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Sara Curtis oro e nuovo record nei 50 dorso è già patrimonio dello sport italiano

13 Aug

Sara Curtis's gold medal and new record in the 50m backstroke are already part of Italian sport's heritage

Army Sports Center, CS Roero, Paul Barelli, Sara Curtis, Thomas Maggiora, Todd DeSorbo, Virginia University

PARIS - Sara Curtis is the current phenomenon in Italian swimming. She won the gold medal in the 50-meter backstroke and set the world record she set in the semifinals at 26.56, seven hundredths of a second faster than her time on Wednesday at the European Championships in Paris. Sara emerged from the water smiling, happy, radiant, and to yet another well-deserved standing ovation from the crowd at the Olympic Aquatic Centre, home of the 38th European Swimming Championships. "I'm truly delighted," she said after her second feat in 24 hours. "It was hard to handle the record-breaking emotions of Wednesday. During the race…

Agli Europei di Parigi 4×100 sl femminile d’argento, bronzo per Ceccon e Pilato

12 Aug

At the European Championships in Paris, the women's 4x100m freestyle takes silver, while Ceccon and Pilato take bronze.

Alessandra Mao, Blessed Pilate, Chiara Tarantini, Emma Virginia Menicucci, Sara Curtis, Thomas Ceccon

PARIS – The women's 4x100-meter freestyle took silver, setting an Italian record, led by Sara Curtis, who set a world record in the 50-meter backstroke semifinals; Thomas Ceccon also took bronze in the 200-meter backstroke, setting an Italian record, and Benedetta Pilato in the 100-meter breaststroke. The third day of the 38th European Swimming Championships, taking place at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Paris, will go down in history. The women's 4x100-meter freestyle, led by a true champion, climbed to second place, setting a historic Italian record of 3:33.19. Only the Netherlands were ahead, clocking 3:31.89. Emma Virginia spearheaded the Italian rise…

Sara Curtis irrompe con il nuovo record del mondo alla finale europea dei 50 dorso

12 Aug

Sara Curtis breaks new world record at European 50m backstroke final

Army Sports Center, CS Roero, Paul Barelli, Sara Curtis

Sara Curtis qualifies for the 50m backstroke final at the European Championships in Paris, clocking an extraordinary world record of 26.63, just twenty-three hundredths of a second shy of Australian Kaylee McKeown's 26.86 in Budapest in 2023. The crowd gave the Italian swimmer a standing ovation, also erasing her European record of 27.07, set in the final at the 62nd Settecolli IP. "It's every swimmer's lifelong dream," Curtis said. "I told myself to do a great underwater phase, to push until the end because I knew my legs would hold up. I can't believe it; it seems truly crazy."

Simona Quadarella si conferma regina europea degli 800 sl

11 Aug

Simona Quadarella confirms herself as the European queen of the 800m freestyle

CC Aniene, Christian Minotti, Gianluca Belfiore, Isabel Gose, Katinka Hosszu, Laszlo Cseh, Maya Werner, Sarah Sjostrom, Simona Quadarella, Yana Klochkova

Simona Quadarella wins the 800m freestyle for the fourth time, after Glasgow 2018, Budapest 2021, and Rome 2022, becoming the first European athlete to do so in the event's history. The 27-year-old Roman swimmer, registered with CC Aniene, won in 8:15.55, having definitively surpassed German Isabel Gose, who finished second in 8:18.44, at the 400m mark. Third place went to fellow German swimmer Maya Werner in 8:22.55. A tactically perfect race for the European record holder (8:12.81)—coached by Gianluca Belfiore, after growing up with Christian Minotti—swimmed sixteen lengths at 31.0-31.1 with very high stroke rates…

Nicolò Martinenghi non conosce limiti, imbattibile nei 100 rana

11 Aug

Nicolò Martinenghi knows no limits, unbeatable in the 100m breaststroke

CC Aniene, Cesare Casella, Domenico Fioravanti, Golden Flames, Imola swimming, Matthew Giunta, Nicholas Martinenghi, Simone Cerasuolo

PARIS - Nicolò Martinenghi returned to the forefront of the pool at the European Championships in Paris, just as he was at the Olympics, winning gold in the 100m breaststroke in 58.58. Joining him on the podium was Simone Cerasuolo, who surprised everyone from lane 8 and, after a courageous final, took a crucial bronze medal. The Italian record holder (58.26)—registered with CC Aniene, trained at the federal center in Verona by Matteo Giunta—swam a sumptuous 58.58, with a fiery comeback of 31.10. The 50m world champion—registered with Fiamme Oro and Imolanuoto, a student of Cesare Casella—stood in the opposite direction.

