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Team open water gold for Germany

Germany successfully defended its team open water title over five kilometers at the world aquatic championships in Kazan, Russia, yesterday.

The German trio of Rob Muffels, Christian Reichert and Isabelle Haerle clocked a winning time of 55 minutes, 14.4 seconds while Brazil and European champions Netherlands both shared silver as their three swimmers finished in an identical time of 16.8 seconds back.

“I had a bit of fear after the first very fast lap whether I could sustain the pace,” admitted Haerle.

Netherlands swimmer Ferry Weertman, whose Twitter account is the imaginatively named @veryferryfast, claimed his second silver of these world championships having finished second in Monday’s 10km men’s race.

German youngster Muffels, 20, added gold to the silver he won in the men’s 5km race last Saturday.

His compatriots Reichert and Haerle were part of the German team which won gold two years ago in Barcelona with Muffels new to the trio, replacing retired seven-time world gold-medalist Thomas Lurz.

Italy finished fourth in 55:49.4, followed by the United States trio of Sean Ryan, Jordan Wilimovsky and Ashley Twichell, who touched in 55:50.6.

“It was pretty tough out there because it was all choppy at the end and you couldn’t really see the buoys,” said Wilimovsky, who already qualified for next year’s Olympics with a victory in the 10km.

The non-Olympic event was contested in slightly choppy conditions before rain moved in briefly as the 22-team field was finishing.




 

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