A live global audience watched Germany’s Rob Muffels win the inaugural World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship boy’s 7.5km in Welland, Ontario, Canada.

Nearly 500 people from 36 countries watched the live streaming service online here. The number of spectators are expected to increase over the 3-day championships hosted by Swimming Canada.

The boy’s results:

1 Rob MUFFELS Ger 1:24:59.9
2 Jordan WILIMOVSKY USA 1:25:19.0
3 Jan MICKA Cze 1:25:48.5
4 Kirill FEOFILAKTOV Rus 1:25:49.9
5 Diogo ANDRADE VILLARINHO Bra 1:25:53.9
6 Andy Jose ARTETA GOMEZ Ven 1:25:57.5
7 Axel REYMOND Fra 1:26:10.5
8 Daniel TROSIN Ger 1:26:10.8
9 Juan Jose SEGOVIA RAMOS Ven 1:26:26.6
10 Andrea BIANCHI Ita 1:26:47.0
11 David HERON USA 1:26:47.2
12 Caleb HUGHES Gbr 1:26:48.7
13 Vit INGEDULD Cze 1:26:49.3
14 Fernando SEVILLA GARCIA Mex 1:26:55.3
15 Roman KARYAKIN Rus 1:27:03.4
16 Antonio ARROYO PEREZ Esp 1:29:44.2
17 Andrea FABBRONI Ita 1:30:14.5
18 Jesus Augusto MONGE OSORIO Per 1:30:45.9
19 Jordi BOSCH PLANAS Esp 1:30:47.1
20 Daniel RONEN Isr 1:31:10.5
21 Christopher MCGLYNN Rsa 1:32:13.8
22 Ariel RODRIGUEZ Mex 1:32:41.1
23 Oswaldo Nicolas ARRIZ MIFFLIN Per 1:32:42.8
24 Vicente VIDAL Chi 1:32:45.8
25 Matheus RODRIGUES ISIDRO Bra 1:32:46.4
26 Mohamed HAMMAM Egy 1:32:49.8
27 Nicolas MASSE-SAVARD Can 1:33:06.0
28 Chen XINWEI Chn 1:33:08.8
29 Samuel MATTE Can 1:33:14.8
30 Shai TOLEDANO Isr 1:33:28.2
31 Felipe TAPIA Chi 1:33:51.3
32 Tomas TRENTO Arg 1:35:29.7
33 Marcus Yat Ho YUEN Hkg 1:35:34.5
34 Mohamed METWALLY Egy 1:35:40.3
35 Walter Rodrigo CABALLERO QUILLA Bol 1:35:40.4
36 Garreth BEECH Rsa 1:35:49.6
37 Chak Lam Nicholas LAU Hkg 1:37:09.4
38 Yao ZHIHAO Chn 1:37:20.8
39 Alexander Jordan MCCALLUM Cay 1:37:20.8
40 Juan TOLOSA Uru 1:47:20.4
41 Dmitriy BALANDIN Kaz 1:49:51.8
42 Josiah MORALES Tri 1:50:21.6
43 Ilya GUSSAKOV Kaz 1:50:30.5

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