Weertman 6e, Ryckeman 11e op de 10 km

Reigning world champion Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE) soundly defeated two of his toughest rivals to win today's 10km event in Moll de la Fusta harbour. The Greek athlete is only the second male to successfully defend his world title, and the first since Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) in 2008.
 
In second place was Thomas Lurz (GER), who was hoping to become the first man to win the event four times. Taking the bronze medal was Oussama Mellouli (TUN) who won the 5km race on Saturday, Lurz finished third. Gianniotis was fresh for today's 10km race as he did not contest the 5km held just 48 hours ago.

Gianniotis said: "It was unbelievable today, I wanted to swim three laps comfortably and then get out in front on the final lap. Whenever anyone swam next to me I pushed up the pace. I'm quite good at sprinting. I watched Mellouli race in his 5km and I know that he has more speed than me. I pushed it a bit in the last 300m just to stay ahead of him. In the last 50m I never felt so bad. I almost fainted I was so tired."
 
Gianniotis, 33 years old, took several months off from swimming following his fourth place finish at the London Olympics Games. He won the Shanghai edition of the FINA World Championships in 2011.

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