Andrea Filadelli & Ines Delacroix Lift Overall Crowns Following Final Leg Of European Aquatics Open Water Cup
Andrea Filadelli and Ines Delacroix clinched the overall titles in the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup 2024 following the final leg in Ražanac, Croatia.
The pair entered the fifth leg atop the respective rankings with Filadelli securing the title with second in a photo finish with Italy teammate Ivan Giovannoni, who came with a late charge in the finishing chute to win in 1:53:32.69 to 1:53:32:89.
With that Filadelli earned 700pts to finish with 2000pts and the men’s title.
Italian men finished 1-2 in the rankings as Giovannoni moved from 12th to second with 1500pts ahead of Marcel Schouten of the Netherlands whose eighth place in 1:54:49.03 saw him finish third with 1340pts.
Filadelli led into the final chute before Giovannoni came past to touch the panel first and take victory by 0.2secs.
Mexico’s Paulo Strehlke Delgado touched next in 1:53:34.23 but with only European swimmers registering points, it meant Italians – as in Belgrade – enjoyed a clean sweep of the podium as Giuseppe Ilario came third in 1:53:41.50.
They were followed by teammates Dario Verani (1:53:44.41) and Pasquale Giordano (1:54:14.58).
Delacroix had a 750-point buffer coming into Ražanac ahead of Lisa Pou following a fine campaign in which she enjoyed a top-six finish in each of the previous four races.
The Frenchwoman was 13th in the final race in 2:05:07.11 as Lea Boy claimed her second straight victory in 2:00:50.93 with a last-lap charge but it was sufficient for Delacroix to win the overall title with 2980pts.
Pou of Monaco was second with 2750pts followed by Caroline Jouisse (2250pts) and Boy who collected 1600pts from just two races.
Pou led going into the final lap but it was Boy who produced a perfectly-timed finish to come past the Paris Olympian and move away down the final chute.
Boy, who was overall third in the 2023 edition, claimed a 2.74sec victory over Pou (2:00.:53.67) with the pair followed by Jeanette Spiwoks (2:00:54.86) and Jouisse (2:00:55.01).
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