Moesha Johnson and Florian Wellbrock struck 10k gold on the first leg of the Open Water Swimming World Cup in Cancun, Mexico.
Johnson has established herself as the dominant force in women’s open water swimming. The Australian went unbeaten at the 2026 Open Water World Cup across the 10km and 3km knockout sprint events and became the first athlete in World Aquatics history to win every 10km race in a single World Cup season.
The Olympic silver medallist continued her golden run as the 2026/27 series got under way in Cancun, finishing in 2:03:31.20 for a winning margin of more than 13 seconds over Airi Ebina of Japan who hit the board in 2:03:44.40.
Ginevra Taddeucci was third in 2:03:47.90.
Wellbrock Takes Title
Wellbrock maintained a leading position throughout in the choppy water which saw the men’s field remained tightly packed.
The German came home in 1:53:55.80 with Domenico Acerenza of Italy edging out 2026 overall leader David Betlehem in 1:53:58.50 to 1:53:58.70.
