2024 World Aquatics Championships
The women’s 10km open water competition kicked off in Doha on Saturday. Each country competed for a spot in the Olympics.
Sharon van Rouwendael Holland was behind maria de valdez Most of the races took place in Spain. A big push from van Roeuwendaal on the final lap saw her finish just 10 seconds behind de Valdes. Van Lowendaal finished in a final time of 1:57:26.80.
Portuguese Angelica Andre He took third place with a time of 1:57:28.20, just one second behind Van Roeuwendaal and de Valdes.
Unlike the 2023 World Championships, where the top three places earned individual spots in the open water event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the race in Doha earned spots for each country. The top 13 players who have not yet qualified for Paris will earn a spot on their home country’s national team.This means that countries there is no This is to give the right to participate to the swimmers who participated today. Instead, National Olympic Committees can allocate these quotas as needed.
The three swimmers who have already qualified based on their top three placements at the 2023 World Championships will not count toward the top 13. For example, if all three of her players were in the top 13 today, she would be 14th, 15th, and her 16th place player would also earn a spot today.
As a reminder, here are the top three for the 2023 World Championship. leonie beck (Germany), Chelsea Gubeka (Australia), and katie grimes (united states of america). None of these players finished inside the top 13 today, so his 14th place finisher today will not earn a spot.
In addition, the host country (France) will be given a spot even if a player does not finish in the top 13 today.As France caroline roll juis Finished in 7th place, Océan Cassignol If you finish in 10th place (see *), you do not need an additional spot.
The final rules allow swimmers to compete on each continent if each continent has not yet earned a spot.
Countries with quotas:
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Portugal
- Australia
- Brazil
- united states of america
- France*
- Italy
- monaco
- France*
- Japan
- Hungary
- Spain
The men’s 10km race will be held tomorrow, February 4th. The men’s and women’s 5km will then be held on Wednesday, and the team open water event will be held on Thursday.