Paris 2024 Olympics marathon swimming, Australia schedule
A four-member Australian team led by Rio 2016 Olympian Chelsea Gubecka will be out for a strong performance in the marathon swimming competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics with events lined up on August 8 and 9.
The 26-year-old Gubecka, who finished 15th in the women’s 10km marathon event at Rio 2016, is heading into her second Olympics.
She became the first Australian marathon swimmer to secure a Paris 2024 quota after claiming a silver medal at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
She will be joined by the trio of Moesha Johnson, Kyle Lee and Nicholas Sloman as Australia sends a full team of four marathon swimmers to the Olympics for the first time.
Besides Australia, host nation France are the only country that will have a full representation of four in marathon swimming at Paris 2024.
Johnson, Lee and Sloman secured Olympic quotas for Australia at the World Aquatics Championships 2024 in Doha, with Moesha narrowly missing the women’s podium in fourth, while Nicholas and Kyle finished the men’s event in fifth and ninth, respectively.
All three of them, along with Gubecka, won the gold medal in the team competition at the World Aquatics Championships 2024 in Doha.
This is also the first time that Australia will have two female marathon swimmers at the same Olympics since the sport’s inclusion in 2008.
Australia’s Paris 2024 marathon swimming team
- Chelsea Gubecka
- Moesha Johnson
- Kyle Lee
- Nicholas Sloman
The women’s and men’s 10km open water marathon swimming events will be held on August 8 and 9, respectively.
Kyle Lee and Nick Sloman will take part in the men’s event while Chelsea Gubecka and Moesha Johnson will compete in the women’s event.
The open water 10km marathon swimming events will be held at the iconic Seine river in Paris, 124 years after Olympic swimming was held in the river at the Paris 1900 Olympics.
Marathon swimming made its Olympic debut at the Beijing 2008 Games in the People’s Republic of China. The Netherlands are the most successful Olympic nation in this sport with Dutch athletes winning three gold medals and one silver medal across the men’s and women’s events.
Australia’s Kareena Lee, who won bronze in women’s 10km at Tokyo 2020, became the first Australian to medal in marathon swimming at the Olympics.
Paris 2024 Olympics Australia’s marathon swimming schedule
All in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
Where to watch Paris 2024 Olympics marathon swimming live in Australia
Live streaming of marathon swimming events at the Paris 2024 Olympics will be available on 9Now and Stan. The Paris 2024 marathon swimming will be broadcast live on the Network Nine TV channels in Australia.