Swimming, Ceccon wins the 100m back beating Christou again

Thomas Ceccon wins the 100m backstroke of the Settecolli in Rome in 52″86, meeting record, by 13 cents beating his rival from a year ago at the European Championships, the Greek Aposotolos Christou, Simone Stefanì third in 54″16, his son under the podium Michele Lamberti, 54”63, who trained with Ceccon. “There’s still something to sort out” said the champion and world record holder of the specialty (51”60), in preparation for the World Championships in July in Fukuoka.

The 50m backstroke is by the phenomenal Canadian Masse in 27”76 on the British Cox 28”01, third the Dutch Marika De Waard 28”07: for one cent Costanza Cocconcelli remains below the podium. The record holder Silvia Scalia fails the exam, seventh in 28 ”55.

De Tullio confirms

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Marco De Tullio confirms himself as the best Italian 400-year-old and with full load he reaches 3’46″08 ahead of Matteo Ciampi (3’46″08) and Matteo Lamberti (3’48″17), who denies his training partner the podium Gabriele Detti, ex aequo with the Irishman Daniel Wiffen at 3’48”81. There wasn’t the expected progress between heat and final, typical of those from Livorno’s past, while Ciampi improves his personal best from 3’46”25 and hopes in the 4×200 to take the World Championships. From Hong Kong with fury. Siobhan Haughey, Olympic silver and much more, wins the 200m freestyle in 1’54″77, with a margin of almost 2″ from the British Colbert, third the European champion Marrit Steenbergen, in 1’56″68; Final B goes to Giulia D’Innocenzo, who drops below 1’59” for the first time, reaching 1’58”23).

Duel Martinenghi-Kamminga

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Arno Kamminga mocks Nicolò Martinenghi: the duel of the 100 breaststroke between the two Olympic medalists ends 59″05 to 59″24: a challenge to the last stroke, with the blue world champion who has not yet finalized the job and was not at the top physically. Third is the German Matzerath in 1’00”30, fourth at 8 cents Simone Cerasuolo, as always in the lead being a pure fiftieth.

Castiglioni fourth

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In the women’s 100 breaststroke, the Dutch Tes Shouten beats in 1’06″06, Aoki (Gia) 1’06″09 and McShayy (Irl) 1’06″56, under the podium for 20 cents Arianna Castiglioni 1’06” 76 (31”55), fifth Carraro 1’06”86 (31”32), eighth Bottazzo 1’07”23 while the Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte tames the final in 1’06”90 (31”56) on Francesca Fangio 1 ’07”54 (31”85) and the world champion Benny Pilato (32”18), in the ford of the state exams.

Codia podium

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Noè Ponti king in Rome in the 100m dolphin: the pupil of the Roman Massimo Meloni in the 100m dolphin of which he is Olympic bronze, in 51″28 rejects Korstanje (Ola) 51″82 (23″64) and the former European champion Piero Codia 51″94 (23″79, in heat 51″75), who precedes Federico Burdisso by the trifle of a cent (the Pavia area is not in the best of conditions due to an illness during the week).