Cool Swim Meeting: Letrari strikes on the last day

Once again Laura Letrari showed herself at her best on Sunday morning. The 29-year-old from Brixen, who swims for Bolzano Nuoto and the army sports group, won the 200 meter freestyle in an excellent 2.00,65:XNUMX minutes and was only two tenths of a second above her best time. A week before the Mediterranean Games in Spain, two weeks before the Sette Colli meeting in Rome and six weeks before the European Championships in Glasgow, this is a good sign.

Letrari (right) was unbeatable.

Letrari is stronger than ever and she was completely satisfied after four wins in four races: “It was an extremely positive weekend for me, the times in all freestyle races were good. I made a few small mistakes today too. Now I'm concentrating on the 100m freestyle. I want to swim it well, in Tarragona in just a week.” Letrari won ahead of Erica Musso (2.01,65) and Goorgia Romei (2.03,06). Spectacular men's race The men's 200 m freestyle race was even more spectacular. For the seventh time over the three days in Merano, Olympic champion and crowd favorite Gregorio Paltrinieri was in action. The 23-year-old, who is considered the best swimmer in the world in the 1500 m freestyle, had to settle for second place in 1.55,09:1.60,87 minutes behind the strong Mattia Zuin (1.53,32:1.53). But he had overtaken Domenico Acerenza (XNUMX) with a strong final length and was satisfied: “I swam a lot of races here in Merano, but they are the best training. The XNUMX is a good time for me. Now the Mediterranean Games await and then the Sette Colli. I can’t say now whether I’m on the right path to the European Championships, but I have a good feeling.” Mattia Zuin stole the show from superstar Gregorio Paltrinieri.

Four national records in the relay There were victories for SSV Bozen in the 100 m backstroke. Young hopeful Arianna Tava missed her national record in the youth class by just 1.08,34 hundredths of a second in 15:1.00,61. Daniel Donola won the men's event in 200. The 2.45,36 m breaststroke went to Elisa Fiorini from Ala (2.20,77) and David Springhetti. The athlete from Bolzano Nuoto prevailed in 50:100 and celebrated his third victory after his successes in the XNUMX and XNUMX m breaststroke the previous days.

New national records were set on Sunday in all four 4 x 50 m relays. In the 4 x 50 m individual medley, the girls from SSV Bozen (Tava, Didanovic, Trapasso and Donà) beat their three-week-old record by 2.07,55 seconds in 1,18:1.52,37. The boys from SC Meran (Gamper, Santer, Schwienbacher, Bertagnolli) prevailed in a heart-stopping final in the medley relay in 1.52,40:XNUMX minutes ahead of SSV Bozen (XNUMX:XNUMX) and beat SSV Bozen's previous record by exactly three hundredths of a second .

In the afternoon there were two more national records from SSV Bozen in the 4 x 50 m freestyle. The girls' quartet Trapasso, Donà, Tava and Didanovic were half a second faster in the youth category 1.55,54:1.56,02 than three weeks ago in Brixen (1.40,16:1.41,26). The boys from SSV Bozen were in no way inferior. In 1.40,91:XNUMX minutes, the cast of Bettin, Donola, Brillante and Donà not only beat their national record from the previous year (XNUMX:XNUMX; cadet and junior category), but also set a national record in the general class, the Bolzano Nuoto had held the Cool Meeting in Merano in XNUMX:XNUMX since last year.

At the end there were victories in the 800 and 1500 m freestyle for Sara Petrolli (2001 Rovereto) in 9.33,33:16.02,14 minutes and for Alessandro Pusceddu from Bolzano Nuoto. In the absence of the top stars, the Leifer native won the longest distance in pool swimming in XNUMX:XNUMX minutes. This is the second fastest time of his career. Prizes for Paltrinieri and Letrari for the best performances Gregorio Paltrinieri was awarded the “Meranarena 20 years” award. He had a weekend for two at the Preidlhof Resort because he ensured the best performance of the event based on the FINA points list. His winning time on Saturday in the 400m freestyle (3.53,78:834) is worth 500 FINA points. Laura Letrari received a voucher worth 200 euros to be redeemed at the Twenty shopping center. She achieved the best performance by an athlete from the region in the 2.00,65 m freestyle in 821:XNUMX (XNUMX FINA points).

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Cool Swim Meeting: Letrari strikes on the last day

The 3rd edition of the Cool Meeting Meran couldn't have ended better: On Sunday there were numerous highlights from a South Tyrolean perspective.

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