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Perth Now
7 days ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Aussies start strong at world aquatics championships
West Australian swimmer Kyle Lee has claimed bronze in the men's 10km open water at the world aquatics championships. The South West product opened Australia's medal tally on Wednesday after finishing in two hours, 10.30 seconds behind winner Florian Wellbrock (Germany) and runner-up Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italy). It marks the 23-year-old's first ever solo world championship medal, having won a gold and bronze in previous team events. The Australind product is also a former Rottnest Channel Swim winner and represented Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympics, finishing 13th in the 10km open water event. Lee said he was in shock after his impressive feat and was well prepared for the tough conditions. Moesha Johnson also won Australia's first 10km open water world title on Wednesday, which was the fifth open water world title over all distances. The water temperature was 30-plus degrees and conditions were described on social media as 'human soup'. There were also two postponements for the 10km events because of water quality concerns. Johnson, who claimed silver in the same event at the Paris Olympics, won in two hours seven minutes 51.30 seconds. It is also her first individual open water world championship. She finished 4.40 seconds ahead of Italian Ginevra Taddeucci and Lisa Pou from Monaco won bronze. Fellow Australian and Paris Olympics teammate Chelsea Gubecka finished eighth. Australian Moesha Johnson celebrates after her historic 10km open water world title. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAP The men's race became the first final to be decided at the world championships in Singapore after the women's 10km event was moved from Tuesday to Wednesday because of water quality concerns. The two open-water events were also postponed from Wednesday morning to the afternoon at Palawan Beach on Sentosa Island, south of Singapore, again because of the dirty sea water. Organisers then said water samples collected on Tuesday afternoon had shown a 'significant improvement' and went ahead with Wednesday competition. SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - JULY 16: Bronze medallist Kyle Lee of Team Australia poses during the medal ceremony for the Men's 10k Open Water Final on day six of the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships at The Palawan @ Sentosa on July 16, 2025 in Singapore. (Photo by) Credit: Maddie Meyer / Getty Images Johnson, Lee, Gubecka and Sloman are the reigning world mixed team champions. Wellbrock also won the 10km event at the Tokyo Olympics. He was unhappy about the circumstances around the event postponements. 'That was very, very annoying. We don't understand why World Aquatics informs coaches and committees about such circumstances in the middle of the night,' Wellbrock said. Other open-water races in Singapore are also set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Water quality was a key issue at last year's Olympics, with the triathlon and marathon swimming events held in the River Seine. After a massive project to clean up the river for the Games, heavy rain meant the men's individual triathlon was postponed by one day. All other events went ahead as scheduled. Once she competes in her open-water events, Johnson will also contest the 800m and 1500m freestyle in the pool at the worlds. - with DPA
South China Morning Post
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Meet Culinary Class Wars' Comic Book Chef, self-taught cook and Netflix star
The story of chef Cho Kwang-hyo is a testament to life's unpredictable twists. A decade ago, he was a bicycle designer in South Korea with no culinary training or particular interest in food. Today, he is widely known as the Comic Book Chef from Netflix's cooking survival show Culinary Class Wars – in which he stood out as a self-taught chef against Korea's most acclaimed culinary legends. In early July, the chef, who runs two Sichuan restaurants in Seoul, was in Hong Kong for a four-hands collaboration with Kyle Lee, executive chef of Honjokko in the city's Quarry Bay neighbourhood. Kyle Lee (left) and Cho Kwang-hyo prepare food during their four-hands collaboration at Honjokko. Photo: Jelly Tse The pair's menu blended Korean, Japanese and Chinese influences paired with soju makgeolli and champagne. It also featured Cho's signature Dongpo pork and mapo tofu, which were both spotlighted on Culinary Class Wars. The menu will be available at the restaurant until August 3. Cho admits he is as surprised by his journey as anyone. He recalls lying on his bed watching YouTube when he saw the advertisement that changed his life.
