By Will Baxley on SwimSwam
2026 Open Water World Cup Stop 2
April 24-25, 2026 Ibiza, Islas Baleares, Spain Meet CentralThe Open Water World Cup makes a return this weekend with a record number of athletes participating in the Ibiza, Spain stop. We will be treated to a number of exciting storylines as European titans are showing out in full force, and top American names vie for a spot on the Pan Pac team.
The typical 10k race will be contested, which last month was won by Florian Wellbrock and Moesha Johnson in Somabay, Egypt. The second event will be the 3k sprint knockout, which made its World Cup debut in Ibiza last year before taking to the World Championships for the first time in Singapore.
See the full list of athletes here.
Red, White, & Blue Battlefield
Ibiza serves as the second of three meets that will determine the U.S’ Pan Pacs roster. As expected, we see virtually every big American name in the discipline throwing their name into the hat. Male and female favorites Ivan Puskovitch and Mariah Denigan, both of whom swept their races at Open Water Nationals, will look to hold on to their lead. Read more about the Pan Pac qualification process for open water here.
They will be joined by seasoned veteran names such as Becca Mann and Ashley Twichell, who both have strong international resumes and train at the TAC Titans.
On the younger end of the talent pool, we will see Open Water Junior National Champion Brinkleigh Hansen duke it out with the big girls. French-residing American teenager Colin Jacobs, who just committed to Cal this week, will take the short Mediterranean flight to Ibiza to lead America’s junior male contingent.
Though she didn’t go to Open Water Nationals, pool Olympian Claire Weinstein will race in Spain this week, perhaps in a late attempt to add an open water event to her Pan Pac itinerary. Though Weinstein has gravitated towards middle distance in recent years, most notably picking up a 200 freestyle bronze at the 2025 World Championships, her roots lie in open water swimming. Given her recent runner-up finish at the mile at the NCAA championships, her endurance might be intact to challenge top domestic names.
A Select Few From Magdeburg
Germany is only sending three swimmers, but it’s three of its heaviest hitters. Defending World Champion and last month’s Somabay World Cup winner Florian Wellbrock will be back as the heavy favorite. Joining him are fellow Germans Oliver Klemet, an Olympic silver medalist, and Lea Boy, who is a consistent Open Water World Cup medalist.
Open water’s most dominant woman Moesha Johnson, who trains in Magdeburg with the Germans, will also be in Ibiza looking to get a second straight World Cup 10k win. Unlike last month in Somabay, Johnson will be joined by a slew of fellow Aussies for this stop.
Mediterranean Might
Starting with the host country of Spain, be on the look out 22-year-old Angela Martinez. At last year’s Ibiza stop, she had one of the best races of her career to earn gold on home soil. Joining her in the highlights of the Spanish roster is World Championship silver medalist Maria de Valdes. Among the Spanish men’s names is 4x European Junior pool medalist Cristobal Vargas.
France boasts a trio of top-ranking open water athletes in Logan Fontaine, Marc-Antoine Olivier, and Caroline Jouisse. Expect to see all three, especially the 2025 overall Open Water Cup champion Fontaine, in the mix.
Italy is typically the deepest country in open water swimming, and this session looks to be no different. Last month’s Somabay silver medalist Ginevra Taddeucci is back for more, as is Somabay men’s bronze medalist Domenico Acarenza. If you’re betting on consistency and momentum, look to 2025 World Championships silver medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri and 2025 Ibiza Champion Andrea Filadelli, both of whom will represent Italy again this weekend.
Though not a Mediterranean country, Hungary resembles the three aforementioned nations in open water depth and top-end prowess. All of their biggest open water names, including David Betlehem, Kristof Rasovszky, Bettina Fabian, Ajna Kesely, and Viktoria Mihalyvari. Betlehem has quite the hot hand as the silver medalist in Somabay and the world #1 ranking.
Notable Absences
For the second Open Water Cup stop in a row, Canada will be sending no athletes. At the first stop of the year in Somabay, Great Britain sent one athlete, and this time they will send zero. Brazilian dynamos Ana Marcela Cunha and Vivian Jungblut, both who rank in the top ten women worldwide, are not swimming. The former is training for an English Channel swim.
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