Sports writing (EFE).- The German Leonie Beck, who had already won the 10 kilometres, also won the 5 kilometer race of the Fukuoka World Cup, in a clear demonstration of the Germans’ dominance in this discipline.
Beck’s is the fourth medal for Germany in open water and adds to the one obtained by herself in the 10 kilometers, a test in which Wellbrock won and Oliver Klemet was bronze.
Beck’s performance
Beck, with 59.31 minutes, won ahead of the Dutch Sharon van Rouwendaal and the Brazilian Ana Maria Cunha, who accompanied him on the podium.
The German swimmer had no rival when she decided to attack in the final part of the race, a test that had begun to animate at the beginning of the second round, after the Brazilian Cunha set a hectic pace in the lead.
Anatasia Kirpichnikova, a swimmer of Russian origin and new French nationality, the Australian Moesha Johnson and van Rouwendaal took a few meters from a group of a dozen swimmers, with Beck, the Italians Barbara Pozzobon and Rachele Bruni, as well as Ángela Martínez in the head positions.
Beck’s acceleration at the moment of truth allowed him to overtake van Rouwendaal, while Cunha’s comeback gave him bronze and his fifteenth World Cup medal.
Very close to the podium was the Portuguese Angelica André, fourth, 3.9 seconds behind Beck, while the Italian Pozzobon was fifth and the Brazilian Viviane Jungblut, sixth.
As for the Spanish, Ángela Martínez was always in the intermediate group and finished twelfth at the end. Candela Sánchez went from less to more and got the twenty-second final place.
The test was held in the maritime zone of Momochi with an outside temperature of 30 degrees, despite the fact that it was held starting at 8:00 local time, and a water temperature of 28.2 degrees, according to the organization.
