Day: April 29, 2024

Julie Derron was nothing short of imperious as she won the Chengdu World Cup. Wearing number 1, she had arrived as the pre-race favourite and sought to cap a lengthy training block in China with a win. However, her race was thrown out of kilter before it even got going. Derron did not have a bad swim. Neither, for that matter, did most of the field. Yet practically every athlete was made to look like they were swimming through treacle in contrast to the smooth speed displayed by Therese Feuersinger.…

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It was a race won early and then late. As the men dove into the water at the Chengdu World Cup, several narratives surrounded the field. Would Jonas Schomburg manage to trump his compatriot Lasse Nygaard Priester in the German race to Paris? Would Tayler Reid make right the penalty that had cost him a medal at the Wollongong World Cup a week prior? Would Márk Dévay assert his credentials in an increasingly-tight Hungarian Olympic battle? The answer was yes to the three above questions however no one quite had…

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