Fast 5K Sprint Expected At The World Championships
Like the men’s 10K race at the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships where Valerio Cleri of Italy bulled his way to the finish in 17°C (62.6°C) water in Roberval, Canada, the 5K race is going to stacked with studs. However, unlike the tactical 10K race where the men paced themselves in the first half of the race, we foresee the shorter 5K race having a longer finishing sprint. It will be interesting to see if the men who did not compete in the 10K (e.g., Andrew Beato of Australia or Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece or Daniil Serebrennivok of Russia) have the power, stamina and speed to outsprint the men who exerted themselves on Sunday’s tough 10K championship.
The start list for Tuesday’s race is as follows:
Andrew Beato (AUS)
Allan Do Carmo (BRA)
Samuel De Bona (BRA)
Richard Weinberger (CAN)
Jan Posmourny (CZE)
Rostislav Vitek (CZE)
Jakub Fichtl (CZE)
Ivan Enderica Ochoa (ECU)
Francisco Jose Hervas Jadar (ESP)
Diego Nogueira Montera (ESP)
Sebastien Fraysse (FRA)
Julien Sauvage (FRA)
Daniel Fogg (GBR)
Thomas Lurz (GER)
Jan Wolfgarten (GER)
Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)
Simone Ruffini (ITA)
Luca Ferretti (ITA)
Rodrigo Elorza (MEX)
Manuel Chiu (MEX)
Michal Skrodzki (POL)
Chad Ho (RSA)
Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)
Daniiil Serebrennivok (RUS)
Tomas Vachan (SVK)
Igor Chevynskiy (UKR)
Kostiantyn Ukradyga (UKR)
Francis Crippen (USA)
Charles Peterson (USA)
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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