were the first of the elite men through the first transition of the day and onto the 80km bike course in the 2022 World Triathlon Long Distance Championships.

Across the early stages of the fast and flat bike course Germany’s Florian Angert, who won here at the same race venue in 2021 The Championship race, pushed through to take the lead, Le Corre rode in second position and Riddle was sitting in third. The young South African showed fantastic form across the swim and the early stages of the bike to ride with the likes of Le Corre and Angert. Germany’s Frederic Func moved into third position with Gregory Barnaby of Italy in fourth. Frenchman Clement Mignon was hunting the leaders in fifth position. Belgium’s Christophe De Keyser and Denis Chevrot of France were in sixth and seventh place respectively.

At the midpoint of the bike segment, Sweden’s Robert Kallin was eighth and Riddle was holding onto ninth, in a stacked field of experienced long-distance athletes.

Australia’s Tim Reed, who is a champion long course athlete, was forced to retire from the race, due to a mechanical at the commencement of the bike course.

Angert showed exceptional form on the bike to enter the final transition of the day in the lead.

Le Corre, who earned silver in the individual race in the European Championships in Munich last weekend, commenced the 18km run in second however caught Angert by the fourth kilometre to take the lead. The French elite triathlete looked a force to be reckoned with out on the run course in Samorin.

Experienced Angert was running strong in second, attempting to chase down the Frenchman for the world long-distance title. Germany’s Func ran through from the seventh position up to third position on the final stage of the run with Italy’s Gergory Barnaby in fourth.

On the final portion of the run Le Corre increased his stride to run away with victory in Samorin and crowned the 2022 World Triathlon Long Distance champion, on debut at this distance, at a World Championship level.

“I am so happy to win today, that was a really hard race, especially on the bike. I tried to hold the German guys, they were pushing big power. I was in the front for the first 15-kilometres but I couldn’t follow on the last 25-kilometre. I tried to stay consistent. I knew I at the end of the bike, I had 55-seconds so I knew I could make it today.”

“I was not feeling so great on the run, I was a bit worried that I had some cramps so I was trying to pace myself. I was really happy to take the lead at 4-kilometre, it’s amazing.”

“I really like this kind of distance, I really want to try and make a start at the PTO tour if I can. I want to stay at the Olympic distance too, I want to do both,” said Le Corre.

Angert of Germany, who led for most of the bike leg, crossed the line in second and was awarded the silver in the long-distance championships.

“It’s maybe the toughest middle-distance race you could ever do, it’s just so demanding.”

“I tried to be consistent on the run and happy to get silver here,” Angert said.

It was a fantastic day for Germany with a delighted Frederic Func, who displayed a striking run to claim bronze in the 2022 World Triathlon Long Distance Championships Samorin.

“I am really happy with the bronze medal, I made the best out of my day.” said Func.

Review the full results.

Replay the race on-demand at TriathlonLIVE.tv

 

Results: Elite Men

1.Pierre Le Corre       FRA     03:11:15

2.Florian Angert        GER     03:13:29

3.Frederic Funk         GER     03:15:40

4.Gregory Barnaby   ITA      03:16:21

5.Clement Mignon    FRA     03:17:53

 

ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON

World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary.  

www.triathlon.org

European Aquatics Championships, Rome 2022 - Paltrinieri wins first open water gold


 

Gregorio Paltrinieri and Sharon van Rouwendaal won the first open water gold medals of Roma 2022 following victories in their respective 5km events in Ostia.

The sport had been due to begin on Thursday but due to stormy conditions on the Italian west coast racing had to postponed by two days.

A condensed schedule opened with the 5km event at 1000 local time before a fresh field took to the course for the gruelling 25km distance shortly after 1300.

Unfortunately due to deteriorating weather conditions chief referees and the safety delegate decided to stop the 25km races, with the LEN Technical Open Water Committee then deciding to cancel the classification for both races.

 

MEN’S 5KM OPEN WATER

Paltrinieri – who won 800m gold and 1500m silver in the pool last week – was the favourite but knew he was likely to face a strong challenge from team-mate Domenico Acerenza, Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary and Frenchman Marc-Antoine Oliver.

Paltrinieri made a strong start and although his rivals remained close the Rio Olympic 10km open water champion always looked in control.

The podium line-up can change dramatically in the closing stages and true to form this would be decided by a sprint finish with Paltrinieri, Acerenza, Olivier and Logan Fontane racing for three medals.

The Italians broke clear and Paltrinieri touched in 52 minutes 13.5 seconds to take gold (by 0.7 secs) from Acerenza. Olivier edged third by 0.5 seconds from fellow Frenchman Fontane.

“It was special because I saw so many familiar faces,” Paltrinieri told LEN TV.

