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Martinenghi, Scalia, and Ceccon Join 2022 Italian World Championships Roster

2022 ITALIAN SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Three new swimmers punched their tickets to the 2022 Budapest World Championships on Sunday in Riccione: backstroke specialists Silvia Scalia and Thomas Ceccon, as well as Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medalist Nicolo Martinenghi.

Though all three swimmers were faster than both the Italian Swimming Federation’s and FINA’s qualifying standards, each performance is also dominant when stacked against the current world rankings. First, Nicolo Martinenghi elevates himself to 2nd in the world in the 100 breaststroke, falling just shy of Arno Kamminga but slipping just past World Record holder Adam Peaty.

2021-2022 LCM Men 100 Breast

2Nic
Fink
USA58.3704/29
3Michael
Andrew
USA58.5104/29
4Arno
Kamminga
NED58.5202/20
5Adam
Peaty
GBR58.5804/05
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Thomas Ceccon re-takes 2nd in the world in the 100 backstroke, shuffling past American Ryan Murphy who had for about five weeks pushed Ceccon from 2nd to 3rd. In his performance Sunday, Ceccon improves his season-best time by 0.07.

2021-2022 LCM Men 100 Back

ThomasITA
Ceccon
06/20
51.60 WR
2Ryan
Murphy
USA51.9706/20
3Hunter
Armstrong
USA51.9806/20
4Apostolos
Christou
GRE52.0906/19
5Yohann
Ndoye-Brouard
FRA52.5006/20
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Silvia Scalia, meanwhile, was the only one of the three who broke an Italian National Record today, lowering the mark in the women’s 50 backstroke twice on Sunday. Scalia now ranks 4th in the world this season in the women’s 50 backstroke.

2021-2022 LCM Women 50 Back

2Kylie
Masse
CAN27.1804/06
3Regan
Smith
USA27.2504/28
4Analia
Pigree
FRA27.2708/14
5Olivia
Smoliga
USA27.3304/28
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Olav Eklund
2 years ago

Anyone knows why Lorenzo Galossi is not Qualified for Worlds by getting 2nd in the 400?

Noah
Reply to  Olav Eklund
2 years ago

He didn’t get the qualifying cut

Troyy
Reply to  Noah
2 years ago

Does Italy use stricter qualifying cuts than the FINA ones?

Troyy
Reply to  Troyy
2 years ago

Nevermind, the cuts are listed individually in other articles but is there a full list anywhere?

Last edited 2 years ago by Troyy
iceman
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2 years ago
Last edited 2 years ago by iceman

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