Olympian Jordan Wilimovsky earned the first U.S. medal of the world aquatics championships, taking silver in the open-water 10km in Hungary on Tuesday.
Wilimovsky, the 2015 World 10km champion, missed gold by one tenth of a second after nearly two hours of swimming on Lake Balaton. Olympic champion Ferry Weertman edged Wilimovsky in a sprint finish.
France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier earned bronze, just as he did in Rio. Full results are here.
Wilimovsky, 23, became the first American man to earn individual open-water medals at multiple world championships. Open-water events have been on the worlds program since 1991 and the Olympic program since 2008.