2025 in prospect: Men’s open water swimming
At last year’s World Championships European male open water swimmers occupied the first nine places in the 5km race and the first four in the 10km event. At the Paris 2024 Olympics they secured the top 10 places in the 10km. And in a coming season involving world and European championships they are set to make […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2024: Kristof Rasovszky voted best male open water swimmer
Kristof Rasovszky has been named best male open water swimmer in the 2024 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards. The 27-year-old Hungarian known as the “Balaton Shark” – after the name of his swimming club – proved an irresistible predator in the water as he won the world and Olympic 10km titles, spearheading Europe’s […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2024: Nominees for best male open water swimmer
The strength-in-depth of European men’s open water swimming was underlined in a season that encompassed Olympic and world competition, with five competitors emerging as contenders for the European Aquatics Athlete of the Year award in their category. The overall results at the two global competitions of the year told their own story. At February’s World […]
