FUKUOKA, Japan, July 16 (Xinhua) — Germany’s Florian Wellbrock claimed the title of males’s 10-kilometer occasion on the World Aquatics Championships right here on Sunday.
The 25-year-old, who had beforehand gained the occasion on the 2019 Gwangju worlds and brought bronze in Budapest final yr, beat a subject of 69 opponents earlier than standing on prime of the rostrum.
Wellbrock clocked one hour, 50 minutes and 40.30 seconds, adopted by Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary in 1:50:59.00 and his compatriot Oliver Klemet in 1:51:00.80.
It was Germany’s second open water gold medal in Fukuoka following Leonie Beck’s victory within the ladies’s 10km race on Saturday.
Wellbrock has dominated the open water occasions since he gained the 10km gold medal on the Tokyo Olympic Games. He was additionally the winner within the 5km occasion in Budapest final yr.