Sara Curtis, terza nei 100 sl, scrive una pagina di storia del nuoto azzurro

11 Aug

Sara Curtis, third in the 100m freestyle, writes a page in the history of Italian swimming

Army Sports Center, CS Roero, Marrit Steenbergen, Sara Curtis, Thomas Maggiora, Todd DeSorbo

PARIS – Sara Curtis won a historic bronze medal in the 100m freestyle in 52.72 at the European Long Course Championships at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Paris. This was the first international long course podium for the 20-year-old from Savigliano—registered with the Italian Army and CS Roero, coached at Virginia University by Todd De Sorbo, and coached in Italy by Thomas Maggiora—who passed in 25.24, returned in 27.48, and swam just three hundredths of a second off her Italian record of 52.69, set in the final of the last Settecolli IP when Marrit Steenbergen set a world record of 51.68; the twenty-six-year-old…

Alberto Razzetti argento nei 400 misti agli Europei di nuoto a Parigi

10 Aug

Alberto Razzetti wins silver in the 400m medley at the European Swimming Championships in Paris.

Alberto Razzetti, Yellow Flames Sports Group, Ilya Borodin, Luca Marin, Max Litchfield, My Sport Swimming, Stefano Franceschi

At the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Paris, home of the European Swimming Championships, Alberto Razzetti won his first Italian medal, taking silver in the 400-meter medley and returning to the European podium after winning gold in Rome 2022 and finishing second in Budapest 2021. He was bested only by Ilya Borodin, bronze medalist at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore, with a time of 4:08.17, bettering the 4:09.59 set by Hungarian Laszlo Cseh in Eindhoven 2008. The 27-year-old from Sestri Levante, registered with Fiamme Gialle and Nuoto My Sport, and coached at the federal center in Livorno by Stefano Franceschi…

Carmine Montuori, 72 anni, porta a termine la Gran Fondo di nuoto tra Pisciotta e Acciaroli

09 Aug

Carmine Montuori, 72, completes the Gran Fondo swimming race between Pisciotta and Acciaroli.

Carmine Montuori, Nautical Club of Marina di Pisciotta, Portosalvo Nautical Club, Municipality of Pisciotta, Pisciotta-Acciaroli-Pisciotta Long Distance Swimming Race, Carabinieri Underwater Group of Naples, Italian Naval League of Pozzuoli, Mercy Pisciotta, Mercy Vallo della Lucania.

The open-water swim between Pisciotta and Acciaroli, completed before noon by Carmine Montuori, a 72-year-old engineer with a passion for the sea. He completed the 35 km round trip, taking his first stroke at midnight on Saturday, August 8th, braving the currents that kept him off the Cilento coastline. This was Carmine Montuori's tenth Gran Fondo di Nuoto, which, like his previous ones, required long and meticulous physical and mental preparation. This feat was achieved with the support of the Italian Naval League of Pozzuoli, the Circolo Nautico…

Successo azzurro del due senza femminile U19 al Mondiale di canottaggio

08 Aug

Italy wins the U19 women's coxless pair at the World Rowing Championships

Boating, Carolina Cassani, Two without feminine, Letizia Martorana

PLOVDIV - After ten years, Italy returns to the world title in the Under-19 women's coxless pair. In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Carolina Cassani and Letizia Martorana secured victory in their final, more than two seconds ahead of Uzbekistan and nearly seven seconds ahead of Australia. After winning the European title on May 24th, the Canottieri Lario rowers celebrated again, and this time the final quarter proved decisive, as they outclassed their opponents thanks to a providential 39-stroke attack. Their time of 7:10.77 is also a new World Championship record for the category. Their latest success…

Elisa Cosetti argento europeo di tuffi dalle Grandi Altezze, Andrea Barnabà la emula

08 Aug

Elisa Cosetti wins silver in European high diving, Andrea Barnabà emulates her

Andrea Barnabà, Elisa Cosetti, Great Heights

PARIS – Italy's diving team is also dominating the high-altitude scene at the European Championships. Elisa Cosetti, who won bronze at Rome 2022, along with Alessandro De Rose, took silver at the continental event in Paris, this time sharing second place with her boyfriend Andrea Barnabà. After her first two jumps, Elisa Cosetti was already second with a three-position inverted somersault (141.80 m, 58.50 ft) and a double back somersault with a twist (83.30 ft). Ahead of her was Ukraine's Nelli Chukanivska (152.30 m, 52.30 ft), and behind her were the surprising Swiss Morgane Herculano (138.60 m, 58.50 ft) and the fearsome German Iris Schmidbauer (136.35 m, 58.50 ft).…