Fourth start, fourth title: Florian Wellbrock also won gold with the mixed open water relay at the swimming World Cup in Singapore. As the final swimmer of the German team, the Tokyo Olympic champion in the once again over 30 degrees of warm sea on the island of Sentosa hit after 1: 09: 13.3 hours ahead of Italy and Hungary. The 27-year-old from Magdeburg made his tenth World Cup title profit perfect.
Celine Rieder, the Olympic second Oliver Klemet, the Freilwasser debutante Isabel Gose and Wellbrock, gave the German Swimming Association (DSV) the fifth success in the team competition after 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2022.
With nine World Cup titles in open water, the Magdeburger is on his heels to the record world champion Thomas Lurz, who triumphed twelve times. Wellbrock, who impressively reported back after the Paris Olympic debacle, also starts in almost two weeks, also in the pool over 1500 m freestyle.
Rieder, fifth over five kilometers, transferred to Klemet to Klemet after the first round over 1500 m in sixth place as the second fastest woman. The Frankfurter, who also trains in Magdeburg, had triumphed in Budapest together with Wellbrock three years ago. Gose, who had given fifth place in the KM premiere in the open water, took second place, and took the lead. Wellbrock went into the last round with a lead of 9.2 seconds. Italy’s European series champion Gregorio Paltrinieri caught up, but had to be satisfied with silver.