Italy’s Ludovica Terlizzi Wins World Junior 10k Title With 80-Second Victory Margin

By Will Baxley on SwimSwam
2026 Open Water World Junior ChampionshipsSeptember 3-6, 2026
Santa Fe, Argentina
Meet CentralThe 2026 Open Water World Junior Championships completed its first day of competition, and there’s no question as to who the star of the first day was: 19-year-old Ludovica Terlizzi.
In an event that typically sees athletes bunch together for a majority of the race before making a late surge, Terlizzi opted for a Ledeckian, wire-to-wire domination style of race to d