Florian Willbrook Crowned himself as an Olympic champion. On Thursday night, the 23-year-old showed his strength, winning the first gold medal in 13 years for the German Swimming Association. In an open water race over ten kilometers, the two-man world champion confirmed the action with the self-image of the champion from the beginning, and hit the Hungarian Christoph Lasoff less than 1:50 hours later. Ski and Italian Gregorio Patrinieri. Wellbrock’s teammate Rob Muffels was defeated and crossed the finish line after finishing third in the World Championship.
For German swimmers, this is the third medal won by Will Brock and his fiancee Sarah Kohler in the 1500-meter freestyle swimming pool in Tokyo.The last time a swimmer was more successful was in Beijing in 2008, when Britta Steffen was crowned the Olympic double champion and world record champion Thomas Lutz Obtained a bronze medal in open waters. At that time DSV had five medals in total.
Luerz won the last Olympic open water medal to date for Germany at the 2012 London Olympics. As an expert at Eurosport, he proved that Wellbrock is a “huge game”.This DSV Compared with the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics, the Olympics in Tokyo that won three swimmers and two jumper medals were obviously more successful, when the entire team had only one medal.
29.2 degrees water temperature
Wellbrock set an example after the early morning in Odaiba Marine Park started with a water temperature of 29.2 degrees. He immediately applied pressure in the first Olympic open water competition and quickly took the lead in the field where Mafels was leading at the beginning.
Frenchman Marc-Antoine Olivier, third place and deputy world champion in the 2016 Olympics, started chasing Wellbrock and skipped the first refreshment station. He quickly caught up with Verbrok, and Rasowski followed closely behind. But the residents of Magdeburg accelerated their pace time and time again, despite the increasing number of direct pursuers. But Wilbrook continued to improve-he was too strong in the game that day and won by a big score.
Medal hopeful with good nerves
The day after Leonie Baker finished fifth, Willbrook started the game as a favorite of the women’s competition. The 23-year-old won the bronze medal in the 1500m freestyle at the Tokyo Aquatic Center on Sunday and won the historic double world championship two years ago. In the World Cup in South Korea, he first won the Olympic 10-kilometer championship, and then also won the championship over 1,500 meters in the pool. He is now the first German open water gold medal winner, and the open water project has been an Olympic event since 2008.
Even before the Olympics, Will Brock did not let himself be disturbed by the noise, because he was the best hope for medals among German swimmers. Born in Bremen, trained with national trainer Bernd Berkhan in Magdeburg, was highly concentrated in Tokyo, and also won an annoying fourth place in his first final. . Over 800 meters, he was only short of the bronze medal by 35 percent of a second.
He and Kohler, who has left the Japanese capital, are the guarantors of medals for German swimmers. In sprint competitions, some athletes-including the best performers in the past-did not reach their best form during the great sport climax.
