By James Sutherland 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 3 Prelims Recap | Day 4 Prelims Recap | Day 5 Prelims Recap Day 1 Finals Recap | Day 2 Finals Recap | Day 3 Finals Recap | Day 4 Finals Recap Live Results LivestreamThe final session from the 2025 Italian Championships is set to get underway from Riccione, with more World Championship qualifying spots on the line.
Through four days, just eight swimmers have met the lofty Italian World Championship standards:
World Championships Qualifiers Through Day 4:
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 breaststroke Sara Franceschi – women’s 200m IM Anita Gastaldi – women’s 200m IM Sara Curtis – women’s 100m free, women’s 50m freeThis isn’t the lone opportunity for Italians to qualify for Singapore, however, with the Sette Colli Trophy also serving as a qualifier in June.
Day 5 Finals Heat SheetHighlighting the final are the 50 breaststroke events, with three swimmers who have already punched their Worlds tickets leading the way.
In the women’s race, Anita Bottazzo (30.39) and Lisa Angiolini (30.89) qualified 1-2 out of the prelims and have already qualified in the 100 breast, while on the men’s side, Nicolo Martinenghi (27.15) owns Lane 4 tonight after earning his spot in Singapore in the 100.
Simone Cerasuolo (27.19) sits 2nd out of the prelims and is one to watch for tonight, owning a best time (26.53) well under the Worlds cut (26.79).
In the women’s 400 free, Simona Quadarella holds the top seed (4:12.48) after already punching her ticket in the 800 free, while the men’s 400 IM has no imminent threats for the Worlds cut after National Record holder Alberto Razzetti was a no-show in the prelims. Razzetti, who narrowly missed qualifying times in the 200 fly and 200 IM earlier in the meet, likely has refocused towards the Sette Colli Trophy.
There’s a similar case in the women’s 200 back, with the top prelim time from Francesca Romana Furfaro (2:13.23) more than four seconds off the qualifying time of 2:08.99.
The men’s 1500 free is missing Gregorio Paltrinieri but does include Luca De Tullio, who set a lifetime best of 14:48.77 at last year’s Sette Colli Trophy. De Tullio would need to drop a bit of time, down to 14:47.09, to qualify for Worlds automatically.
The last individual race of the meet is the women’s 50 fly, where Italian Record holder Silvia Di Pietro leads the field out of the prelims in 26.18.
WOMEN’S 50 BREAST – FINAL
World Record: 29.16, Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 2023 European Record: 29.16, Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 2023 Italian Record: 29.30, Benedetta Pilato – 2021 World Championship Qualifying Time: 30.29Podium:
Anita Bottazzo, 30.42 Arianna Castiglioni, 30.58 Lisa Angiolini, 30.63Anita Bottazzo was just shy of her prelim swim, but it was enough to claim victory in the final of the women’s 50 breaststroke, as the rising University of Florida sophomore clocked 30.42 to top Arianna Castiglioni and Lisa Angiolini.
Bottazzo, who owns a best time of 30.02 from 2023, went 30.39 in this morning’s prelims to rank 4th in the world this season.
Castiglioni took the runner-up spot in 30.58, three one-hundredths off her season-best of 30.55 set last month at the Swimming Cup in Milan.
Angiolini, who has already solidified a spot at the World Championships in the 100 breast, was 3rd in 30.63, improving on her season-best of 30.89 set in the prelims while narrowly missing her PB of 30.58 from last year.
MEN’S 50 BREAST – FINAL
World Record: 25.95, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2017 European Record: 25.95, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2017 Italian Record: 26.33, Nicolo Martinenghi – 2022 World Championship Qualifying Time: 26.79Podium:
Simone Cerasuolo, 26.59 Nicolo Martinenghi, 26.78 Ludovico Blu Art Viberti, 27.01WOMEN’S 400 FREE – FINAL
World Record: 3:55.38, Ariarne Titmus (AUS) – 2023 European Record: 3:59.15, Federica Pellegrini (ITA) – 2009 Italian Record: 3:59.15, Federica Pellegrini – 2009 World Championship Qualifying Time: 4:06.09Podium:
MEN’S 400 IM – FINAL
World Record: 4:02.50, Leon Marchand (FRA) – 2023 European Record: 4:02.50, Leon Marchand (FRA) – 2023 Italian Record: 4:09.29, Alberto Razzetti – 2023 World Championship Qualifying Time: 4:11.99Podium:
WOMEN’S 200 BACK – FINAL
World Record: 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2023 European Record: 2:04.94, Anastasia Fesikova (RUS) – 2009 Italian Record: 2:05.56, Margherita Panziera – 2021 World Championship Qualifying Time: 2:08.99Podium:
MEN’S 1500 FREE – TIMED FINAL
World Record: 14:30.67, Bobby Finke (USA) – 2024 European Record: 14:32.80, Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) – 2022 Italian Record: 14:32.80, Gregorio Paltrinieri – 2022 World Championship Qualifying Time: 14:47.09Podium:
WOMEN’S 50 FLY – FINAL
World Record: 24.43, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2014 European Record: 24.43, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2014 Italian Record: 25.78, Silvia Di Pietro – 2014 World Championship Qualifying Time: 25.69Podium:
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