The swimmers have arrived in Naples
3 September 2020: swimmers enrolled in the 55th edition of the Capri-Naples are arriving in Naples. The race, World Challenge 2020, is scheduled for Sunday 6 September with departure from Le Ondine Beach Club in Capri at 10.30 am and arrival, starting from 4.45/5.00 pm, at Circolo Canottieri Naples, after swimming 36 km in the Gulf of Naples.
15 registered swimmers, 9 men and 6 women. Only 12 athletes at the start, after last-minute defections by Damian Blaum (ARG), Matheus Evangelista (BRA) and Sandra Frimerman-Begquist (USA).
The 2016 winner of the competition has already arrived, Evgenij Pop Acev (MKD), champion of the world FINA Ultramarathon circuit, while for women the champion Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA), already winner in Naples in 2017 (in the course below the coast) and in 2014 with the female record of the competition.
The Dutch Marcel Schouten returns to the competition, while the promising Frenchwoman Caroline Jouisse makes her debut.
Leading the group of Italians in the race the winner 2018 and second last year, Francesco Ghettini (Marima Militare⁸), the winner 2017 (in the course below the coast) and world silver in the 25 km, Matteo Furlan (Marina Militare) the former world champion of the Ultramarathon circuit, Edoardo Stochino (FFOO). Beside him the debut of Alessio Occhipinti (FFOO), the 2019 Italian champion on 25 km.
Among women, a top challenge between Barbara Pozzobon (FFOO), also FINA Ultramaraton world champion 2017 and 2018 and winner of the last two editions of the Capri-Naples. Arianna Bridi makes her debut in the race, gold at the 2017 Europeans and bronze at the 2018 World Championships in the 25 km and winner of the FINA 10 km circuit in 2017.
Tomorrow, a day in Capri with the presentation of the event to the Municipality of Capri that support the event, with training sessions at Marina Grande at the location of the official start: Le Ondine Beach Club.
2020 edition presented
The conference was held to the Maschio Angioino castle in Naples. At the speakers table, in addition to the President of the Organizing Committee Luciano Cotena, also the Councilor for sport of the Municipality of Naples Ciro Borriello, the President of the Campania FIN Paolo Trapanese, the President of CONI Campania Sergio Roncelli and the technical guide of the FFOO Napoli Luca Piscopo, In addition to the CEO of the main sponsor FARMACOSMO, Fabio De Concilio.
Then, all the trophies were presented, starting with the main one, the Farmacosmo trophy, reserved for the winner and the winner of the 2020 edition. Again the best Italian athlete trophy that CONI wanted to call “Giulio Travaglio” and , again, the “Filippo Calvino” trophy for the best young swimmer under 21.
The program is rich and completed with important social and institutional partnerships.
The starting list of the 2020 protagonists was then unveiled, with many super bigs at the start. At the start 15 athletes (9 men and 6 women).
In the water, also Gregorio Paltrinieri, swimming in a relay together with Domenico Acerenza, Martina De Memme and 3 athletes of the Italian Paralympic Swimming Federation
Here the official brochure
Here the starting list
Official press conference
August 30, 2020: Tuesday, September 1st, at 12, the 55th edition of the Capri-Naples, World Challenge 2020 scheduled for Sunday, September 6th, will be presented to the Maschio Angioino castle in Naples.
At the conference the news and events of this exciting edition will be unveiled and the athletes who will try to win will be announced, after the last edition which saw the Italian double victory.
The conference will also present the official video spot of the 2020 edition, which can be previewed here.
Italian Championships 10 Km
The 10 km races open the Italian championships taking place in Piombino (18-19 August), where the 2.5 km will also take place tomorrow; then Friday 21 in Marina di Grosseto the 5 km. In the water 174 athletes (100 males and 74 females) representing 60 clubs. In the women’s test, a victory that smacks of redemption, after the failure to qualify for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, for Arianna Bridi. The 24-year-old from Trento (esercito) swims in 2h02’12”, preceding Giulia Gabbrielleschi (Fiamme Oro) in 2h02’13”5 and the Olympic vice-champion Rachele Bruni (Esercito).
Among the men, however, Gregorio Paltrinieri’s first success at the Italian open water championships. The Olympic, bi-world and tri-European champion of the 1500 freestyle in long and gold world champion in the 800 at Gwangju 2019 – (Fiamme Oro), touches first in 1h52’09”7, followed by the French Marc-Antoine Olivier in 1h52’23 ‘ ’9 and by training partner Domenico Acerenza (Fiamme Oro / CC Napoli) third in 1h52’29”4. Podium of the Italian championships completed by Mario Sanzullo (Fiamme Oro and CC Napoli), who, like Paltrinieri, is already certain of qualification for the Tokyo 2021, which closes in 1h53’03”2.
Here complete results
Official and non-official races: all concentrated in September
May 26, 2020: the Organizing Committee announces that the “open” international competitions, scheduled for June 26 and July 10 which, by 2020, had seen the registration record with over 100 athletes from over 15 nations, are officially postponed to September, on a single date: 11 September.
The official competition, however, currently remains scheduled for September 5.
In compliance with the safety of the athletes and the protocols and prescriptions dictated by the relevant bodies.
2022 IMSHOF celebration event in Naples
April 19, 2020: The stars of the open water illuminate Naples. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame has in fact chosen the Campania capital to host, for the first time in Italy, the 2022 edition of the annual award ceremony of the protagonists of open water swimming. The international organization thus intended to reward the city where the most fascinating competition between the international swimming marathons takes place: the Capri-Naples, which in 2019 completed the edition number 54 and the 17th from the resumption, which took place in 2003 after eleven years of stop. At the same time, Imshof has announced the postponement of the 2020 edition, scheduled for May 1st in New York, on May 1st 2021, also in the US city.
In the newsletter with which it made the 2022 edition official in Naples, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame also indicated the date, May 7, revealing the first news related to the event, which will also feature collateral events reserved for guests, speaking of “a complete weekend” up to anticipate “a visit to nearby Pompeii, which should be the bucket list for everyone’s life”.
FINA 10 km marathon #1 Doha
February 17, 2020: in Doha (QAT), the open water swimming season for the Fina Marathon Swim circuit over the distance of 10 km began last weekend. The circuit, for 2020, will see 10 stages, from February to October.
At the Tokyo Olympic Games, the highlight of the season, with the Olympic race.
COMPLETE PODIUMS:
MEN: 1) OLIVIER (FRA); 2) MUFFELS (GER); 3) WELLBROCK (GER)
WOMEN: 1) BECK (GER); 2) CUNHA (BRA); VAN ROUWENDAAL (NED)
Here the complete results
Here the updated rankings
Next race: Victoria (SEY) on May 3rd
Capri-Napoli 2020 – registrations closed
December 28, 2019: after the SOLO competition, the relay competitions for 2020 are also sold out! The Organizing Committee must therefore close the registration for non-FINA competitions, in advance, by about a month, compared to the deadline of January 31!
The competitions are scheduled on June 26th and July 10th.
In total there will be 100 athletes from 11 nations (Italy, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, England, France, Ireland, Russia, Spain and USA). Divided into SOLO, DOUBLE and RELAYS.
Another great success for this competition, for a 2020 that will reserve again many surprises!
(Italiano) Coppa Natale 2019 risultati
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