De Tullio and the 400 in the family: Luca wins. Franceschi wins the 400 medley. And Quadarella is first in the final…
First session of finals at the Spring Championships in Riccione, valid for the overall titles and Olympic passes: the only one promoted in Paris is Lisa Angiolini, in the 100 breaststroke won over former world medalist Martina Carraro. Michele Lamberti shakes the Italian record of his training partner Thomas Ceccon, who is saved by 7 hundredths: for the double son of art from Brescia, seventh in the World Championships, he had a personal best of 24″68 and fell to 24″47, naturally second time Italian as always. In the 800 without Simona Quadarella (involved in the 400 medley), the success goes to the Caserta twin from 2003, Noemi Cesarano, author of 8’36″73: with a margin of 6 seconds, the long-distance runner Giulia Gabbrielleschi was rejected, who has the lead in the 1500 to get the Olympic pass at the last minute together with Ginevra Taddeucci. The time limit in the 800 is 8’25”, while in the 1500 you will need 15’55”.
Derby
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In the 400 freestyle it’s a question of the brothers from Bari: Luca De Tullio with a Detti-style second part prevails over his older brother Marco, for the trifle of six hundredths in 3’47″09. Finalist in the 800, Luca from lane 1 makes a excellent progression and wins (“I’m only sorry because I beat my brother”), already a world finalist, waiting to seek the Olympic pass in the 800 and 1500, his races. And to think that he started from the 400 medley. He’s the first prestigious Italian title for De Tullio jr who had a personal best of 3’47″22. The time limit is 3’44″6.
frogs
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Lisa Angiolini becomes an Olympic breaststroker after conquering the European podium: the 1995 Tuscan wins the 100m breaststroke final in 1’06″00 – a personal best equaled to the hundredth – beating Martina Carraro in the return pool who had turned in 31″39 . “It was what I wanted, now I feel lighter: I’m happy and calm now. I didn’t do any calculations, otherwise nothing good will come of it.” The time limit was 1’06″3. Lisa had already qualified Benny Pilato with whom she had reached the podium at the European Championships in Rome. Third was the Italian record holder Arianna Castiglioni in 1’06″89. In the 200 butterfly Giacomo Carini wins in 1’56″19 (the time for Paris is 1’55″0), followed up to 150 meters by Faraci: the Piacenza native has a personal best of 1’55″16 and will be able to try again in June , when Razzetti and Burdisso will be in the water. “It’s not enough to have a good race, I tried, let’s see at Settecolli, this morning I had better sensations, the second 50 didn’t come as easy as I hoped”.
sara and the sprint
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With a great freestyle fraction, Sara Franceschi recovers 1″47 from Francesca Fresia and beats her by 6 hundredths in 4’38″87, a time not dissimilar to the one with which the Livorno native climbed onto the world bronze podium in Doha in ( 4’37″14). “I believed it after I fell asleep on backstroke, it wasn’t easy after the World Championships but I wanted to win, it’s nice that these young people are growing.” The Turin girl with 4’38″93 (improved from 4′ 42″73) is now sixth Italian of all time and Simona Quadarella comes in at the 18th time of all time, winning the B final against Martina Ratti in 4’45″90. “I feel relieved after the World Cup.” And he announces confirming that he will do all the races until Saturday: 200 freestyle, 1500, 4×200 and 400. An American-style Roman… Finally Leonardo Deplano wins the 50 freestyle in 21″93 and again comes close to the Olympic time of 21″ 8: but having swum in the world semi-final in 21″81 he is recognized as having an Olympic pass; no one today dipped below 22″ which is why Sandra Michelini’s student can consider himself already at the Games. The Florentine goes better in the second part rather than the first and remains the only one under 22″, climbing on the podium with Giovanni Izzo (22″09) and Alessandro Miressi (22″15), under the podium Luca Dotto (born in 90) 22″18, Thomas Ceccon sixth ex aequo with Ballarati at 22″45. The world record holder then announces on TV that he will not swim the 50 butterfly of which he was world champion in 2023, but this means that he will swim the 100 freestyle.
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