A roadmap to follow for marathon swimming during the Paris Olympics.
People sit along the Seine river with stands installed on its banks, Thursday, July 4, 2024 in Paris . The Seine river will host the Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony on July 26. — Florian Wellbrock , Germany: He is the defending Olympic champion who qualified for Paris with a wire-to-wire victory in the marathon swimming event at the 2023 world championships.
—Kristof Rasovszky, Hungary: He won the men’s open water title at the world championships in Doha, Qatar, in February after finishing with the silver medal behind Wellbrock at the Tokyo Olympics and at the 2023 worlds in Fukuoka, Japan. —Sharon van Rouwendaal, Netherlands: The 30-year-old Dutch swimmer won Olympic gold at Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and was the silver medalist in the open water event in Tokyo. She surged to the finish at the worlds in February to win, beating Maria de Valdes of Spain and Angelica Andre of Portugal in the 10-kilometer race. It was her second world title in three years in the event. She also won the 5K race.
—Can Wellbrock win gold in the Olympic pool and on the River Seine? With his spot in the open water already secure, he was able to focus on the 1,500 at the most recent world championships and took silver. The men’s final for the 1,500, the longest race in the Olympic pool, is scheduled for Aug. 4, giving him four days to recover and prepare for the men’s marathon swimming event.Open water events are Aug. 8-9 in the River Seine.
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