2023 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, April 13th – Monday, April 17th
- Riccione, Italy
- LCM (50m)
- World Championships Qualifier
- Fukuoka World Selection Criteria
- Start Lists
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap
- Live Results
The 2023 Italian Championships wrapped up from Riccione with some swimmers qualifying for this summer’s World Championships while others fell painstakingly short.
On the positive side of Fukuoka qualification was Olympic medalist Nicolo Martinenghi, topping the podium in the men’s 50m breaststroke tonight.
23-year-old Martinenghi touched the wall in a time of 26.85, narrowly dipping under the time standard of 26.85 needed for the World Championships. Behind him was World Junior Record holder Simone Cerasuolo who fell just short in 26.96 while the men’s 100m breast victor here, Federico Poggio rounded out the top 3 in 27.19.
Martinenghi now ranks 5th in the world on the season.
2022-2023 LCM Men 50 Breast
Haiyang
26.20
| 2 | Ilya Shymanovich | BLR | 26.28 | 04/06 |
| 3 | Nic Fink | USA | 26.59 | 07/26 |
| 4 | Sun Jiajun | CHN | 26.61 | 05/06 |
| 5 | Nicolo Martinenghi | ITA | 26.64 | 07/25 |
Reigning World Record holder Benedetta Pilato put on a display of speed in the women’s 50m breast, getting to the wall in a final outing of 30.08. That cleared the qualification time of 30.20 needed for Fukuoka, although she was even quicker in the morning.
Pilato’s heats swim of 29.84 joins South African Lara van Niekerk as the only other sub-30 second time in the world this season.
2022-2023 LCM Women 50 Breast
Meilutyte
WR 29.16
| 2 | Benedetta Pilato | ITA | 29.60 | 07/29 |
| 3 | Lilly King | USA | 29.72 | 06/28 |
| 4 | Lara Van Niekerk | RSA | 29.75 | 05/21 |
| 5 | Lydia Jacoby | USA | 29.81 | 06/29 |
Margherita Panziera produced a time of 2:08.12 to take the women’s 200m back, earning the gold by never 5 seconds en route to World Championships qualification.
Simona Quadarella followed suit in the women’s 400m free, registering a gold medal-worthy result of 4:05.83.
Additional Winners
- Alberto Razzetti notched a time of 4:14.37 to take the 400m IM this evening, although his effort fell outside the Fukuoka QT of 4:12.50.
- Olympic medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri also fell outside qualification in the 1500m free, despite his clocking a time of 14:49.02. A mark of 14:48.00 was needed for Fukuoka.