“It can be a tricky sea and the first lap was calm, the second was wavy, which you have to adapt to during the race, but it was okay and although it was a bit of a battle with people to my left and right the challenge is always good..”


 

WOMEN’S 5KM OPEN WATER

The women’s event was also stacked with talent, headed up by the Rio 2016 Olympic champion and Tokyo 2020 10km open water silver medallist Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands.

The field also featured World championship silver medallist Leonie Beck and team-mate Leah Boy of Germany and a host of other major medal winners such as Aurelie Muller of France and Italy’s Giulia Gabrielleschi.

However, it was Maria De Valdes Alvarez of Spain who made not only a surprise early charge, but maintained that push for the podium throughout the 5km.

Her rivals were close throughout though and that group included van Rouwendaal.

The Dutch master traditionally looked to dominate from the front but has adapted her tactics in recent years and she timed her moment to attack, to perfection, moving clear in the closing meters to claim gold in 56:58.7.

Spaniard De Valdes Alvarez just touched in second as a pack of four athletes hit the finish area at the same time and after a review there was delight for Giulia Gabbrielleschi and Italy as she secured the final podium place.

“I’m very pleased we got to race first of all!” van Rouwendaal told LEN TV after claiming her eighth European open water title.

“I love the fans and when an event is on the beach there’s a lot of people, like in Rio (at the Olympics) where people come to watch and here it was the same. The Italians are really passionate so they were cheering and it made it a really good event.”

 

 

25KM EVENT STATEMENT:

This is an official announcement regarding the Men’s and Women’s 25km Open Water Swimming races at the LEN European Aquatics Championships, held on 20th August 2022.

Due to a case of emergency because of the weather conditions, both chief referees and the safety delegate decided to stop the races immediately for the safety of the Athletes and Officials on the course.

Since the Chief Referees did not have a view of the final rankings for both races, the LEN Technical Open Water Committee decided to cancel the classification for both races.

LEN owes an apology to all athletes participating this race, who devoted themselves to hard work to be ready for this event, for not being in a position to determine the final classification, even though the event was held amid these extreme conditions.

According to LEN’s principles, the athletes’ and officials’ safety shall prevail in all circumstances.

The 10km races on Sunday and the 5km Team Relay are planned to be held according to the schedule announced earlier, from 10.00 and 16.00 respectively.

However, in case of adverse weather conditions, the races can be postponed or cancelled.

 

SWIM IRELAND - Cryan Fifth in European Springboard Final


 

Clare Cryan has this afternoon finished in an impressive fifth place in the final of the 3M Springboard in Rome.

Cryan, who took a break from the sport from the beginning of last Summer to earlier this year, was appearing in her second final this week at the 2022 European Aquatic Championships, having finished eleventh in the 1M Springboard Final on Tuesday.

Following an excellent performance this morning, where she progressed in sixth place, Cryan continued her good form with a great start in her opening dive, scoring 58.50 points, a forward 2 ½ somersault twist pike. The judges awarded 56.00 for the 28-year-old’s second dive, and following a fantastic third dive, a reverse 2 ½ somersault pike, Cryan scored 60.45 points, her highest score of the round.

Going into the final two dives in third place, the Irish record holder in the event scored 44.80 points, followed by a score of 48.60 in her fifth and final dive, giving her a total score of 268.35 to finish an excellent fifth place in the final. A total score and final position that bettered this morning’s preliminary result.

Team Ireland will appear for the final time this week as Ciara McGing and Tanya Watson complete in the Women’s Synchronised Platform Final, which is set to start at 2:30pm (IRL).

Results 19th August

Women’s 3M Springboard Prelim Clare Cryan 261.40 (6th) Final 268.35 (5th)

Schedule 20th August

Women’s Synchronised Final (2:30pm IRL) Tanya Watson, Ciara McGing

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Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe Munich 2022 European Championships - Another great day of canoe sprint racing


 

Twelve medal races were on the programme of the third competition day at the Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe Munich 2022 European Championships, but three events unfortunately had to be postponed to Sunday due to thunder storm.

Nature was stronger today and unfortunately all the programme could not be held on the Olympic regatta course in Munich at the Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe Munich 2022 European Championships. The last three events - men's K1 and women's C1 and K1 5000 metres races - were postponed to Sunday as a big thunder storm came to the venue.

But before this, spectators were able to see some great action in Munich. German paddlers picked up two wins - in men's K4 500 metres event and in men's C1 5000 metres race.

Max Rendschmidt, Tom Liebscher, Jacob Schopf and Max Lemke continued excellent German tradition of winning gold medals in the men's kayak four event. The German crew celebrated European Champion title half a second ahead of Slovakia and France.