ABC News
17-07-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Moesha Johnson wins first Australian 10km gold at World Aquatics Championships
Moesha Johnson has won Australia's first 10-kilometre open water world title as compatriot Kyle Lee opened the team medal tally with bronze in the men's race. It is Australia's fifth open water world title over all distances with Johnson and Lee in the quartet that will defend the mixed team title at the Singapore World Aquatics Championships. The water temperature was 30-plus degrees Celsius and conditions were described on social media as "human soup". There were also two postponements for the 10km events because of water quality concerns. Johnson, who claimed silver in the same event at the Paris Olympics, won in two hours, seven minutes and 51.30 seconds. It is her first individual open water world championship. She finished 4.40 seconds ahead of Italian Ginevra Taddeucci, with Lisa Pou from Monaco winning bronze. Fellow Australian and Paris Olympics teammate Chelsea Gubecka finished ninth. The men's race became the first final to be decided at the world titles in Singapore after the women's 10km event was moved from Tuesday to Wednesday because of water quality concerns. The two open-water events were also postponed from Wednesday morning to the afternoon at Palawan Beach on Sentosa Island, south of Singapore, again because of the dirty sea water. Organisers then said water samples collected on Tuesday afternoon had shown a "significant improvement" and went ahead with Wednesday competition. "That was definitely harder than Paris. The heat, 36-hour delay, the strong currents … that was one of the hardest circumstances and open water conditions I have been part of," Johnson said. "Since the Olympics I have tried to embrace every opportunity and race with the feeling that I have nothing left to prove … I've had back-to-back illnesses but my family and faith got me through. "And to all those that finished today … hats off to you. All open water skills were on display today. And I am so proud of this team — we had two girls and two guys in the top 10 and that's a credit to this whole Dolphins team." German Florian Wellbrock won his sixth open-water world championship, clocking 1:59.55.50. He beat Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri by 3.70 seconds, with Lee 14.80 seconds behind Wellbrock in third place. The Australian Paris Olympian beat another German, Oliver Klemet, by just 0.1 of a second to win his first individual world championships medal. "We prepared for these conditions in Darwin and to be honest … I am just in shock," Lee said. Nicholas Sloman, who also competed in Paris, finished eighth. Johnson, Lee, Gubecka and Sloman are the reigning world mixed team champions. Wellbrock also won the 10km event at the Tokyo Olympics. He was unhappy about the circumstances around the event postponements. "That was very, very annoying. We don't understand why World Aquatics informs coaches and committees about such circumstances in the middle of the night," Wellbrock said. Other open-water races in Singapore are also set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Water quality was a key issue at last year's Olympics, with the triathlon and marathon swimming events held in the River Seine. After a massive project to clean up the river for the Games, heavy rain meant the men's individual triathlon was postponed by one day. All other events went ahead as scheduled. Once she competes in her open-water events, Johnson will also contest the 800m and 1,500m freestyle in the pool at the world titles. AAP
The Guardian
17-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Moesha Johnson wins Australia's first 10km open-water swimming gold at world championships
Moesha Johnson has won Australia's first 10km open water world title as compatriot Kyle Lee opened the team medal tally with bronze in the men's race. It is Australia's fifth open water world title over all distances with Johnson and Lee in the quartet that will defend the mixed-team title at the Singapore world aquatics championships. The water temperature was 30C and conditions were described on social media as 'human soup'. There were also two postponements for the 10km events because of water quality concerns. Johnson, who claimed silver in the same event at the Paris Olympics, won in two hours seven minutes 51.30 seconds. It is also her first individual open water world championship. She finished 4.40 seconds ahead of Italian Ginevra Taddeucci and Lisa Pou from Monaco won bronze. Fellow Australian and Paris Olympics teammate Chelsea Gubecka finished ninth. The two open-water events were postponed at Palawan Beach on Sentosa Island, south of Singapore, because of the dirty sea water. Organisers then said water samples collected on Tuesday afternoon had shown a 'significant improvement' and went ahead with Wednesday competition. 'That was definitely harder than Paris,' Johnson said. 'The heat, 36-hour delay, the strong currents … that was one of the hardest circumstances and open water conditions I have been part of. 'Since the Olympics I have tried to embrace every opportunity and race with the feeling that I have nothing left to prove … I've had back-to-back illnesses but my family and faith got me through. 'And to all those that finished today … hats off to you. All open water skills were on display today. And I am so proud of this team – we had two girls and two guys in the top 10 and that's a credit to this whole Dolphins team.' German Florian Wellbrock won his sixth open-water world championship, clocking one hour 59 minutes 55.50 seconds. He beat Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri by 3.70 seconds, with Lee 14.80 seconds behind Wellbrock in third place. The Australian Paris Olympian beat another German, Oliver Klemet, by just 0.1 of a second to win his first individual world championships medal. 'We prepared for these conditions in Darwin and to be honest … I am just in shock,' Lee said. Nicholas Sloman, who also competed in Paris, finished eighth. Johnson, Lee, Gubecka and Sloman are the reigning world mixed team champions. Once she competes in her open-water events, Johnson will also contest the 800m and 1500m freestyle in the pool at the worlds.
