The records are falling in Meran: the stars are making people sit up and take notice

Gabriele Detti did not disappoint the fans and at the end of the first day he won the 400 m freestyle on his parade course in 3.47,78:4 minutes and equaled his 3.47,93-year-old meeting record (9:2017). “The time is right, after all we swam almost 26 kilometers in training this morning and I was even faster here than in XNUMX,” said the XNUMX-year-old from Livorno, satisfied with his performance in Merano.

The sun and midsummer temperatures of over 30 degrees greeted the 641 participants in the afternoon at the start of the meeting. In the evening of the finals there were a few drops of rain, but also many top times from the exceptional athletes from Italy. Letrari strong One of the positive surprises of the opening day was Laura Letrari from Brixen, who won both the 50 m freestyle and the 50 m backstroke on Friday and also triumphed in the skin race at the end. “I'm incredibly happy because it's just nice to win at home and the standard here in Meran is really high,” said Letrari. She won the freestyle sprint in 26,04 seconds, eleven hundredths of a second ahead of specialist Giorgia Biondani (26,15). Third place went to Alie Mizzau (26,18).

Thomas Ceccon won the men's 50 m sprint in 22,41 seconds ahead of the German veteran Stefano Razeto (23,12) and Mattia Zuin (23,38). “It's a wonderful facility here and a fast pool. “I’ve never been here before,” said Ceccon, pleased with his strong performance. “I’m working hard to be at my best in Tokyo.”

But Letrari wasn't content with success in the 50 m freestyle. Shortly afterwards she followed up with victory in the 50 m backstroke and even achieved the feat in 28,99 seconds, remaining a tenth of a second below her old meeting record from 2016 (29,09). It was the only record that lasted five years. “I’m happy with the way I’m swimming right now,” says Letrari.

Laura Letrari © Cool Swim Meeting

There was also a meeting record for the men in the 50 m backstroke. It was set up by Simone Sabbioni, the Italian record holder on this route in the 25 m pool. In 26,17 seconds he was well below the old record set by Lorenzo Glessi (26,81), who took third place today in 26,64 behind Giulio Ciavarella (26,49). “It's not a great time, but it's always nice to compete. In a week at the meeting in Rome I will start on all three backstroke courses.”

There were two more event records to celebrate in the 200 m dolphin. In the women's category, Sofia Sartori managed to beat Ilaria Cusinato's previous record by eight hundredths in 2.14,74:2.02,90. In the men's race, Mattia Ciampi wiped out the previous best set by Czech Jan Micka (2.04,42) from 2017 in XNUMX:XNUMX.

Like Laura Letrari, Sara Franceschi also celebrated two individual victories on Friday. The two-time European Championship finalist and medley specialist won the 100 m breaststroke in 1.09,64 ahead of Merano's Viviane Graif (1.11,08) and Julia Berger (1.11,44) and the 400 m freestyle in 4.16,85. Alberto Razzetti presented himself in Meran with a victory in the 100 m breaststroke in 1.02,80. The medley specialist won silver and bronze at the European Championships in Hungary. Skin Race to Letrari and Ceccon In the evening there was also the eagerly awaited skin race over 50 m freestyle with the top ten in the 50 m freestyle. In the knockout race, two participants were eliminated in each series. In the end, Laura Letrari won the women's final in 26,9 against Alice Mizzau. In the men's race, Thomas Ceccon clearly won in 22,84 ahead of Mattia Zuin (24,81). The fast series on Saturday starts at 17 p.m. At the start of the 200 m freestyle, Alice Mizzau and Thomas Ceccon are the favorites. This is followed by 50 m dolphin, 400 m individual medley, 200 m backstroke, 50 m breaststroke, 1500 m freestyle and 100 m freestyle. The fast series starts on Sunday at 14.30:XNUMX p.m.

Football

Italy

International leagues

International

Winter sports

Hockey

Tennis

Other sports

Motorsport

Cycling

Watersports

Events

Favorites

The records are falling in Meran: the stars are making people sit up and take notice

The first day of the 5th Cool Swim Meeting on Friday in Meran was already quite a challenge.

Suggestions

Comments (0)