The waters of the Ada Ciganlija are blue in color! A few minutes after the men’s double by Dario Verani and Matteo Furlan in the men’s race, Barbara Pozzobon completes the work in the women’s 25km cross-country swimming at the European Championships in Belgrade! For the thirty-year-old from Veneto, it is the first singles title of her career, after that of the 6km team event at the Fukuoka World Championships.
The first to dictate the pace in the group is the Spanish girl Sanchez Lora candle, but then it is the transalpine one Ines Delacroix to try to make a difference. After the first two kilometres, she had a thirty-second lead over the group, with Pozzobon and Santoni among the main pursuers, before deciding to give up on her attempt and dribble her head with the Iberian Sanchez Lora.
The group doesn’t skim, while the two Italians always remain attentive in the top positions. Until Pozzobon does not decide to start in the last eight kilometers. He made a violent acceleration, so much so that he immediately created a margin and caused the withdrawals of, among others, Veronica Santoni and Ines Delacroix, the absolute protagonist in the first part of the race.
Not even the attempt to Lea Boy manages to undermine Barbara’s certainties, who is now heading towards the finish line straight as a pin. No one can stand between her and the gold, crowning her perfect race by winning in 5h25″37, enough to give the German more than three minutes and more than three and a half on Candela Sanchez Loro, who completes the podium.
