Security at the various competition sites of the World Aquatics Championships is being ramped up, with large crowds expected in the coming weeks. Local organisers have put in place a suite of measures,

Germany's Florian Wellbrock won gold in the men's 10-kilometre open water swimming on Wednesday at the World Aquatics championships. The 27-year-old came out on top after 1 hour 59 minutes 55.

Fans from Canada will be able to watch the contest on CBC. Local distributors who will be making the action available to fans across Asia and Europe can be found here. As mentioned, Singapore is the host nation for this year’s World Aquatics Championships.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) has started monitoring levels of Escherichia coli (E. coli) at Sentosa's beaches, following news that swimming events at the World Aquatics Championships were twice delayed due to elevated levels of the bacteria in the waters.

Hosted in Singapore, the global water sports competition event features swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming and water polo.

Marathon swimmer Kyle Lee has opened Australia's medal tally at the World Aquatics Championships, winning bronze in the men's 10km.

Open water events had been postponed after E coli bacteria reached unacceptable levels in seas off Sentosa island.

A number of factors including water temperature and choppy conditions made the race a particularly difficult one, said competitors.