World Cup Kazan: Letrari with the freestyle relay in sixth place

Italy's women's freestyle relay team put in a convincing performance on the opening day of the swimming competitions at the World Championships in Kazan. In the morning, Erika Ferraioli (54,77 seconds), Silvia Di Pietro (54,13), Federica Pellegrini (53,92) and South Tyrolean Laura Letrari (55,06) qualified for a final for the first time in twelve years. With a total time of 3:37,88 minutes, they took seventh place in the preliminary round and also narrowly missed the Italian record of 3:37,63 minutes, which they set last year at the European Championships in Berlin. By reaching the final, they also secured their ticket to the Olympic Games in Rio, which the first twelve countries won.

With a new Italian record, the best World Cup result for an Italian women's freestyle relay team In the final round in the afternoon, the Italian quartet was able to improve again. Ferraioli (54,80), Di Pietro (53,63), Letrari (55,00) and Federica Pellegrini (53,73) stopped the timekeeping after 3:37,16 minutes. In doing so, they not only set a new Italian record, but also achieved the best result of an Italian women's freestyle relay team at a World Championships with sixth place. The best result so far was a seventh place at the 1986 World Cup in Madrid, followed by two eighth places in Fukuoka 2001 and Barcelona 2003.

Meanwhile, the Australians secured the title. Emily Seebohm, Emma McKeon, Bronte Campbell and Cate Campbell set a new World Cup record in 3:31,48 minutes and beat the Dutch and the Americans.

Results Swimming World Championships in Kazan (RUS) - 4x100 m relay women: Preliminary round:

1. USA (Vreeland, Weitzeil, Geer, Neal) 3:35,52 minutes 2. Australia (Seebohm, Wilson, Wright, Barratt) +0,34 3. Netherlands (Van Der Meer, Steenbergen, Heemskerk, Kromowidjojo) +0,39 4. Sweden (Coleman, Hansson, Kuras, Sjostrom) +0,72 5. Canada (Mainville, Williams, Poon, Van Landeghem) +2,12 5. China (Zhu, Tang, Fang, Shen) +2,12 7. Italy (Ferraioli, Di Pietro, Pellegrini, Letrari) +2,36 8. France (Bonnet, Gastaldello, Hache, Santamans) +2,83

Final

1. Australia (Seebohm, McKeon, Campbell, Campbell) 3:31,48 minutes 2. Netherlands (Kromowidjojo, Van der Meer, Steenbergen, Heemskerk) +2,19 3. USA (Franklin, Geer, Neal, Manuel) +3,13 4. Sweden (Coleman, Hansson, Sjostrom, Kuras) +4,23 5. Canada (MAinville, Williams, Van Landeghem, Savard) +4,96 6. Italy (Ferraioli, Di Pietro, Letrari, Pellegrini) +5,68 7. China (Zhu, Tang, Fang, Shen) +6,16 8. France (Bonnet, Gastaldello, Hache, Santamans) +6,98

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World Cup Kazan: Letrari with the freestyle relay in sixth place

The swimmer from Brixen made her first and only appearance at the international championships in Kazan, Russia, on Sunday. With the 4x100 m freestyle relay she made it to the final in the morning, where the “Azzurre” took sixth place in the evening.

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