SWIMMING: Jordan Wilimovsky Tenth in Olympic Games Open Water 10K

USA Swimming Event Medal Count at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
USA	11	10	9	30

 

Men’s 10k Open Water – Final

Gold: Florian Wellbrock (GER), 1:48:33.7

Silver: Kristof Rasovsky (HUN), 1:48:59.0
Bronze: Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA), 1:49:01.1

10^th: Jordan Wilimovsky (Malibu, Calif./KSwim), 1:51:40.2

 

Race Notes

• This 10k race marked Wilimovsky’s second Olympic appearance in the event. He finished in 5^th place in the 2016 Olympic Games – the highest finish by an American male in the 10k at an Olympic Games. He also finished in 5^th place in the 10k at the 2019 FINA World Championships. 
• Wilimovsky swam the majority of today’s race near the front of the second chase group but fell to the middle of the pack on lap five of seven.  He finished 3:06.5 off the leader.
• Gold medalist Florian Wellbrock was at the front of the race from the very beginning and with the exception of about two minutes during feedings, held the lead throughout.
• Wellbrock and bronze medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri also won medals in pool competition: Wellbrock won bronze in the 1500m freestyle and Paltrinieri won silver in the 800m freestyle.
• On a hot day in Tokyo Bay, the water temperature hovered near 85 °F at race time.

 

Quotes

Jordan Wilimovsky (on the race): “ It was tough. I haven’t really seen the full results yet, but I was putting myself in a position to do well at the start and kind of give everything I had. Unfortunately it just kind of blew up on the last two laps and I faded, but that’s all I had today.”

 

Jordan Wilimovsky (on temperature/conditions): “It was hot, but we knew that was the case and prepared for that. I just went for it and got a little caught and faded at the end.”