"These three guys, they give me the best year this year. It was a hard year for me and also for them; for me it was a lot of pleasure. It was not easy because they are Olympic champions in the K4 and I'm the new one. Everyone is saying that if they don't win it's your fault," said the newest addition to the boat Jacob Schopf.

Equally impressive was also the win of Sebastian Brendel in men's C1 5000 metres event, where he outsprinted Hungarian Balazs Adolf in the last metres of the course to win his fifteenth European Champion title.

In men's C1 1000 meters final Romania's Catalin Chirila won the title ahead of Martin Fuksa from Czech Republic and Italian Carlo Tacchini.

"I'm very happy for this medal and for the world (championship) medal. I want to say thank you to my coach, to all my team, and to my friends," said Romanian canoeist.

The big and traditional battle between Balint Kopasz, Hungary, and Fernando Pimenta, Portugal, in men's K1 1000 meters final again went in favour of the younger Hungarian who was two seconds faster in the finish line. Artuur Peters from Belgium was third for a repeated podium from the 2021 European Championships in Poznan.

After the race Kopasz said: "I'm in very good form, both mentally and physically. These are my best races in this year. This is the work of the training programme which I do. I felt I am strong, I am in very good form, and in the last 200m I went with my maximum speed. I didn't see anyone else. I just focused on myself, on my pace."

Polish duo Karolina Naja and Anna Pulawska won the European Champion title in women's K2 500 meters final. They were a little less than a second faster than Belgian crew, and team of Germany came in third.

Liudmyla Luzan and Anastasiia Chetverikova were the big winners of the women's C2 500 metres final. They were a little over a second faster than Hungarians and Polish crew won bronze medal.

"Yesterday I was a little bit sad (after winning silver in the C1 500m) but today we won gold, we made it, and it's perfect," said Luzan.

In women's K1 200 metres final Denmark's Emma Jørgensen won the European Champion title after she just returned to training. Anja Osterman from Slovenia repeated her silver medal from recently concluded World Championships, while Marta Walcykiewicz from Poland picked up bronze medal.

Emma Jørgensen after the win: "I'm very happy that I have double gold. That's amazing, only with seven weeks and five days of training. That's a little bit crazy. It means a lot to stand here and defend the 200m even though it's not on the Olympic schedule any more. I'm very satisfied with my race, and I know there's definitely more to come. Next year will definitely be tough as well as that's the qualification for the Olympics. So, a lot of training, a lot of mental preparation and still have fun and enjoy the life of being a professional kayaker."

Henrikas Žustautas from Lithuania produced the fastest final performance in men's C1 200 metres final. Spain's Pablo Graña was second and Oleksii Koliadych from Poland third.

Italian duo Manfredi Rizza - Andrea Di Liberto was unbeatable in men's K2 200 meters final. It was a tough final race, as the Polish crew crossed the finish line just 0.011 second behind for the silver medal. Lithuania was third.

On the final day of the Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe Munich 2022 European Championships six paracanoe KL finals are on the programme and fifteen canoe sprint finals (three 5000 meters events that were rescheduled from Saturday are included).

 

RESULTS

MC1 1000

1. Catalin Chirila (ROU)

2. Martin Fuksa (CZE)

3. Carlo Tacchini (ITA)

 

MK1 1000

1. Balint Kopasz (HUN)

2. Fernando Pimenta (POR)

3. Artuur Peters (BEL)

 

WK2 500

1. Karolina Naja, Anna Pulawska (POL)

2. Lize Broekx, Hermien Peters (BEL)

3. Paulina Paszek, Jule Hake (GER)

 

WC2 500

1. Liudmyla Luzan, Anastasiia Chertverikova (UKR)

2. Giada Bragato, Bianka Nagy (HUN)

3. Sylvia Szczerbinska, Julia Walczak (POL)

 

MK4 500

1. Max Rendschmidt, Tom Liebscher, Jacob Schopf, Max Lemke (GER)

2. Samuel Balaz, Denis Mysak, Csaba Zalka, Adam Botek (SVK)

3. Gillaume Burger, Maxime Beaumont, Quilian Koch, Giullaume Le Floch (FRA)

 

WK1 200

1. Emma Jørgensen (DEN)

2. Anja Osterman (SLO)

3. Marta Walczykiewicz (POL)

 

MC1 200

1. Henrikas Žustautas (LTU)

2. Pablo Graña (ESP)

3. Oleksii Koliadych (POL)

 

MK2 200

1. Andrea Di Liberto , Manfredi Rizza (ITA)

2. Bartosz Grabowski, Jakub Stepun (POL)

3. Arturas Seja, Ignas Navakauskas (LTU)

 

MK1 5000

1. Sebastian Brendel (GER)

2. Balazs Adolf (HUN)

3. Carlo Tacchini (ITA)