THE Alkis Kinigakis He could not follow the group of pioneers early in the 10km race. of the open sea world championship of Singapore.
After two postponements, in the morning in Singapore the swimming races began in the high sea swimming in the 22nd World Field Championships. Since the latest sampling showed that the quality of water on the island of Sentaa was improved and within international standards, World Aquatics gave the “green light” to start the games.
The start was with 10km. Men’s, where Alkis Kinigakis failed, after the first kilometers, to follow the group of pioneers and stayed behind. The Greek champion finally finished 14th, a tenth of a second behind the Paris Olympian and the title holder from Doha, Hungarian Christof Rasovski, who was left behind in the last part of the race and was limited to 13th place.
The first gold medal of the 22nd World Championship was won by Florian Velbrook, who defeated Gregorius Paltrinieri in the final sprint. Tokyo’s German Olympian was named for the third time in the world champion’s career at 10km. (After Guangzu in 2019 and Fukukoka in 2023), reaching a total of seven gold medals in his career (six in Open Water and one in the pool). The Italian, who was winner in Budapest in 2022, finished 3.7 seconds behind him in second place, while the bronze medal was judged in Photo-Ginis, with Australian Kyle Lee surprising and securing a place on the podium, in front of the “German”.
The first octave at 10km. man
1. Florian Belbrook (Germany) 1h.59: 55.5
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5. Luke Carl (Austria) 2H.00: 30.4
6. Denis Adeev (neutral/Russia) 2H.00: 35.8
7. Andrea Philadelce (Italy) 2r.00: 43.7
8. Nicholas Sloman (Australia) 2H.01.01.9
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14. Alkis Kinigakis (GREECE) 2H.03: 05.6