56ÈME CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL DE GENÈVE (SUI)
- Friday, January 20th – Sunday, January 22nd
- Centre Sportif des Vernets – Genève
- LCM (50m)
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- Entries/Results
Italy’s Gabriele Detti as the main attraction on day one of the 2023 Geneva Challenge, with the multi-Olympic medalist taking on the men’s 800m free. Stopping the clock in a time of 7:59.14, Detti beat the field by over 6 seconds, with French ace Damien Joly snagging silver in 8:05.17.
Joly held the previous meet record with the 8:03.22 gold medal-worthy outing he produced in Geneva last year.
As for Detti, the 28-year-old was well off his typical in-season range of 7:40-high to 7:50-low but still now checks in as the 12th fastest performer in the event worldwide this season.
2022-2023 LCM Men 800 Free
Hafnaoui
7:37.00
| 2 | Samuel Short | AUS | 7:37.76 | 07/26 |
| 3 | Bobby Finke | USA | 7:38.67 | 07/26 |
| 4 | Daniel Wiffen | IRL | 7:39.19 | 07/26 |
| 5 | Lukas Martens | GER | 7:39.48 | 07/26 |
| 6 | Sven Schwarz | GER | 7:41.77 | 08/13 |
| 7 | Aleksandr Stepanov | RUS | 7:42.47 | 04/18 |
| 8 | Florian Wellbrock | GER | 7:42.99 | 04/22 |
| 9 | Mykhaylo Romanchuk | UKR | 7:43.08 | 07/26 |
| 10 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | ITA | 7:44.89 | 07/25 |
| 11 | Elijah Winnington | AUS | 7:45.75 | 06/15 |
| 12 | Guilherme Costa | BRA | 7:45.80 | 07/25 |
| 13 | Marwan Elkamash | EGY | 7:46.55 | 07/25 |
| 14 | Luca De Tullio | ITA | 7:46.87 | 07/25 |
| 15 | David Betlehem | HUN | 7:47.02 | 07/25 |
Domestic swimmer Roman Mityukov also got it done for gold tonight, reaping the top prize in the men’s 100m free. The 22-year-old hit a time of 49.34, the only result under 50 seconds in the field.
Mityukov also tried the 50m free on for size, clocking a time of 22.84 in the semi-final to land lane 4 for tomorrow night’s final.
Additional Notes
- Giorgia Tononi of Italy claimed gold in the women’s 400m free, stopping the clock in a time of 4:20.49. The 19-year-old owns a lifetime best of 4:14.53 from the 2021 Italian Championships.
- The men’s 400m IM saw Emanuele Potenza top the podium in a time of 4:26.55, establishing a new meet record for 18&U men in the process.
- On the semi-final front, Scotland’s Keanna MacInnes led the 50m fly field with a result of 27.25, while Marina Cacciapuoti was the top performer in the 50m free semi’s. Cacciapuoti of Italy posted 25.88 to lead Swiss swimmer Angelique Brugger‘s mark of 25.89.