By Will Baxley on SwimSwam
2025 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup – Stop 4
- 10/10-10/11/25
- Golfo Aranci, Sardinia, Italy
- Full Women’s 10k Results
While the world’s top pool athletes battle it out in North America, open water’s elite names are making a splash in the Mediterranean waters of Golfo Aranci, Italy.
The first day of the final 2025 World Cup saw Ginevra Taddeucci eclaim her first World Cup 10k gold. The overall world cup point race ended on that race, with Taddeucci also taking the overall trophy from the four-stop Cup.
For Taddeucci, this win represented her first ever world cup gold while finishing in front of a home country crowd. The 28-year-old said she abandoned her pacing strategy in favor of just going for it, which paid off. Taddeucci touched the wall in 1:58:56.50 to bring the crowd to its feet. It’s her first 10k first place in any major meet this year, bettering the silver medal she earned at the World Championships in Singapore.
“I’ve never been first, so I decided that this time I was going to do that because I’ve always seen everyone do it and I wanted to do it as well,” Taddeucci said post-race.
Continuing a red-hot streak of fall races, Poland’s Klaudia Tarasiewicz made it a nail-biter finish for a second place effort that she described as the best race of her life. The winner of the last two stops of the European Open Water Cup, Tarasiewicz said adrenaline and emotion carried her to her first World Cup medal, just .7 behind the winner. At 21 years of age, she further cements her case for being open water’s breakout star of 2025.
Rounding out the podium was a familiar face in Germany’s Lea Boy. The two-time World Champion showed consistency this season, racking up three medals in a total of four stops.
In a large top pack of swimmers (just 16 seconds separated the top 17), many prominent names didn’t make the top five. The event’s defending World Champion, Moesha Johnson, finished 11th, while defending European Champion Viktoria Mihalyvari finished 13th. Recently-crowned overall European Cup Champion Lisa Pou turned in an 8th place effort, ranking just one below Ana Marcela Cunha, who is the field’s most decorated athlete.
The Stars and Stripes’ two representatives, Mariah Denigan and Brooke Travis, came in 12th and 16th, respectively.
Most of these women will return today to race the 4×1500 relay and the 3k knockout sprint race.
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