Gwangju 2015: Letrari disqualified from the freestyle relay

In South Korea, Letrari was in action with the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay in the early hours of the morning (CEST). Together with Aglaia Pezzato, Giada Galizi and Elena Di Liddo, the woman from Brixen finished the preliminary heat in the third group behind the USA, who swam the fastest time in the preliminary heat, and Russia in third place. In the final preliminary heat, Letrari and Co. took one time With a time of 3.44,25:XNUMX minutes, they finished fourth and easily qualified for the final of the best eight nations.

In the final round, the South Tyrolean and her teammates were able to improve once again, improving their time to 3.42,89:XNUMX minutes and would have swum to fifth place. However, the four “Azzurre” were subsequently disqualified because Galizi and Di Liddo made a false start.

The American women secured victory, with a time of 3.38,12:3 minutes, which was around XNUMX seconds ahead of the competition. The Japanese and Russian women completed the podium.

On Sunday Laura Letrari will compete in the 100 m freestyle.

Results Universiade Gwangju 2015: Preliminary 4x100 m freestyle

1. USA (Lia Neal, Madeline Locus, Elizabeth Pelton, Felicia Lee) 3.40,04:XNUMX minutes 2. Russia (Polina Lapshina, Rozaliya Nasretdinova, Margarita Nesterova, Elizaveta Bazarova) 3.43,55 3. Japan (Yui Yamane, Yasuko Miyamoto, Aya Sato, Mari Sumiyoshi) 3.43,61 4. Italy (Aglaia Pezzato, Giada Galizi, Elena Di Liddo, Laura Letrari) 3.44,25 5. China 3.44,61 6. Australia 3.44,75 7. Canada 3.45,58 8. Sweden 3.46,06

Final 4x100 m freestyle

1. USA (Abbigail Weitzeil, Shannon Vreeland, Madeline Locus, Lia Neal) 3.38,12 2. Japan (Yui Yamane, Yasuko Miyamoto, Aya Sato, Mari Sumiyoshi) 3.41,15 3. Russia (Polina Lapshina, Margarita Nesterova, Elizaveta Bazarova, Rozalya Nasretdinova) 3.41,34 4. China 3.41,99 5. Italy (Laura Letrari, Giada Galizi, Elena Di Liddo, Aglaia Pezzato) 3.42,89 6. Australia 3.43,73 7. Sweden 3.44,50 8. Canada 3.44,90

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Gwangju 2015: Letrari disqualified from the freestyle relay

On Friday the XXVIII. was held in the South Korean city of Gwangju. Summer Universiade ceremoniously opened. Just one day later, this Saturday, the swimmer from Brixen had her first big appearance.

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