Swimming World Cup: silver for the mixed relay with Paltrinieri and Taddeucci

Symphony of silver at sea. Only gold is missing, but it was great Italy until the end of the Singapore World Cup. The blue background takes leave of the hot island of Sentosa with the silver of the relay men-women 4×1500 meters. The quartet composed of Barbara Pozzobon, Geneva Taddeucci, Marcello Guidi and Gregorio Paltrinieri closes in 1h09’15 “4, at 2” 1 by the Germans who triumph with Celine Reader, Oliver Klemet, Isabelle Gose and Florian Wellbrock. Italy, always on the podium from the 2015 World Cup, gold in Fukuoka in 2023, conquered the sixth team silver out of seven races: only in the male Ko-Sprint they did not collect (Quarto Greg), while Taddeucci made his poker, going four times out of four in medals. Paltrinieri completes his ninth world with 3 silver and a broken finger in the first 10 km test played in extreme conditions. It is the nineteenth world medal in eight editions for the Olympian. The bronze goes to Hungary, European gold in May, dragged by Betlehem in 1h19’16 “7. Australia outgoing champion is only fifth at 46”.

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After the last head against Wellbrock always gold, Paltrinieri starts fast and recovers the nine seconds of detachment from the German to the head -to -head: “There is silver crisis in Sentosa, we took everything – says Greg -. We knew we were fighting for something important. We are strong and we showed it. The different strategies at the end do not change the values. of medals … with Taddeucci, but that’s okay – continues Paltrinieri, who will return to Italy also to undergo further exams in the ring finger – Too bad for the finger and for the tub, but it would have been hard to stay for another two weeks with a routine we are not used to. One of the strongest men. I will watch the swimming competitions on TV and cheer for my companions.

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Taddeucci, at the fourth effort, in the second fraction fighting the strongest that men had deployed: “I hoped to do a little better, but the detachment was inevitable with men like Olivier and Klemet. So it was really difficult to hold their rhythm, moreover the labors made themselves heard. exhausted. A super Guidi in the third fraction takes the witness with 1’26 “and even recovers 1’11” bringing himself close to the Gose who leaves the witness to Wellbrock: “I tried to push every meter. I saw that I had more than Rasowsky and I passed it by aiming for the Australian and French. He did with Greg we had promised this medal; The Pozzobon was stronger than the strategies: “It was a tough race and I am very happy with the result”.