05
Aug
Ginevra Taddeucci doesn't give up, she doubles down. The 29-year-old Florentine, after winning the European gold medal in the 10km, also achieved the feat of winning the 5km, becoming the first Italian to win the 5km and 10km open water events at the same European Championships. A feat achieved only by Gregorio Paltrinieri at the 2021 European Championships in Budapest. In the Seine, on the Île aux Cygnes circuit west of the Eiffel Tower, Taddeucci leads and finishes in 1:02:31.2 seconds. Behind her, Hungary's Viktoria Mihalyvari Farkas takes silver in 1:02:33.4 seconds. The bronze medal goes to a determined Barbara Pozzobon in 1:02:35.1 seconds. "Paris continues to bring me luck, I hope to…
