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New Straits Times
19-07-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Japan's Kajimoto wins maiden 3km knock-out sprint at World Aquatics
SINGAPORE: Japan's Ichika Kajimoto won gold in the 3-kilometre knock-out sprint today at the World Aquatics championships, German Press Agency (dpa) reported. The 21-year-old came out on top after six minutes 19.90 seconds, beating Ginevra Taddeucci of Italy by two seconds. Third place went to Australia's Moesha Johnson. In the knock-out sprint, which was contested for the first time at the World Aquatics championships, three races are completed in quick succession. Athletes first swim 1,500 metres, then 1,000m, before the final 500m sprint determines the winner. The event made its debut at last year's Open Water World Juniors. It was then swum at two of the three World Cup stops with four different winners - Germany's Oliver Klemet and Hungary's David Betlehem, as well as Germany's Lea Boy and Kajimoto. The men's event will take place later today. - AGENCIES
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Aussie ocean swimmer shocked at worlds double gold
Australia's Moesha Johnson is shocked but stoked at winning the 5km ocean race for a golden double at the world championships. Johnson triumphed in Friday's 5km race in Singapore by just one second, after winning the 10km gold on Wednesday. "A little bit of shock," Johnson said at her feat. Johnson, who won Olympic 10km silver last year, pipped Italian Ginevra Taddeucci in a sprint finish. Taddeucci shaded Johnson until the Australian produced a final surge to touch just one second ahead of her rival. The Italian also took silver in the 10km behind the Tweeds Head powerhouse. "That was harder than I expected, the body is not feeling too crash hot," Johnson said. "I could not hold a line … I was like: Where am I?" Her 10km win came amid postponements due to poor water quality on a draining day for Johnson. But instead of savouring that gold, or resting up for the shorter race, Johnson returned to the training venue on Thursday, a nominal day off. "To come away with two world titles in two-plus days, in 30 degrees plus water, you can't ask for much more than that," she said. "And I am so proud for our sport and I am stoked for my country. "We're top of the medal table and we've never had back-to-back golds, I am just so proud of what we have all achieved." She won the 5km title in one hour two minutes 1.30 seconds while Japan's Ichika Kajimoto (1:02:28.90) claimed the bronze medal. Johnson, who also finished sixth in the 1500m freestyle at last year's Paris Olympics, collected Australia's third medal of the world titles, with Kyle Lee winning bronze in Wednesday's men's 10km race. Within minutes of crossing the finish line, Johnson was giving tips about the course to Lee and fellow Australian Thomas Raymond for the men's 5km race. Lee finished seventh and rookie Raymond came 10th, while Johnson's act earnt praise from Australia's ocean swim head coach, Brazilian-born Fernando Possenti. "Moesha, still with timing chips on, wanting to tell the boys about the course … this is a team that carries their country inside their heart," he said. "We have two days to go and now we reset … and go again for the 3km knockout sprint tomorrow." Johnson will chase a third gold medal in the last ocean event, the mixed 4x1500 freestyle, on Saturday. World championship competition at the pool starts on July 27.
ABC News
18-07-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Moesha Johnson wins 5km open-water swim at Singapore World Aquatics Championships
Moesha Johnson has won her second gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships, sprinting to the gong in the 5-kilometre race in Singapore. Just 36 hours after winning gold in a gruelling 10km swim in soupy conditions in Singapore, Johnson backed up by leading from the front in the 5km event. The Australian beat Italian Ginevra Taddeucci, whom she also beat to gold in the 10km race earlier in the week, in a thrilling sprint finish after 1 hour, 2 minutes and 1 second of swimming. Ichika Kajimoto of Japan finished third, 27.6 seconds behind Johnson. Dolphins debutant Tayla Martin finished in 20th spot with a time of 1:04.37. Johnson, the Olympic 10km silver medallist, burst free from the pack just before the start of the third and final lap alongside Taddeucci of Italy, the Paris bronze medallist. The 27-year-old from northern New South Wales set the pace from early on before delivering a blistering burst of speed just before the final feed zone. That gap opened up to 15 seconds to the chasing pack with half a lap to go. Taddeucci stuck with Johnson, who furiously tried to break the elastic to the Italian by varying her line and pace, risking the pair's position at the front of the race. The cat-and-mouse battle — taking place with a backdrop of shipping containers outside Singapore's bustling harbour — made for a thrilling conclusion to the race. Water-quality problems had plagued the open water events, leading to several delays at Sentosa, the island area on the coast of Singapore. The events were delayed due to high levels of E. coli in the water, although that had settled before the 10km events on Thursday. Water quality is not an unusual problem for open-water swimmers, who also had to deal with multiple delays at the Paris Olympics last year. Johnson now has three World Championship gold medals to her name. She will look to defend the mixed relay gold the Australians won in Doha last year, before turning her attention to the pool, where she will compete in both the 1,500m and 800m events.
