By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
2025 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Riccione – Swimming Stadium Pool April 13–17, 2025 Prelims at 10am local (4am ET)/Senior Finals at 6pm local (12pm ET) World Championships Qualification SwimSwam Italia Event Page Entries Day 1 Prelims Recap | Day 2 Prelims Recap Day 1 Finals Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap Live Results LivestreamWorld Championships Qualifiers Through Day 2:
Simona Quadarella – women’s 800m free Anita Bottazzo – women’s 100m breast Lisa Angiolini – women’s 100m breast Leonardo Deplano – men’s 50m free Nicolo Martinenghi – men’s 100m breaststrokePreview
A quiet day 2 saw only one additional swimmer qualify for Singapore, as Nicolo Martinenghi won the 100 breaststroke in a time of 59.16 to add his name to the list. Although Ludovico Viberti swam the fastest time of the evening with a PB of 59.04, he missed out on making the team as he did so from the ‘B’ final.
We’ll have a shorter programme of only 6 individual events tonight, followed by the 4×100 medley relays.
Men’s 800m freestyle Women’s 200m IM Men’s 200 IM Women’s 100m freestyle Men’s 100m freestyle Women’s 1500m freestyle Men’s 4x100m medley relay Women’s 4x100m medley relayThis five-day competition represents the primary qualification opportunity for swimmers to add their names to the Italian roster for this summer’s World Championships in Singapore, although they will also have a chance at the Sette Colli meet in June. Thomas Ceccon, the Olympic Champion in the 100m Backstroke, will not be in attendance here having been granted special dispensation to qualify instead at the Australian Open National Championships next week.
Men’s
The distance freestyle is defined by the absence of stalwart Gregorio Paltrinieri this year, as he shifts his focus to open water. Luca de Tullio leads the field here by over 10 seconds with his entry of 7:44.07, and will need to match that almost to the hundredth to make the time of 7:44.09 for Singapore.
After missing out in the 400 free on Day 1 despite winning the event, De Tullio will be hoping it won’t be more of the same. There are five further swimmers entered under 8:00 led by Davide Marchello in 7:54.36, but their main aim here will be the podium.
Alberto Razzetti is the main attraction in the 200 IM, as the Italian Record holder captured the second seed this morning with a reserved 2:00.99. After missing out on the time for Singapore by less than a tenth in the 200 fly on Day 1 he’ll be keen to stamp his authority on this event. The time required here for the World Championships is 1:57.69 – a mark only he has been under in this field.
Taking lane 4 was Massimo Matteazzi, who was only 0.23 off his best time with a 2:00.78 and is coming off a successful NCAA season with Pitt. His brother Pier Andrea Matteazzi will be in lane 2 in the final tonight, as it took 2:02.23 to make it back this evening.
Manuel Frigo led the 100m freestyle ahead of National Record holder Alessandro Miressi this morning in a time of 48.40, only three tenths off his best time from 2023. Lorenzo Zazzeri and Carlos D’Ambrosio were also under 49 seconds as well, and will be hoping to add their name to the relay pool with a 3:14.00 add-up required.
Paolo Conte Bonin is one to watch out for from lane 2. He was only 49.12 this morning but has a best time of 48.41 from this competition last year, and was part of Italy’s bronze-medal-winning relay in Paris.
Women’s
Sara Curtis is the swimmer on form in the 100m freestyle, having broken 54 seconds twice so far during the championships. Coming in with a PB of 54.22, she blasted to a new best time of 53.57 this morning, and is now less than four-tenths off Federica Pellegrini‘s Italian Record.
That followed on from her 53.72 leadoff in the women’s 4x100m free relay on Sunday, and after winning the 50m backstroke last night in a new PB she is in pole position to make it back-to-back victories tonight. With a time of 53.89 required to make the team for Singapore, Curtis has a great chance to add her name to the list of qualifiers.
Behind her only Emma Menicucci and Chiara Tarantino were under 55 seconds in 54.27 and 54.90 respectively, as the top-four women are right on the time needed to qualify the 4x100m freestyle relay for Singapore – the add-up this morning was just 0.24 seconds over the 3:38.00 required.
The big guns in the 200 IM kept their powder dry in the heats, as Sara Franceschi led the way in a time of 2:14.77, well off her best time and Italian Record of 2:09.30 from 2023. Two swimmers from the podium of last night’s 200m breaststroke, Francesca Fangio and Anna Pirovano, made it through in third and fourth with 2:15’s, but will need to drop to make the 2:11.19 required for the World Championship team.
Simona Quadarella leads the way in the 1500m freestyle, entered with the 15:44.05 with which she took fourth at the Paris Olympics. That is 11 seconds under what she needs to go to add this event to her schedule for the World Championships, but the pressure is off after making the team in the 800 on Day 1. She’ll be out on her own for the majority of this race, with second seed Ginevra Taddeucci 24 seconds back with a 16:08 entry time.
MEN’S 800 FREE– FINAL
World Record – 7:32.00, Zhang Lin (CHN) 2009 European Record – 7:38.19, Dan Wiffen (IRE) 2024 ITA Record – 7:39.27, Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) 2022 World Championships Qualifying Time – 7:44.09GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE –
WOMEN’S 200 IM– FINAL
World Record – 2:06.12, Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2015 European Record – 2:06.12, Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2015 ITA Record – 2:09.30, Sara Franceshi (2023) World Championships Qualifying Time – 2:11.19GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE –
MEN’S 200 IM– FINAL
World Record – 1:54.00, Ryan Lochte (USA) 2011 European Record – 1:54.06, Leon Marchand (FRA) 2024 ITA Record – 1:56.21, Alberto Razzetti (2023) World Championships Qualifying Time – 1:57.69GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE –
WOMEN’S 100 FREE – FINAL
World Record – 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 2017 European Record – 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 2017 ITA Record – 53.18, Federica Pellegrini (2016) World Championships Qualifying Time – 53.89GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE –
MEN’S 100 FREE – FINAL
World Record – 46.40, Pan Zhanle (CHN) 2024 European Record – 46.86, David Popovici (ROU) 2022 ITA Record – 47.45, Alessandro Miressi (2022) World Championships Qualifying Time – 48.09GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE –
WOMEN’S 1500 FREE– FINAL
World Record – 15:20.48, Katie Ledecky (USA) 2018 European Record – 15:38.88, Lotte Friis (DEN) 2013 ITA Record – 15:40.89, Simona Quadarella (2019) World Championships Qualifying Time – 15:55.09GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE –
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