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Gregorio Paltrinieri copre d’argento l’Italia nella 4×1500 mista sulla Senna

08 Aug

Gregorio Paltrinieri takes silver for Italy in the 4x1500 medley on the Seine.

Barbara Pozzobon, Ginevra Taddeucci, Gregory Paltrinieri, Marcello Guidi

PARIS - Italy finishes the European Open Water Swimming Championships with a silver medal. In the final event on the Seine, the 4x1500-meter medley relay, Germany wins in 1:03:39.2, while Italy takes the lead in 1:03:41.3. Hungary completes the podium in 1:03:42.4. Another medal for the Italian quartet of Barbara Pozzobon, Ginevra Taddeucci, Marcello Guidi, and Gregorio Paltrinieri, the reigning world runner-up. A team capable of competing for gold until the very last stroke. Pozzobon keeps Italy among the top contenders, Taddeucci clocks a monumental second leg, Guidi fights back, and Paltrinieri attempts to complete a comeback that at times seemed impossible. All the…

Ginevra Taddeucci, dopo due ori nella Senna, bronzo europeo nella tre chilometri knockout sprint

07 Aug

Ginevra Taddeucci, after two gold medals in the Seine, has won a European bronze in the three-kilometer knockout sprint.

Ginevra Taddeucci, Gregory Paltrinieri, Linda Caponi, Rebecca Rimoldi

Another medal for Ginevra Taddeucci. The Queen of the Seine added another chapter to her extraordinary European week by winning bronze in the three-kilometer knockout sprint. The twenty-nine-year-old from Lastra a Signa, Florence—already a gold medalist in the ten-kilometer and five-kilometer races—completed her hat trick of individual podium finishes in a spectacular race dominated by Germany's Isabel Gose. On the Île aux Cygnes circuit, with the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop, Taddeucci finished third in 6:44.8, behind Gose (6:41.0) and Hungary's Bettina Fabian (6:44.1). Linda Caponi, bronze in the 10k, and Rebecca Rimoldi, making her European debut, were eliminated in the semifinals. "For…

Il quinto oro europeo di Chiara Pellacani nel trampolino 3 metri sincro con Elisa Pizzini

06 Aug

Chiara Pellacani's fifth European gold medal in the 3-meter synchronized springboard with Elisa Pizzini

Chiara Pellacani, Elena Bertocchi, Elisa Pizzini, Matteo Santoro, Oscar Bertone

Never before had an athlete won five gold medals in a single European Diving Championships. Chiara Pellacani achieved this feat, teaming with Elisa Pizzini topping the podium in the 3-meter synchronized springboard event after a flawless and dominant final with a score of 308.07, representing an Olympic medal-winning score. Ukrainians Kseniia Bochek and Diana Karnafel rounded out the podium with a score of 278.40, edging out Germany's Lena Hentschell and Jette Muller, who finished third with 274.59. This is Chiara Pellacani's fifth gold medal in as many events at the continental event in Paris. Italy returns…

Europei di nuoto, Italia d’oro ancora con Taddeucci nella Senna

05 Aug

European Swimming Championships: Italy wins gold again with Taddeucci in the Seine.

open waters, Barbara Pozzobon, European Aquatics, European Swimming Championships, Ginevra Taddeucci, Gregory Paltrinieri, Italy, artistic swimming, Paris, Seine

PARIS - Italian swimming celebrated a pivotal day at the European Championships in Paris, winning one gold and three bronze medals in both open water and artistic swimming. Ginevra Taddeucci, winner of the women's 5k, led the Italian team, while Gregorio Paltrinieri and Barbara Pozzobon took bronze in the same distance. The Italian artistic swimming team also made the podium in the acrobatic event. The races were held in the Seine, on the Île aux Cygnes circuit, just steps from the Eiffel Tower. Taddeucci achieved a historic double. After her success in the 10k, Ginevra Taddeucci…

Ginevra Taddeucci oro bis nella Senna, Paltrinieri riscatto di bronzo

05 Aug

Ginevra Taddeucci wins gold again in the Seine, Paltrinieri wins bronze

Barbara Pozzobon, Cooperswimming, Domenico Acerenza, Fabrizio Antonelli, Ginevra Taddeucci, John Pistelli, Gregory Paltrinieri, Fiamme Oro Sports Group, Hydros, Marcello Guidi, Viktoria Mihalyvari Farkas

Ginevra Taddeucci doesn't give up, she doubles down. The 29-year-old Florentine, after winning the European gold medal in the 10km, also achieved the feat of winning the 5km, becoming the first Italian to win the 5km and 10km open water events at the same European Championships. A feat achieved only by Gregorio Paltrinieri at the 2021 European Championships in Budapest. In the Seine, on the Île aux Cygnes circuit west of the Eiffel Tower, Taddeucci leads and finishes in 1:02:31.2 seconds. Behind her, Hungary's Viktoria Mihalyvari Farkas takes silver in 1:02:33.4 seconds. The bronze medal goes to a determined Barbara Pozzobon in 1:02:35.1 seconds. "Paris continues to bring me luck, I hope to…

Leggendaria Chiara Pellacani, quarto oro europeo nei tuffi

04 Aug

Legendary Chiara Pellacani wins her fourth European gold medal in diving.

