Luca Karl enthusiastic: fifth place at the World Wall in Singapore!

Luca Karl enthusiastic: fifth place at the World Wall in Singapore!

The 23-year-old Salzburg Luca Karl has achieved an impressive 5th place in the 10 km competition at the World Championships in Singapore. With a deficit of 34.9 seconds to the German swimmer Florian Wellbrock, who won the race, Karl celebrated his best placement in World Cup history. Wellbrock secured victory with a time of 1: 59: 55.5 hours and thus won his sixth gold medal at World Championships.

In an exciting competition, Wellbrock had to fight for challenging conditions. The water temperature officially was 30.4 degrees Celsius and there were strong waves that made swimming even difficult. Nevertheless, he swam in the top group from the start, often in the lead, and ultimately prevailed in front of the Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri with a 3.7 second lead. Paltrinieri finished 14.8 seconds behind, followed by Kyle Lee from Australia in third place and Oliver Klemet from Germany, who took fourth place with just a tenth of a second behind Die Presse reported.

a strong result for Luca Karl

Luca Karl himself described his result as "indescribable" and said it was an "incredible feeling". In the last round he felt that he was well placed, and this feeling finally confirmed. The Austrian swimmer plans to celebrate his 5th place adequately before preparing for the next competitions. The 5 km competition is coming up on Friday and a knock-out race over 3 km on Saturday. However, the implementation of these races depends on the water quality, which was released on Wednesday morning after analysis of samples Laola1 .

The boat races were originally shifted due to low water quality. This situation is not new; Similar problems have already been found at the Olympic Games in Paris. National coach Bernd Berkhahn and other swimmers had criticized this shift. The releases of the competitions were necessary to ensure the health of the athletes. The other competitions, including the women's race, are already pending, with the German swimmers Lea Boy and Jeannette Spiwoks start the race at 10 a.m.

Overall, Luca Karl has the feeling that this was a successful appearance, and the green light for his next challenges gives him additional swing Sportschau .