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BBC News
22-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Jersey woman completes solo swim to France
A local woman has completed a solo swim from Jersey to France, a long distance swimming club has Collins finished the open water challenge in seven hours and 54 Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club Committee said her previous experience prior to the day had been competing in two Jersey to France charity relay challenges and other swim 43-year-old, who had spent more than one year training towards the solo swim, said she had "just always loved being in the water". "When I found out people actually swim this distance solo, the idea stuck with me - I couldn't stop thinking about it," she Collins said she had to complete an "intense six-hour qualifier" swim in sea temperatures below 16C (60F) to even attempt the solo swim. Ms Collins began her swim at about 05:00 BST on Thursday and reached the French shores at about 13: said: "It still doesn't feel real, the support from the local swim community has been incredible."I'm just so grateful - grateful I had the chance to go after this, and that I became strong enough to make it happen."
ABC News
17-07-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Moesha Johnson wins first Australian 10km gold at World Aquatics Championships
Moesha Johnson has won Australia's first 10-kilometre open water world title as compatriot Kyle Lee opened the team medal tally with bronze in the men's race. It is Australia's fifth open water world title over all distances with Johnson and Lee in the quartet that will defend the mixed team title at the Singapore World Aquatics Championships. The water temperature was 30-plus degrees Celsius and conditions were described on social media as "human soup". There were also two postponements for the 10km events because of water quality concerns. Johnson, who claimed silver in the same event at the Paris Olympics, won in two hours, seven minutes and 51.30 seconds. It is her first individual open water world championship. She finished 4.40 seconds ahead of Italian Ginevra Taddeucci, with Lisa Pou from Monaco winning bronze. Fellow Australian and Paris Olympics teammate Chelsea Gubecka finished ninth. The men's race became the first final to be decided at the world titles in Singapore after the women's 10km event was moved from Tuesday to Wednesday because of water quality concerns. The two open-water events were also postponed from Wednesday morning to the afternoon at Palawan Beach on Sentosa Island, south of Singapore, again because of the dirty sea water. Organisers then said water samples collected on Tuesday afternoon had shown a "significant improvement" and went ahead with Wednesday competition. "That was definitely harder than Paris. The heat, 36-hour delay, the strong currents … that was one of the hardest circumstances and open water conditions I have been part of," Johnson said. "Since the Olympics I have tried to embrace every opportunity and race with the feeling that I have nothing left to prove … I've had back-to-back illnesses but my family and faith got me through. "And to all those that finished today … hats off to you. All open water skills were on display today. And I am so proud of this team — we had two girls and two guys in the top 10 and that's a credit to this whole Dolphins team." German Florian Wellbrock won his sixth open-water world championship, clocking 1:59.55.50. He beat Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri by 3.70 seconds, with Lee 14.80 seconds behind Wellbrock in third place. The Australian Paris Olympian beat another German, Oliver Klemet, by just 0.1 of a second to win his first individual world championships medal. "We prepared for these conditions in Darwin and to be honest … I am just in shock," Lee said. Nicholas Sloman, who also competed in Paris, finished eighth. Johnson, Lee, Gubecka and Sloman are the reigning world mixed team champions. Wellbrock also won the 10km event at the Tokyo Olympics. He was unhappy about the circumstances around the event postponements. "That was very, very annoying. We don't understand why World Aquatics informs coaches and committees about such circumstances in the middle of the night," Wellbrock said. Other open-water races in Singapore are also set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Water quality was a key issue at last year's Olympics, with the triathlon and marathon swimming events held in the River Seine. After a massive project to clean up the river for the Games, heavy rain meant the men's individual triathlon was postponed by one day. All other events went ahead as scheduled. Once she competes in her open-water events, Johnson will also contest the 800m and 1,500m freestyle in the pool at the world titles. AAP
The Guardian
17-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Moesha Johnson wins Australia's first 10km open-water swimming gold at world championships
Moesha Johnson has won Australia's first 10km open water world title as compatriot Kyle Lee opened the team medal tally with bronze in the men's race. It is Australia's fifth open water world title over all distances with Johnson and Lee in the quartet that will defend the mixed-team title at the Singapore world aquatics championships. The water temperature was 30C and conditions were described on social media as 'human soup'. There were also two postponements for the 10km events because of water quality concerns. Johnson, who claimed silver in the same event at the Paris Olympics, won in two hours seven minutes 51.30 seconds. It is also her first individual open water world championship. She finished 4.40 seconds ahead of Italian Ginevra Taddeucci and Lisa Pou from Monaco won bronze. Fellow Australian and Paris Olympics teammate Chelsea Gubecka finished ninth. The two open-water events were postponed at Palawan Beach on Sentosa Island, south of Singapore, because of the dirty sea water. Organisers then said water samples collected on Tuesday afternoon had shown a 'significant improvement' and went ahead with Wednesday competition. 'That was definitely harder than Paris,' Johnson said. 'The heat, 36-hour delay, the strong currents … that was one of the hardest circumstances and open water conditions I have been part of. 'Since the Olympics I have tried to embrace every opportunity and race with the feeling that I have nothing left to prove … I've had back-to-back illnesses but my family and faith got me through. 'And to all those that finished today … hats off to you. All open water skills were on display today. And I am so proud of this team – we had two girls and two guys in the top 10 and that's a credit to this whole Dolphins team.' German Florian Wellbrock won his sixth open-water world championship, clocking one hour 59 minutes 55.50 seconds. He beat Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri by 3.70 seconds, with Lee 14.80 seconds behind Wellbrock in third place. The Australian Paris Olympian beat another German, Oliver Klemet, by just 0.1 of a second to win his first individual world championships medal. 'We prepared for these conditions in Darwin and to be honest … I am just in shock,' Lee said. Nicholas Sloman, who also competed in Paris, finished eighth. Johnson, Lee, Gubecka and Sloman are the reigning world mixed team champions. Once she competes in her open-water events, Johnson will also contest the 800m and 1500m freestyle in the pool at the worlds.
CNA
16-07-2025
- Climate
- CNA
World Aquatics Championships: 25 swimmers fail to finish open water race amid afternoon heat
25 out of 150 swimmers failed to finish their 10km open water races at the World Aquatics Championships held at Sentosa in Singapore. Many described conditions as tough, after both the men's and women's events were pushed to start in the hot afternoon. Five more open water events are set to take place over the next few days, with all scheduled to start in the morning for now. Organisers said regular water testing will continue daily, after tests on Sunday showed bacteria levels exceeding standards. Nikhil Khattar reports.
CNA
16-07-2025
- Science
- CNA
CNA938 Rewind - How does E. coli turn up in open waters?
The World Aquatics Championships open water events have proceeded this afternoon as planned, after water quality results showed significant improvement. The sport's governing body said that the results from three samples taken along the competition course at 5 p.m on Tuesday showed the levels of E. coli bacteria falling between the ranges of "good" to "excellent". But how does appear in open water bodies like Sentosa? Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin find out from Professor Hu Jiangyong, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS.