Blessed Molaioli, CC Aniene, Elisa Pizzini, Yellow Flames Sports Group, MR Sport F.lli Marconi, Nadezhda Trifonova, Nikita Shleikher, Raffaele Pelligra, Ruslan Ternovoi Chiara Pellacani, Simone Conte, Thomas Marconi, Yasmin Harper

Chiara Pellacani made history on the three-meter springboard, winning her fourth gold medal at the European Championships in Paris, following those in the team event, the mixed synchronized diving with Matteo Santoro, and the meter dive. No one had ever won four gold medals in a single European Diving Championships. At the 2022 European Championships in Rome, she had already become the first and only athlete in diving history to win five medals in a single edition (two golds, one silver, and two bronzes). The 23-year-old Roman—registered with Fiamme Gialle and MR Sport F.lli Marconi, and coached by Tommaso Marconi in Italy—dominated…

Ginevra Taddeucci regina europea della Senna

04 Aug

Ginevra Taddeucci, European Queen of the Seine

CC Napoli, Carabinieri Sports Center, David Bethlehem, Florian Wellbrock, Ginevra Taddeucci, John Pistelli, Gregory Paltrinieri, Fiamme Oro Sports Group, Linda Caponi, Martina Grimaldi, Oliver Klemet., Rachele Bruni, Viktoria Mihalyvari Farkas

Ginevra Taddeucci triumphs in the Seine, winning the European ten-kilometer swim gold medal, in the same waters where she won the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Ginevra Taddeucci, 29, from Lastra a Signa, coached by Giovanni Pistelli for Fiamme Oro and CC Napoli, thus becomes the third Italian to win the ten-kilometer swim at the European Championships after Martina Grimaldi (Eilat 2011 and Piombino 2012) and Rachele Bruni (Hoorn 2016), Olympic medalists like her: Grimaldi won bronze in London 2012 and Bruni silver in Rio 2016. The winner finished with a time of 2:07:49.9, ahead of defending Hungarian champion Viktoria Mihalyvari…

Filippo Pelati fa poker nell’artistico agli Europei, medaglie da team free e tuffi

03 Aug

Filippo Pelati wins four medals in artistic swimming at the European Championships, along with medals in team freestyle and diving.

Alessia Macchi, Beatrice Andina, Beatrice Esegio, Philip Peeled, Giulia Vernice., Marta Iacoacci, Sofia Mastroianni, Susanna Pedotti, Valentina Bisi

After winning silver in the technical solo on the theme of "Freddie Mercury," Filippo Pelati doubled his medals in the freestyle and collected his fourth medal at the continental event: three silvers and a bronze. The 19-year-old from Ferrara performed the program with which he won third place at the 2025 Singapore Olympics. To the tune of Igor Stravinsky's "The Firebird," choreographed by Anastasia Ermakova, Pelati brought a highly theatrical exercise to the water, transforming the theme of the allure of evil into a powerful, mysterious, and tense performance, creating a scenic tale in which technique and interpretation blend effortlessly. The angel…

Chiara Pellacani doppio oro europeo nei tuffi, uno in coppia con Matteo Santoro

02 Aug

Chiara Pellacani wins two European gold medals in diving, one with Matteo Santoro.

Chiara Pellacani, Elisa Pizzini, Matteo Santoro

After the world title, finally the continental one. Chiara Pellacani and Matteo Santoro, world champions at Singapore 2025, won their second gold medal in diving at the European Championships in Paris, dominating the 3-meter synchro medley final with 305.85 points, the only two to surpass the 300-point threshold. Pellacani and Santoro were already on the top step of the European podium in the team event. Santoro and Pellacani are a duo that have now entered the history of Italian diving. Growing up together, bound by a relationship that transcends sport and which they themselves describe as almost brotherly, the two Roman divers based in the…

Oro ai tuffatori azzurri del mixed team event a Euro Parigi 2026

31 Jul

Gold for the Italian divers in the mixed team event at Euro Paris 2026

Chiara Pellacani, Euro Paris 2026, Matteo Santoro, Oscar Bertone, Raffaele Pelligra, Sarah Jodoin Di Maria, Mixed team event, Diving

The Italian divers won a gold medal at Euro 2026 Paris in the mixed team event, ahead of the Russians competing under neutral flag and the Ukrainians. Chiara Pellacani, Matteo Santoro, Sarah Jodoin Di Maria, and seventeen-year-old rookie Raffaele Pelligra scored 410.60 points, while the NAB team was second with 385.80 and Ukraine with 368.20. The first round of the individual three-meter springboard: Chiara Pellacani opened with a triple and a half backflip and earned 69.75 points, while Matteo Santoro followed her with a triple and a half backflip for 63 points. Italy was second with 132.75, and the NAB team was ahead.