Moesha Johnson and Florian Wellbrock Win Final Stop On Open Water World Cup

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By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam

Moesha Johnsonand Florian Wellbrockclaimed wins in the women's and men's 10K events at the last stop on the Open Water Swimming World Cup in Neom, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Ana Marcela Cunhaand Marc-Antoine Olivierwere confirmed as the winners of the overall Open Water World Cup.

Germany's Leah Boy had a slim chance at catching Cunha in the overall rankings in Neom. Boy came into the final stop of the tour trailing Cunha by 402 points, meaning her only chance at the overall victory would've been to win the race with Cunha finishing no better than eighth.

Boy jumped on the race from the first lap, starting the opening lap fast with her teammate Jeannette Spiwoks.

Lia Pou and Ginevra Taddeucci traded the lead through the first laps of the race, but the race got a shakeup on the fourth lap as the field splintered into three groups. Johnson, the reigning Olympic silver medallist, to caught on the wrong side of the split, slipping from 3rd at the halfway mark to 22nd at the end of the fourth lap.

"Lap four was not fun, I came through probably last," Johnson told World Aquatics. "On the back straight I picked a straight line and all of a sudden, the pack was gone and I was like, 'ah well, here we go.'"

Her chosen line propelled her into an almost 18-second lead with one lap to go, with Taddeucci and Cunha trailing. Johnson extended her lead on the final lap, winning the race by 31.3 seconds."

"The course looked quite smooth, but there are waves and a bit of a swell which knocked us about a little bit in that last straight when I was on my own and I was struggling to get my arms over, but I was happy with the outcome, obviously," Johnson said.

Behind Johnson, Boy took second place, while Taddeucci won bronze. Cunha finished seventh, tallying enough points to secure her overall series victory.

The final stop of the Open Water Swimming World Cup was Wellbrock's return to open water swimming since his eighth-place finish at the 2024 Olympics. He was well-positioned throughout the entire race, leading out the front of the field in the opening stages.

Olivier was well-placed as well, and though he was unable to match the impressive closing speed of World junior champion Sacha Velly, he was able to hold off charges from Dario Verani and Marcello Guidi and clinch the overall series win by touching in third.

Wellbrock won by four seconds ahead of Velly, with Olivier rounding out the podium.

"I love to compete at the front of the pack and use my speed from the pool and with the flat water, although it was a bit choppy at the end, it worked so good and I think it's the perfect tactic for today," Wellbrock told World Aquatics. "It was so important to race here especially after my disappointing Olympics and for sure I'm really excited to race in short course in December."

