Ceccon is 5 hundredths short of the gold double

On Monday, Thomas Ceccon created a shining moment in Italian swimming by winning the 50m dolphin title at the World Championships in Japan. Now he missed another coup.

July 25, 2023

From: fop

Not 24 hours after his celebrated gold win in dolphin swimming In Fukuoka, the 22-year-old exceptional athlete from Thiene, who took part in the Cool Swim Meeting in Meran in June, took second place in the 50m backstroke. Three-time Olympic champion Ryan Murphy (USA) snatched the world championship title away from him - by five hundredths after Ceccon weakened slightly in the last meters.