(ANSA) – ROME, 07 NOV – It will be an afternoon full of blue for the last beat of the 21st edition of the European short course swimming championships, taking place at the Aquatics Palace in Kazan. It starts again at 16.30 (Italian time), live on Rai Sport + HD, for another Italnuoto show, which will also include Alberto Razzetti and Pier Andrea Matteazzi in the 400 medley, Simona Quadarella in the 400 freestyle and the 4×50 relay mixed mixed. From Saturday Marco Orsi in the 100 medley, Nicolò Martinenghi and Fabio Scozzoli in the 50 breaststroke, Lorenzo Mora and his son Michele Lamberti in the 200 backstroke, Benedetta Pilato and Arianna Castiglioni in the 50 breaststroke, Alessandro Miressi and Lorenzo Zazzeri in the 100 had already been qualified freestyle, Silvia Di Pietro and Elena Di Liddo in the 50 breaststroke and Gregorio Paltrinieri in the 800 freestyle. Italy will close the Europeans with 63 appearances in the finals! In the last session of the heats, the Italian record holder (4’01”57) Alberto Razzetti and Pier Andrea Matteazzi, apparently without too much effort, qualified for the final of the 400 medley. The 22-year-old from Genoa – registered with Fiamme Gialle and Genova Nuoto My Sport, gold 200 butterfly with Italian record (1’50”24), bronze in the 200 medley and European silver long course in Budapest – swims a controlled 4’08 ‘ ’80 which is the third time of entry; the 23-year-old from Vicenza – registered for the Army and In Sport Rane Rosse – is sixth in 4’10”17. The best is Ilya Borodin, a new phenomenon in Russian swimming and continental gold in the long run, in 4’04”91.
The reigning champion Simona Quadarella, silver in the 800 and 1500, also snatches the pass for the final of the 400 freestyle. The queen of world and continental middle distance courses – registered for CC Aniene, coached by Christian Minotti – swims the third time in 4’03”37. In front of her two Russians: the winner of the 800 and the 1500 Anastasia Kirpchnikova who targets the hat-trick and closes in 4’00 ” 71; and Anna Egorova in 4’02”42.
Finally, the mixed 4×50 passes the round with the sixth time trial.
Matteo Rivolta (23”39), Alessandro Pinzuti (26”03), Costanza Cocconcelli (25”94), Chiara Tarantino (24”29) close in 1’39”65. In front of everyone is Russia in 1’38”87. (ANSA).
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