Big praise for Florian Wellbrock: "Gigantic", "Historic" - Talent Florian

"Florian has dominated the field from the beginning and was simply not to stop! He has historically managed with the first Olympic victory in freewater for Germany," said world recorder Paul Biedermann after the Olympic in the Japanese morning. "To win a medal in the basin and in the open water is a very own league and speaks for the exceptional Talent Florian Wellbrock."

Lint pointed to the exceptional position in a grandiose race. "That was an absolutely gigantic race of Florian Wellbrock. The competition was ultimately chanceless. It was a class difference to the second and third and the rest it was really worlds," he said the German Press Agency (DPA). Wellbrock had secured the Olympic victory over ten kilometers with great advantage. It was the first gold for Germany in this discipline and the first for the German Swimming Association since 2008.

"I think it has never given such a good swimmer in Germany"

"There is nothing bigger what you can win," said Lurz. He trusts the 23-year-old that he can shape an era. Wellbrock was still young, said Lurz. "I think it has never been in Germany such a good swimmer with such opportunities, both stylistically and of versatility."

The first German swimming gold for 13 years was "important," said Lurz. "I think that the good swimmers we have, do not come out of the system, but individually very good athletes are." Overall, the 41-year-old sees a lot of catching up for the association in his conclusion. On the long distances the cutting was "very good," he said. "The rest is unfortunately not good. The seasons do not exist anymore." In the basin, only two of seven seasons had qualified for the end runs.

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