ACROPOLIS SWIM OPEN 2024
The final evening of the Acropolis Open 2024 took place yesterday in Athens, with two Italian players as protagonists.
MEN’S COMPETITIONS DAY 3
The Italian Thomas Ceccon world record holder, he won the men’s 100 backstroke in 52.99, setting his best time of 2024.
After swimming 52.27 at the Berlin leg of the 2023 World Cup, Ceccon set a solid 53.49 at the Italian Championships in March in the first leg of the 4×100 medley relay.
Last night, Ceccon opened in 25.86 and closed in 27.13 to hold off Apostolos Christouof the host nation, who secured silver in 53.35. Christou it fell below the Olympic qualifying time of 53.74 needed for Paris 2024.
Ceccon’s training partner, Michael Lamberti completed the podium in 54.41.
Ceccon is currently the second fastest athlete in the world this season, thanks to the time trial achieved in Berlin.
| 2 | Thomas CECCON | ITA | 52.27 | 10/08 |
| 3 | Miron Lifinstsev | RUS | 52.34 WJR | 04/15 |
| 4 | Hunter ARMSTRONG | USA | 52.68 | 02/13 |
| 5 | Oliver MORGAN | GBR | 52.70 | 04/03 |
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Kristian Gkolomeevwon gold in the men’s 50m freestyle, with a time of 22.20 ahead of his Greek colleagues Stergios-Marios Mpilas (10.42pm) e Odysseys Meladinis (10.49pm).
The teenager Ephraim Ntoymas Eyaggelos set a new Greek category record by winning the men’s 200 meter breaststroke.
The sixteen year old Eyaggelos he achieved the gold medal in 2:12.49.
WOMEN’S COMPETITIONS DAY 3
In the women’s 100 meter backstroke, the Canadian Kylie Masse, he achieved the fastest result and the only sub-minute performance.
Completing the discipline hat-trick in this competition, Masse touched the plate in 59.64 (28.52/31.12), marking a good result ahead of the Canadian Olympic Trials.
Behind her was the Dutch ace Kira Toussaint, who got silver in 1:00.10, while the Italian Sara Curtis took bronze in 1:01.85.
Masse posted a time of 58.93 at the Spanish Open in February and is ranked sixth in the world this season.
The seventeen year old Curtis took to the water early in the session, competing in the women’s 50m freestyle.
Curtis he set a time of 24.66 to set a new meeting record, just 10 hundredths away from the Italian national record of 24.56 which he set at the Italian championships in March. That performance qualified Sara Curtis for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Other winners
- Georgia Damasioti took gold in the women’s 200 butterfly, with a time of 2:10.43.
- The Spanish swimmer Arbidel Gonzalez Alvarez took the podium in the men’s 200 butterfly in 1:58.64. The silver went to Apostolos Siskos (1:58.99).
- In the women’s 200 meter breaststroke Jessica Vall took the gold medal in 2:26.12.
- The Belgian Valentine Dumont won the women’s 400 freestyle in 4:10.37. Note that Spain’s Olympic medal Mireia Belmonte he won the B final with a time of 4:24.83.
- Dimitrios Markos set a new meet record of 3:50.28 in the men’s 400m freestyle.