CNA
16-07-2025
- Climate
- CNA
'One of the hardest courses I've ever swum': Competitors feel Sentosa heat at World Aquatics Championships
SINGAPORE: The water quality off the Sentosa coast has been under the microscope in recent days, but it was factors such as the afternoon heat which proved brutal for competitors in the men's 10km open water race on Wednesday (Jul 16) in the World Aquatics Championships. The race was won by Germany's Florian Wellbrock, while Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri took silver and Australia's Kyle Lee clinched the bronze after seeing off Germany's Oliver Klemet. A total of 11 competitors did not finish the race including Singapore's Ritchie Oh, three did not start, and five recorded times that were over the allocated time limit. In comparison, the last world championships in Doha had one competitor who did not finish and one with a time over the allocated time limit. According to World Aquatics regulations, the water temperature in an open water swimming competitions should be a minimum of 16 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 31 degrees Celsius. In response to queries from CNA, organisers said that the official water temperature reading for the men's race was 30.4 degrees Celsius. "To be honest, it was tough today," said Wellbrock, who was the 2020 Olympic champion in the event. This is his third open water world title after wins in 2019 and 2023. "I think it was the warmest water ever that we've had to race in. But we had like one year to prepare for this, we did a lot of heat training and I think this was the key for today to take the gold." Hungary's Kristof Rasovszky, who was the reigning champion and 2024 Olympics champion in the event, described it as one of the "hardest" races he's competed in given factors such as the heat and the choppy conditions. "It's a really challenging experience but it was all the same for everyone. So you can't really say that this was the problem because everyone had to swim in the same conditions," said Rasovszky, who said he once competed in similarly warm conditions during the 2019 Beach Games in Doha. "This is open water, so you have to prepare for everything, for the warm and for the cold." Singapore's Artyom Lukasevits said that the difficulty of the course was down to a number of factors. He finished 43rd, making him the best-placed Southeast Asian competitor. "It was not just the heat, it was a combination of other stuff. It's a pretty choppy course ... and it's also a big race," said the 20-year-old. "It's one of the hottest, if not the hottest ever. And everybody's just kind of fighting for their life, so it's really difficult." DEALING WITH POSTPONEMENTS On Tuesday, the women's 10km race was postponed just hours before it was set to begin, with organisers saying that the water quality levels did not meet "acceptable thresholds" as a result of an analysis of samples taken last Sunday. The race, originally slated for 8am on Tuesday, was initially pushed back to Wednesday morning. World Aquatics executive director Brent Nowicki said later on Tuesday afternoon that elevated levels of the E. coli bacteria were responsible for the race postponement. He added that the source of the contamination had yet to be determined. E. coli are bacteria typically found in the intestines of humans and animals. Common symptoms of ingesting a pathogenic strain of E. coli include vomiting and diarrhoea. Later on Tuesday, World Aquatics said that water quality results had "improved", but further tests showed that levels still exceeded "acceptable thresholds" after testing conducted earlier in the day. This meant that the men's 10km race and the women's 10km race, which were scheduled for 7.30am and 10.15am on Wednesday, were postponed to 1pm and 4pm on Wednesday. On Wednesday morning, the events were given the green light by World Aquatics after water quality results showed "significant improvement". In a press release, the sport's governing body said that the results from three samples taken along the competition course at 5pm on Tuesday showed the levels of E. coli bacteria falling between the ranges of "good" and "excellent" according to World Aquatics and the World Health Organization (WHO) regulations. "Regular water quality monitoring and testing continues throughout the competition period to ensure athlete safety, with the health and safety of all participants continuing to guide all competition-related decisions," said World Aquatics. The changes had a knock-on effect on preparations but are part and parcel of racing, said Rasovszky. "We didn't know in the morning when we woke up if there's going to be a race or not ... And then we had to wait till the later morning (to know) if we're going to race in the later afternoon," he added. "It's not an easy thing, and it's not really good for the preparation like a day before the race. But this is how it works in the open water." "The only thing was the disrupted sleep but that's about it," added Lukasevits. "We have to expect unexpected things to happen, it's part of the sport." At last year's Paris Olympics, pollution in the Seine after heavy rains caused the men's triathlon race to be postponed for a day, after swimming practice sessions were cancelled two days in a row. "We didn't really feel anything from it (the water quality). We will see two days later if someone is out of the race because of some sickness or not ... But I believe in the organising committee, and in World Aquatics that they try to do their best," said Rasovszky. Speaking to CNA, Indonesia's Aflah Prawira said he supported the decision to postpone the race, despite the tough conditions brought about by competing under the afternoon sun. He said he had raced in similar temperature conditions back in Papua, but in waters which were less choppy. "It's one of the hardest courses I've ever swum. It's the weather - the heat from the outside, the choppy water ... very difficult race also because we started in the afternoon," he explained.
