Gregorio Paltrinieri flies to Paris 2024 Olympics

Gregorio Paltrinieri flies to Paris 2024 Olympics

Gregorio Paltrinieri will participate in his fourth Olympics. The Emilian swimmer qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games thanks to his victory in the 1500 freestyle at the Winter Olympics in Riccione.

The Italian recorded a time of 14'41"38, almost 3 seconds short of the chrono required by the Italian Swimming Federation to qualify for the Olympics. Greg finished ahead of youngsters Luca De Tullio, 2° in 14'57.99, and Matteo Diodato, 3° in 15'07.41.

"I worked a lot in these months and with a different mentality – said the swimmer from Carpi on the heat -. I came out very burned by what happened in Fukuoka, where I did not è come out my real. I had the time in my head for the Games and I wanted to swim it right away. I è missed competing, I had fun this time. I won’t swim the 800 freestyle, because on Wednesday I will go to Portugal for the World Cup in open water".