Second day of competitions at the Settecolli and above all the flash of Michele Lamberti stands out as he beat Thomas Ceccon in the 50m backstroke, also equaling his Italian record, swimming in 24″40. “I am very happy with this first record in the long course and with having equaled Thomas. Maybe he just had to go like this. After training together for a year and a half, we are now heading towards the Games. I would like to thank our group from Verona and obviously my parents”, says the new Italian record holder with his father Giorgio next to him, gold in 1991 at the World Championships in Perth in the 200m freestyle.
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Olympic pass for Giacomo Carini who wins in the 200 butterfly with 1’54″34, leaving behind Federico Burdisso who will not be there in Paris. And not even Margherita Panziera manages to obtain the minimum for the Games by swimming below her standards in the 100 backstroke. Miressi does not fall below 48 seconds (48″08) who nevertheless wins the 100 freestyle and launches the challenge to her opponents for Paris, while Benedetta Pilato repeats yesterday’s victory in the 100 breaststroke, but this time in the 50, closing for the 32nd time under 30″ (29″71). Martinenghi is no exception, also first in the 50 breaststroke in 26″65, and ahead of two other Italians like Viberti and Cerasuolo and above all ahead of the three-time Olympic gold medalist, Adam Peaty.
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At the end of the day, Simona Quadarella shines in the 800m, repeating in 8’18″95 the success of the day before in the 1500m, beating the German Gose in the sprint once again. “I hope I put on a good show. I’m very happy, I didn’t expect this weather and this race. I wanted to do some good races in front of my audience to have an extra stimulus and answers before the Games and I succeeded”. Greg Paltrinieri was less good again in the 800m, ninth in the race in which Marco De Tullio finished second (with the pass to Paris ) with a personal best of 7’45″80 behind the German Maertens. “But that’s fine – explained Greg -. I’m fully loaded. I take it as training because I come from gold in the 10 km in Belgrade in open water”.