Overall Series Rankings

Women

Overall RankCountryNameTotal PointsEvent 1
EGY
Event 2
ITA
Event 3
POR
Event 4
HKG
Event 5
KSA
Overall Prize Money
1BRAAna Marcela
CUNHA
275050080070035040059600
2GERLea
BOY
26484509880060070045200
3ITAGinevra
TADDEUCCI
220055035070060032850
4HUNBettina
FABIAN
215070045050050027200
5BRAViviane
JUNGBLUT
208035070060025018021150
6AUSMoesha
JOHNSON
19503508008007650
6FRACaroline Laure
JOUISSE
195040050055030020016150
8GERJeannette
SPIWOKS
155015030055055011400
9GERLeonie
BECK
1500800600010011000
10MONLisa
POU
12901902504004505650
11FRAInes
DELACROIX
11301402005001701203000
12ESPAngela
MARTINEZ GUILLEN
7906001902500
13BRACibelle
JUNGBLUT
702400200102950
14ITAVeronica
SANTONI
6601501701801600
15PORMafalda
ROSA
6501601903000
16NEDSharon
VAN ROUWENDAAL
5505501700
17JPNAiri
EBINA
530400130950
18USAKatie
GRIMES
5005001500
19ESPCandela
SANCHEZ LORA
4703001700
20AUSJacqueline
DAVISON-MCGOVERN
4504501200
20GERCeline
RIEDER
4502002500
20PORAngelica
ANDRE
4503001500
23MEXMartha
SANDOVAL
3582501080
24JPNIchika
KAJIMOTO
350350650
25BRALizian
SOBRAL
342140104980
26AUSBianca
CRISP
3101801300
26ITABarbara
POZZOBON
31018013000
28HUNAnna
OLASZ
3002001000
29PORMariana
MENDES
2781701080
30ITASilvia
CICCARELLA
2701201500
31ESPPaula
OTERO FERNANDEZ
2641601040
32USAMariah
DENIGAN
2502500
33CZEJulie
PLESKOTOVA
2101041060
34AUSChelsea
GUBECKA
1901900
34GBRLeah Phoebe
CRISP
1901900
36AUSTayla
MARTIN
1801800
37GERFabienne
WENSKE
1701700
38TPEYu-Wen
TENG
1601600
38USAClaire
WEINSTEIN
1601600
40USABrooke
TRAVIS
1501500
41CHNLilin
LIU
1401400
41CHNXin
XIN
1401400
41ITAGiulia
GABBRIELLESCHI
14001400
44EGYLamees
ELSOKKARY
1301300
45EGYArwa
FAISAL MALEK
1201200
45HKGTsz Yin
NIP
1201200
47CHNShutong
WU
1101100
47ESPMaria
DE VALDES
1101100
47HUNMira
SZIMCSAK
1101100
47KAZMariya
FEDOTOVA
1101100
51HKGPac Tung Nikita
LAM
1081080
51KAZDarya
PUSHKO
1081080
53EGYShahd
SAMEH
1061060
53PERMaria
BRAMONT-ARIAS
1061060
53SGPLi-Shan Chantal
LIEW
1061060
56EGYZeina
AHMED MEDHAT
1041040
57BRAIsabella
SCOPEL TRAMONTANA
1021020
57EGYNabila
HASSAN
1021020
57ITASofie
CALLO VON PLATEN
1021020
60BELCamille
HENVEAUX
10001000
60KAZAyazhan
AINABEKOVA
1001000
62EGYKenzy
HAZEM MONEEB
98980
62HKGCheuk Ue Natalie
LAM
98980
64EGYHoda
GAMAL SALAMA
96960
64HKGWing Yan
TO
96960
64ITAIris
MENCHINI
96960
64MARMalak
MEQDAR
96960
68HKGLok Mei
CHAN
94940
68ITAEmma
MICHELETTI
94940
68KAZAruna
SLAMGAZY
94940
71HKGSo Yu
HO
92920
71ITARenata
VIGANO’
92920
71KAZSaida
YELEMES
92920
74ITAElena
TORTORA
909000
74TPEYi-Ling
WANG
90900
76ITALetizia
GIOFFREDI
88880
76TPEYu-Xuan
LIN
88880
78CHNYihan
MAO
86860
78TPEYung-Ling
TSAI
86860
80ITAFederica
SIRCHIA
84840
80TPEZhi-Hui
LU
84840
82ITASara
PETROLLI
82820
83ITASara
PEDROCCO
80800
84ITASara
PEDEMONTE
78780
85ITASilvia
DE SANTIS
76760
86ITAMaria Vittoria
SUISOLA
74740
87ITAGaia
PICCIONE
72720
88ITASilvia
MARCON
70700
89ESTEvalotta Victoria
AABRAMS
68680
90BULTheodora Sveta
SABEV
66660

