By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
The definition of “Pan Pacific” has always been a bit nebulous at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, but the generally-accepted definition has been that the meet is designed as a counter to European Championships, and so it was for any country that wasn’t European.
Until 2026.
The entry lists for the open water 10km races at the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships includes several European swimmers, chief among them Germany’s Florian Wellbrock.
The 28-year-old is a 10-time World Champion, including nine in open water, and was the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion in the open water 10k.
Last year, he won both the 5km and 10km open water swims at the World Championships. Once a dual thread in the pool and open water, but more recently he has been by far more focused on open water – though he was still 5th in the 1500 meter pool race at Worlds last year.
Wellbrock also won both the 5km and 10km races at the European Championships this week, and added another gold in the mixed 4x1500m relay.
Other Europeans on the list include Pasquale Angelo Giordano of Italy, Dario Verani of Italy, and Jeanette Spiwoks of Germany.
While a European team at a meet designed for countries that border the Pacific Ocean (though South Africa has long participated) might not make sense, but neither did an American team at the inaugural European U23 Championships.
A spokesperson says for USA Swimming that as far as they know, Wellbrock is still planning to attend, which seems to be confirmed by an Instagram post on Saturday saying that he’s “looking forward to racing the boys from overseas in Los Angeles.”
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