Swimming, Pilato and Quadarella win. Already 15 Italians have qualified for the Olympics

Riccione Spring Festival, last act. The haul of qualifiers for the Paris Olympics is 15 Italians. On the closing day, prestigious victories for Benedetta Pilato (already qualified since November) in the 50m breaststroke and Simona Quadarella in the 400m freestyle. Benny, as on other occasions, gets slightly worse between drums (29″59) and final, but his 20″87 is of great value. And as she herself says, it is the twenty-eighth time in her career that she has swum the 50m breaststroke under 30″. She is the only one to do so. Castiglioni, however, is second at 30″71, while Bottazzo is third in 30″94. Great performance and a great time for Simone Cerasuolo, who wins the men’s 50m breaststroke in 26″53 (2nd Italian time, 4th European, 10th world time of all time). Simona Quadarella’s efforts end with 4’06″55, another diversionary race for the two-time world champion from Aniene who is consolidating more and more. Now a week’s holiday and then the long cycle to Paris: coach Minotti already knows how bring it back to the top.

panziera nearby

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Margherita Panziera touches very close to the time limit of 2’08″5, gives her best at this moment in the 200 backstroke (2’09″08) and is also pushed by Erika Gaetani who makes the time leap from 2’10″28 to 2’09″70, Francesca Fresia also on the podium 2’12″22. Sonia Laquintana wins the 50 butterfly in 26″17 with a personal improvement of 2 hundredths. On the podium with her Scotto Di Carlo 26″40 and Cocconcelli 26″67, while the final was tamed in 26″96 by Sara Curtis, one of the great protagonists of the championships. In the 400 medley Andrea Matteazzi wins in 4’14″90, but remains far from the Olympic time limit of 4’11″9. Ditto Luca De Tullio, who to qualify for Paris would have had to swim 14’46”, but reaches 15’02″71 on Guidi 15’03″72 and Giovannoni 15′ 07″62. Even for the brother of art everything is postponed to the Settecolli in June, where Butini’s Italy will be completed for the five-circle expedition. So far, 15 Azzurri, between men and women, have been promoted to Paris.

record

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Finally, the Italian record closing of the policemen’s club in the fast relay: the Fiamme Oro swim in 3’14″17 (improved from 3’14″60 in 2023) with Miressi 48″51, Frigo 48″31, Carraro 49″ 01, Ceccon 48″34), second the Carabinieri (Megli 49″26, Deplano 47″96, Ragaini 48″77, Dotto 49″30), third the Fiamme Gialle 3’16″63 (Bori 49″08, Serio 49 “65, Dalla Costa 49″23, Caserta 49″24), fourth for the Army 3’19″42 (Zazzeri 48″47, Spada 50″78, Vendrame 50″93, Caserta 49″24).

qualified

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Here are the Italians qualified for the Paris Games. Men: Lorenzo Zazzeri 50 freestyle, Alessandro Miressi 100 freestyle and 4×100 freestyle, Gregorio Paltrinieri 800 and 1500 freestyle, Thomas Ceccon 100 backstroke, Nicolò Martinenghi 100 breaststroke, Alberto Razzetti 200 butterfly, 200 and 400 medley, Manuel Frigo 4×100 freestyle, Leonardo Deplano 50 and 4×100 freestyle, Filippo Megli 200 freestyle and 4×200, Alessandro Ragaini 200 freestyle and 4×200. Women: Simona Quadarella 800 and 1500 freestyle, Benedetta Pilato 100 breaststroke, Sara Franceschi 400 medley, Lisa Angiolini 100 breaststroke, Sara Curtis (50 freestyle). Seven relays: the components to be decided