Swimming, Benedetta Pilato dominates 100 breaststroke and snaps Olympic pass

Water, Benedetta Pilato dominates the 100 breaststroke and snaps Olympic pass

After Thomas Ceccon, Benedetta Pilato also gives joy to swimming Italy. The Taranto native, in fact, è imposed herself in the women’s 100 breaststroke at the Riccione Winter Absolute in Riccione, obtaining qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The Italian swimmer recorded a time of 1:05.80, beating by 20 thousandths the time-limit set by the Italian Swimming Federation (1:06.0) to snatch the pass for the Olympics and touching the Italian record belonging to Arianna Castiglioni by only 13 thousandths.

Completing the podium were the Apulian swimmer herself (1:06.76) and Martina Carraro (1:06.78), who failed to find the right rhythm in the second pool, also failing to gain access to the World Championships in Doha by about two tenths.