Chaos in the 25 km in the open waters of Ostia at the European swimming championships in Rome.
At the eleventh of the fifteen scheduled laps the test was interrupted after more than three hours of competition due to adverse sea conditions with the announcement that was made with the speakers on the beach only after long minutes of uncertainty in which many athletes had already reached the shore.
It is not yet clear whether all swimmers in the water actually received the interruption message.
The decision on the stop in these cases rests with the LEN Technical Commission.
One hour after the interruption of the men's and women's 25km in open water, it is not yet possible to draw up the official ranking.
The race judges and the LEN technical commission are meeting to make a decision because it is not yet clear whether the race will be canceled and therefore not delivering the medals or if the ranking will crystallize at the eleventh lap (moment of interruption of the test) by drawing up a podium, but with criteria yet to be established
