This is how Italy's swimming queen reveals her baby secret

She is Italy's best swimmer of all time and one of the most famous personalities in the entire boot state: Federica Pellegrini. The 34-year-old hit the headlines on Wednesday because she revealed her baby secret in a special way.

July 27, 2023

From: sn

There has been a lot of speculation about this in the Italian tabloids in recent weeks. Is the Olympic champion and six-time world champion pregnant? The answer is: yes! Pellegrini posted a video on Wednesday announcing the good news. The Italian congratulated the Australian Mollie O'Callaghan, who just a few hours earlier had won the gold medal in the 200 meter freestyle at the World Championships in Fukuoka (Japan). had stolen the world record.

“Fantastic race Mollie,” she wrote in the caption. “It was truly one of the best races I have seen in the last 14 years. But I want to tell you something...” Pellegrini shows her baby bump in the video, which has writing on it. “We will get the record back.” The woman from Mirano is indicating that a little swimmer is growing inside her. Then her husband and former trainer Matteo Giunta comes into the picture.

Lots of reactions

Countless sports stars reacted to the announcement under the video. O'Callaghan wrote: "Thank you very much and congratulations!" Tania Cagnotto said in relation to her daughters: "It begins another Olympic preparation that never ends." Also ski ace Sofia Goggia, MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia and her long-time Swimming rival Sarah Sjöström was happy with Pellegrini.