Not even the time to recover from the semifinal of the 100 back and Thomas Ceccon won a fantastic bronze in the 50 butterfly. Between the two races only 29 minutes passed and the Schio champion himself had tried to reverse the program without however obtaining the desired result. Ceccon is confirmed as a phenomenon so as to retouch his Italian record of a penny: in 2023 the 22 “68 earned world gold. It remains a superlative result considering also the small uncertainty had at the exit from the starting block.
To admit the not perfect departure, is the same swimmer of Schio delle Fiamme Oro and Leosport, trained by Alberto Burlina. “I entered the water a little crooked and I was not perfect – said Ceccon -. I’m sorry because the condition is there and I could have overcome gold. It would have been possible if the calendar had been reversed, first the final of the 50 butterflies and then the semifinal of the 100 back. However, I am happy because I feel good in the water, I think it has been seen ».
Martinenghi silver in the 100 frog
Nicolò Martinenghi is silver medal in the 100 frogs of the Singapore World Swimming Championships. The blue Olympic champion in charge of the distance was in command at 50 meters and half the return tank was exceeded by the Chinese Haiyang Qin.
Sixth individual world medal for Martinenghi. ‘Tetè, as he is nicknamed, concluded in 58 “58 after passing halfway through the race, in front of everyone, in 26” 90. The world champion graduated the Chinese Haiyang Qin who still had to struggle in the second tank to get the best of Italian and then win in 58 “23. Bronze around Denis Petrashov (58” 88), the first historic world medal of Kyrgyzstan. Fifth two tenths from the podium The blue Ludovico Blu Art Viberti (59 “08). For Nicolò Martinenghi it is the third consecutive silver after Fukuoka 2023 and Doha 2024, and the fourth medal by adding the gold of Budapest 2022.