(ANSA) – ROME, JUN 18 – The World Swimming Championships in Budapest and for Italy are underway immediately for the newcomer and the expert. After the 200 mixed without Azzurri in the 400 freestyle Marco De Tullio is in the final with the last time of 3’46 “47 after a battery closed in second place behind the best performer of the year, the German Lukas Martens (3’45” 04). The 21-year-old from Bari followed by Christian Minotti and European bronze with the 4×200 sl here last year will try to improve the fifth place three years ago in Gwangju.
A thrill for five laps and then the final failure for Lorenzo Galossi: the blue rookie, offers a mixture of boldness and recklessness in lane 7 next to his blue companion and training with Christian Minotti. The race of the sixteen year old Roman European junior record holder on his absolute debut is an initial crescendo led in the lead for four laps (1’51 “88), thwarted by a final with little fuel and a lot of emotion. Galossi closes twelfth in 3’47” 19, two seconds away from this year’s staff in Riccione. Sent back to the tank but promoted for desire and determination. The Austrian European silver Felix Auboeck leads the troop in 3’43 “83.
Semifinal with record in the 50 butterfly for Thomas Ceccon. The twenty-year-old from Veneto breaks the Italian record by snatching it from the other blue in the race Piero Codia (sixteenth and expected in the play-off – 25 “53) and shattering the 23” wall, settling at 22 “88. Olympic champion the American Caeleb Dressel and a cent behind the specialist of Trinidad del Tobago Dylan Carter (22 “87). The previous one was Barcelona, 23 “21 made by Codia on 07/28/2013.
Catch the semifinal of the 100 butterfly Elena Di Liddo with the ninth time trial. The twenty-nine year old Italian record holder next September coached by Raffaele Girardi for Carabinieri and Aniene closes in control with 57 “97. (ANSA).
Source: Ansa
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