Ep 17 - Cancun World Cup Revew w/ Alice Dearing

From Black Line Fever · 00:27:49

Show by Will Rollo

The champions held, but the field underneath them is moving. In warm, choppy, near-cyclonic conditions at Playa Langosta, Moesha Johnson and Florian Wellbrock opened the 2026-27 World Aquatics Open Water World Cup exactly where they finished the last one, on top, and in two completely different ways.On this episode of Black Line Fever, Alice Dearing and I break down every race from Stop 1 in Cancún: the swims, the storylines and the silvers nobody saw coming, as open water’s first race back in Mexico since 2015 kicks off an Olympic qualifying season.From Johnson’s most professional win yet to Wellbrock’s grind-it-out double, the Italian wall in the men’s 10k and two breakthrough medals for Japan, we unpack a weekend of attrition and what it tells us heading toward Budapest 2027.In This Episode:🏊‍♂️ Men’s 10km: Wellbrock edges a street fight by 2.7 seconds, Acerenza storms back from elbow surgery for silver, and five Italians land in the top eight.🏊‍♀️ Women’s 10km: Johnson’s calculated sit-and-strike, Airi Ebina’s gutsy first World Cup podium, and a brutal run of withdrawals in the heat.🥇 3km Knockout: Wellbrock completes the double, Kajimoto pushes Johnson to the touch, and Lisa Pou’s redemption after withdrawing a day earlier.🌊 Conditions: 29-degree water, heavy chop and the attrition that shaped the weekend.🌏 What’s Next: Somabay in March, plus the Australian Open Water Championships and Oceanman on the horizon.🎧 Tune in for inside analysis, broadcast insight and a full look at how the 2026-27 World Aquatics Open Water World Cup kicked off in Cancún.Subscribe to Black Line Fever for all the open water storylines that matter and the voices that bring them to life.

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