Ilaria Bianchi Becomes 2nd Woman On 2016 Italian Olympic Team

2016 ITALIAN ASSOLUTI NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND OLYMPIC TRIALS

• Dates: Tuesday, April 19 – Saturday, April 23, 2016
• Times: prelims 9:00 am, finals 5 pm
• Location: Riccione, Italy (GMT +1, or 6 hours ahead of N.Y., 9 ahead of L.A.)
• Results: Available

Ilaria Bianchi hit the Italian Olympic qualifying time on day 3 of Italian Nationals to become just the second Olympic qualifier on the women’s side so far this year.

9 swimmers in total are qualified at this point, 7 men and 2 women. Bianchi joins Federica Pellegrini as the only women locked in. That roster number should inflate next month, though, as several more athletes stand to qualify after the European Championships.

Bianchi went 57.87 in the final individual event of the day to become the only new Olympic qualifier on the day.

Gabriele Detti had already qualified in the 1500 free, but he added a qualifying time in the 400 as well, going 3:43.97 for the blowout win and one of the better 400 free swims in the world this year.

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES

The selection priorities for the 2016 Olympics:

1. Any individual medalists from the 2015 FINA World Championships
2. Event winners at the Italian Championships who hit an Italian Olympic qualifying “A” or “B” time (see table below).
3. Event runners-up at the Italian Championships who hit an Italian “A” cut time.
4. In events where only 1 swimmer qualifies from the Italian Championships, the Federation will compare the runner-up times to those of the highest-finishing Italians at European Championships in May to allocate the 2nd spot, provided the swims are under the B standard.
5. In events where no one qualifies at the Italian Championships, the Federation will take up to the two fastest Italians from Euros, provided both are under the B standard.
6. If there are still spots available after Euros, the Federation will fill them with the top finishers at Sette Colli at the end of June, provided they swim under the B standard
7. The federation will consider all of the directly qualified athletes to see if the roster can fill out its relay lineups. If not, athletes who hit a “C” standard at Italian Championships, European Championships and Sette Colli (in that priority order) will be considered for selection.

Previous qualifiers:

• Gregorio Paltrinieri (Kazan medalist)
• Federica Pellegrini (Kazan medalist)

Current qualifiers (day 2 events and new day 2 qualifiers are listed in bold):

• Simone Sabbioni (men’s 100 back)
• Gregorio Paltrinieri (men’s 1500 free)
• Gabriele Detti (men’s 1500 free, Men’s 400 free)
• Luca Dotto (men’s 100 free)
• Matteo Rivolta (men’s 100 fly)
• Piero Codia (men’s 100 fly)*
• Federico Turrini (men’s 400 IM)
• Federica Pellegrini (women’s 100 free)
• Ilaria Bianchi (women’s 100 fly)

*Provided the Italian federation accepts times swum in prelims.

2016 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

The selection priorities for the European Championships in May:

1. Event winners
2. Any A finalists who hit the selection times in the chart below
3. The top 4 finishers in the 100 and 200 freestyles*
   1. *One caveat: in the men’s 200 free, the top 4 will only be selected if their times add up to less than 7:15.0.

Current qualifiers (Day 2 events and new day 2 qualifiers are listed in bold):

• Simone Sabbioni (men’s 100 back)
• Alice Mizzau (women’s 400 free)
• Gregorio Paltrinieri (men’s 1500 free)
• Gabriele Detti (men’s 1500 free, men’s 400 free)
• Stefania Pirozzi (women’s 200 fly)
• Alessia Polieri (women’s 200 fly)
• Luca Dotto (men’s 100 free)
• Luca Leonardi (men’s 4×100 free relay)
• Filippo Magnini (men’s 4×100 free relay)
• Jonathan Boffa (men’s 4×100 free relay)
• Matteo Rivolta (men’s 100 fly)
• Piero Codia (men’s 100 fly)
• Lisa Fissneider (women’s 200 breast)
• Ilaria Scarcella (women’s 200 breast)
• Federico Turrini (men’s 400 IM)
• Luca Marin (men’s 400 IM)
• Simona Quadarella (women’s 800 free)
• Diletta Carli (women’s 800 free)
• Andrea Toniato (men’s 100 breast)
• Federica Pellegrini (women’s 100 free)
• Erika Ferraioli (women’s 4×100 free relay)
• Aglaia Pezzato (women’s 4×100 free relay)
• Silvia di Pietro (women’s 4×100 free relay)
• Luisa Trombetti (women’s 400 IM)
• Sara Franceschi (women’s 400 IM)
• Carlotta Toni (women’s 400 IM)
• Luca Mencarini (men’s 200 back)
• Christopher Ciccarese (men’s 200 back)
• Ilaria Bianchi (women’s 100 fly)

2016 JUNIOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

The top 2 eligible finishers in each event will make the Junior European Championships team if they hit the times in the chart below.

Eligible athletes must be born between 1998 and 2001 for boys and between 1999 and 2002 for girls.

Current Qualifiers (day 2 qualifiers listed in bold):

Boys:

• 50 free:
• 100 free: Alessandro Miressi, Giovanni Izzo
• 200 free:
• 400 free: —
• 800 free:
• 1500 free: —
• 50 back:
• 100 back: Lorenzo Mora, Lorenzo Glessi
• 200 back: Jacopo Bietti, Lorenzo Mora
• 50 breast: Nicolo Martinenghi, Federico Poggio
• 100 breast: Nicolo Martinenghi
• 200 breast:
• 50 fly: —
• 100 fly: —
• 200 fly:
• 200 IM:
• 400 IM: —

Girls:

• 50 free:
• 100 free: —
• 200 free:
• 400 free: Giorgia Romei
• 800 free: Georgia Romei
• 1500 free:
• 50 back:
• 100 back: Sara Franceschi, Tania Quaglieri
• 200 back: —
• 50 breast:
• 100 breast:
• 200 breast: Giulia Verona
• 50 fly: —
• 100 fly: —
• 200 fly: Ilaria Cusinato
• 200 IM:
• 400 IM: Sara Franceschi, Ilaria Cusinato