A new talent in which to invest time and hopes. Carlos D’Ambrosioborn in 2007, was la real surprise of the 2024 edition of the Settecolli Trophy. Little known to the general public, the boy who competes for the M.Bentegodi Foundation has shown uncommon qualities, given the times he was able to display in the pool of the Foro Italico.
The athlete trained by Luca De Monte in the morning it had already taken quite a bit away from its registration staff. She had swum in Riccione, during this year’s Spring Championships, a time of 1:48.80 in the 200 freestyle. D’Ambrosio brought his limit to the heats 1:47.76improving by more than a second and in the overall Final he was able to do even better.
The “bentegodino” printed a sensational time on the plate in relation to the age of 1:46.78in a competition context that included top athletes such as the German Lukas Maertens (1:45.79) and the British James Guy (1:46.21) e Duncan Scott (1:46.63). We are therefore talking about a swimmer with important and unexplored margins for improvement who until last year had mostly stood out for his great competitive qualities in relay at youth levelciting the success of the 4×100 freestyle at the Eurojuniors in Belgrade in 2023, where he opened the games with a fraction of 49.84.
A little boy who is following in Thomas Ceccon’s footsteps, training in the Federal Center in Verona a few lanes away from the Vicenza ace. A model to take inspiration from, which can certainly represent an important stimulus. Athlete, therefore, with a remarkable sprint base who is increasingly adapting to the needs of a 200 freestyle athlete, who will be very useful in the 4×200 freestyle at Paris Olympics.
On the push of new wave also represented by Alessandro Ragainiwho had swum a time trial at the Riccione Championships 1:45.83the Italian quartet will try to do well and we will see if D’Ambrosio will be able to continue in the wake that was noticed in this 2024.