Men

Overall RankCountryNameTotal PointsEvent 1
EGY
Event 2
ITA
Event 3
POR
Event 4
HKG
Event 5
KSA
Overall Prize Money
1FRAMarc-Antoine
OLIVIER
310055080055060060061900
2ITADario
VERANI
285060035060080050045650
3ITAMarcello
GUIDI
255840010880070055034150
4ITAAndrea
FILADELLI
235030050070050035026650
5HUNKristof
RASOVSZKY
163818060045010830018700
6ITAPasquale
SANZULLO
137035012035030025013300
7CZEMartin
STRAKA
10601901004002001708950
8HUNDavid
BETLEHEM
10505005503200
9ITAIvan
GIOVANNONI
848150945001046500
10GERFlorian
WELLBROCK
8008003500
10ITADomenico
ACERENZA
8008003500
12BRAMatheus
MELECCHI
784140106250981903500
12ITAGregorio
PALTRINIERI
784700843000
14FRAJules
WALLART
7504503001200
15ITAFabio
DALU
736200864501200
16ITAMario
SANZULLO
7341601901201041601500
17FRALogan
FONTAINE
7007003000
17FRASacha
VELLY
7007003000
19AUSKyle
LEE
5505501700
19FRAJean-Baptiste
CLUSMAN
550150400950
21AUSThomas Edward
RAYMOND
518684501200
22BRABernardo
GAVIOLI
4701901001800
23AUSNicholas
SLOMAN
4603001600
24ISRMatan
RODITI
4504501200
25BRALeonardo
BRANDT DE MACEDO
4301401801100
26MEXPaulo
STREHLKE DELGADO
4201702500
27BELLogan
VANHUYS
4002002000
27GBRHector
PARDOE
400400950
27USADylan
GRAVLEY
400400950
30SUIPaul
NIEDERBERGER
350350650
31BRALuiz Felipe
LOUREIRO
3401701700
32PORDiogo
CARDOSO
32001801400
33SUIChristian
SCHREIBER
3102001100
34CZEDenis
BOROVKA
29086108960
35CZEMatej
KOZUBEK
284010086980
36PORRicardo
SANTOS
2561061500
37ESPCarlos
GARACH BENITO
2502500
37GBRTobias Patrick
ROBINSON
2502500
39AUSBailey
ARMSTRONG
236961400
40GERNiklas
FRACH
23410413000
41FRAAxel
REYMOND
228981300
42GERJonas
KUSCHE
210120900
42PORTiago
CAMPOS
2101101000
44AUSRob
BONSALL
1901900
45ITAMatteo
FURLAN
1801800
46POLPiotr
WOZNIAK
1701700
47FRAEmile
MESMACQUE
1601600
47ITAPasquale
GIORDANO
1601600
49HUNPeter
GALICZ
15494600
50BRALucas
MACHADO
150001500
50ITAGiuseppe
ILARIO
1501500
50ITAMarco
INGLIMA
15092580
53ITAAlessio
OCCHIPINTI
1401400
54BRAHenrique
FIGUEIRINHA
1301300
54ESPGuillem
PUJOL
1301300
54USALuke
ELLIS
1301300
57CHNTianchen
LAN
1201200
57JPNKaito
TSUJIMORI
1201200
59ESPAlejandro
PUEBLA MARTINEZ
1101100
59ITAVincenzo
CASO
1101100
61AUTJan
HERCOG
1081080
61ESPMateo
GARCIA CASTRO
1081080
63AUTLuca
KARL
1061060
63GEROliver
KLEMET
1061060
63NEDMarcel
SCHOUTEN
1060001060
66ECUDavid
FARINANGO
1041040
66TPECheng-Chi
CHO
1041040
68CHNJunbohang
ZHAO
1021020
68GERArne
SCHUBERT
1021020
68POLBartosz
KAPALA
1021020
68PORFrancisco
AMARAL
1021020
68SWEVictor
JOHANSSON
1021020
73KAZLev
CHEREPANOV
1001000
74INDAnurag
SINGH
98980
74JPNTaishin
MINAMIDE
98980
76GREIoannis
SKARIS
96960
76TPEJun-Yan
TSAO
96960
76UKRIgor
CHERVYNSKIY
96960
79JPNRiku
TAKAKI
94940
79PORTom S
SARREIRA
94940
79USAGabe
MANTEUFEL
94940
82HKGWilliam Yan
THORLEY
92920
82MONEsteban
FAURE
92920
82PORBruno
LOUREIRO
92920
82VENRonaldo Eduardo
ZAMBRANO SANCHEZ
929200
86ESPAlberto
MARTINEZ
90900
86HKGChin Ting Keith
SIN
90900
86NAMNico
ESSLINGER
90900
89EGYKarim
MAGED
88880
89KORJaehun
PARK
88880
89KSAMohammed Hani S
AL ZAKI
88880
89NORHenrik
CHRISTIANSEN
88880
93SUDAdam
AHMED YACOUB AHMED
860860
94EGYMazen
MOSATFA SHOKRY
84840
94HKGTsun Hin
CHAN
84840
94SUDOmer
MOANI
84840
97EGYMahmoud
HASSAN MOHAMED
82820
97HKGLok Hei
TSANG
82820
97USAIvan
PUSKOVITCH
82820
100GRESpyridon
ANDREADIS
80800
100ITANiccolo
RICCIARDI
80800
100KORJunho
SUNG
80800
103ITAFederico
TAMBORRINO
78780
103KAZGalymzhan
BALABEK
78780
103TPETsu-Huan
HSIAO
78780
106CHNJinhou
ZHANG
76760
106EGYSherif
REDA METWALLY
76760
106HKGJacob Yat Nam
KWONG
76760
109EGYMohamed
TAREK RASHAD
74740
109HKGShing Hin
YU
74740
109ITALorenzo
CINQUEPALMI
74740
112EGYYousseif
IHAB MOSTAFA
72720
112HKGChak Fung Jaiden
LEE
72720
112ITATommaso Sebastiano
GALLESIO
72720
115EGYYahia
HAZEM HUSSEIN
70700
115ITAVincenzo
DEL VECCHIO
70700
115TPEZhi-Rui
LIU
70700
118HKGHo Yin
KWAN
68680
119ITASimone
CAPOSTAGNO
66660
119TPEShu-Cheng
LI
66660
121HKGWai Lok
LAM
64640
121ITAGiovanni
LAURICELLA
64640
123CHNPeixin
LIU
62620
123HKGChun Yin Jason
LI
62620
125TPEYou-Wei
HE
60600
126TPEChing-Hsun
LU
58580
127ITAAndrea
D’AGOSTINO
56560
127TPECheng-Yuan
YU
56560
129ITAMattia
ANGIOLETTI
54540
129TPEYen-Pin
HUNG
54540

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