Meran is back in swim meeting fever

“Four years ago we started with the plan to organize a large international meeting in Merano. I think we succeeded,” says OC boss Walter Taranto, who is also president of the AS Merano swimming section. Together with SCM President Karl Freund, Gebhard Unterrainer (swimming section head SC Meran) and meeting sports director Marco Giongo from ASM, he forms the top of the organizing committee.

Cooking insert from Letrari The Cool Swim Meeting is the dress rehearsal for the highlight of the season, the World Championships in South Korea (July 21-28), and many strong swimmers from Italy take the opportunity for a final test of form. The meeting starts on Friday at 15 p.m. and ends on Sunday afternoon. Olympic champion Gregorio Paltrinieri is missing this year. He is out of training after an elbow injury and continues training in Ostia this week.

Letrari (right) prepares apple cakes with Gabriele Detti (center).

Gabriele Detti is back in Meran after being out due to injury in 2018. The 800m freestyle world champion also demonstrated his cooking skills in the show cooking alongside Laura Letrari, who looked stunning in her dirndl. The two had to prepare apple cakes to the delight of the many guests. Records broken The Cool Meeting 2019 breaks all previous records. “507 athletes are registered. They will compete 2305 times. For comparison: Last year we had 204 athletes with 1033 starts,” says Giongo. In addition to the Azzurri from Ostia, spectators in Merano at the weekend can also see eleven-time European champion Fabio Scozzoli and his partner Martina Carraro in action, as well as bomber Marco Orsi and former world champion Ilaria Bianchi. Federico Bocchia, Andrea Toniato and Manuel Frigo are also there. The schedule Friday, June 28th, from 15 p.m.: 4 x 50 freestyle mixed - 400 freestyle - 200 dolphin - 100 breaststroke - 50 freestyle - 4 x 50 medley mixed

Saturday, June 29th, from 10 a.m.: 50 Dolphin – 200 Freestyle – 100 Backstroke – 200 Individual Medley – 100 Freestyle – 200 Breaststroke – 1500 Freestyle – 4 x 50 Individual Medley

Sunday, June 30th, from 9.30:XNUMX a.m.: 50 backstroke – 400 individual medley – 100 dolphin – 50 breaststroke – 200 backstroke – 800 freestyle – 4 x 50 freestyle

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Meran is back in swim meeting fever

In the Josef Mountain Resort in Falzeben, high above Meran, the 4th edition of the Cool Swim Meeting Meran was presented on Wednesday evening, which takes place from Friday to Sunday in the 50 m pool of the Meran Lido.

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