Marcello Guidi, Ginevra Taddeucci, Barbara Pozzebon and Gregorio Paltrinieri won World Championship silver. © ANSA / FAZRY ISMAIL

Italy wins next free swimming silver

The free swimming competitions at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore have been a success story for Italy. On Sunday, Gregorio Paltrinieri and his team won another silver medal.

July 20, 2025

From: cst

Silver for Italy in the 4 x 1500m relay at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore! Barbara Pozzobon, Ginevra Taddeucci, Marcello Guidi, and Gregorio Paltrinieri took second place in the freestyle relay. The Azzurri were only defeated by the German team, which secured the gold medal at Palwan Beach with Celine Rieder, Oliver Klemet, Florian Wellbrock, and Isabel Gose.

The two superstars Wellbrock (Germany) and Paltrinieri (Italy) particularly impressed with their strong performances in the free swimming competitions. The German won all four (!) gold medals, the Italian three silver medals. Paltrinieri now boasts a total of 19 World Championship medals.

Great joy among the Azzurri directly after the competition at Palwan Beach. © ANSA / FAZRY ISMAIL

Bronze went to Hungary, which boasted another outstanding athlete in its ranks in David Betlehem. The previous relay world champions, Australia, had to settle for fifth place.