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…