European Short Course Championships, Benedetta Pilato silver in the 100 breaststroke

European short swimming pool, Benedetta Pilato silver in the 100 breaststroke

Benedetta Pilato won silver in the women’s 100 breaststroke at the European Short Tub Championships in Otopeni, Romaia, beaten only by Lithuania’s Eneli Jefimova (1'03"21). The 18-year-old from Taranto touched in 1'03"76, with a resounding passage to the 50 in 29"32 but a last contracted 25 in 17"89, for the fifth best performance ever swum in Italy at twenty-one hundredths from her record of 1'03"55. On the lowest step of the podium goes Dutchman Tes Schouten in 1'04"04.

" I did not have Jefimova time in my legs, I am honest – says Benedetta – As I stated in the past few days, after the Absolute è a bit; tension dropped; that is why I am happy with today's silver". Seventh place for Martina Carraro in 1'05"47.

Beautiful bronze won by Lorenzo Mora in the men’s 50 backstroke with an extraordinary diving in the last 10 meters. The 25-year-old from Modena closes in 23"10 as the Swiss Thierry Bollin. He wins, after being the best in all three sessions, Frenchman Mewen Tomac in 22"84, followed by German Ole Braunschweig in 23"00.

"It was an open race and I could have even won it,‖ says Mora. I passed maybe a little bit' slow at 25 (11"37). Sorry not to be in top condition but I am also focused on the'beginning of next season".

Very good Sara Curtis, even if she suffered a bit from emotion and finished eighth in the final of the women’s 50 freestyle, the first international of her career, further touching up her personal best. The 17-year-old from Savigliano finished in 24"31, after sealing her personal best in the semifinals, bringing it from 24"28 to 24"13.

Gold to Sweden’s Michelle Coleman in 23"52, ahead of France’s Beryl Gastaldello in 23"71 and Denmark’s Julie Jensen in 23"89. "I gave everything I had and I come out of this final happy – says the piementese, a student at the Technical Economic and Tourist Institute of Savigliano – This è a beautiful stage of growth in my career".