European Championships, Martinenghi with the best time
Europeans, results
The 22nd European short-tank championships being held at the Aquatics Complex in Otopeni, Romania, until Dec. 10, are drawing to a close. It starts in high gear with the 50 breaststroke with high expectations. Entering the semifinals The Italian record holder (25"37) Nicolò Martinenghi, silver in the 100 and gold with the mixed 4×50, with the first and Simone Cerasuolo with the fourth time. The 24-year-old from Varese and deputy world champion – carded for CC Aniene and followed by Marco Pedoja – swam in 26"04, with a super return in 14"31; the 20-year-old from Emilia – carded for Fiamme Oro and Imolanuoto, coached by Cesare Casella and fifth in the double distance – 26"43. Between the two Azzurri are Turkey’s Emre Sacki in 26"15 and the fearsome Dutchman Caspar Corbeau in 26"37. Stop, despite the eighth place in 26"77, for Federico Poggio (Fiamme Azzurre/Imolanuoto).
On the eve it would have been crazy to think so, now something different seems to be hatching. Giulia D'Innoncenzo, one of the most interesting prospects in Italian swimming, can break the bank in the 200 freestyle: in the meantime without tearing she qualifies for the semifinals with a personal best that is worth the sixth d'entry.
The 20-year-old Roman – a member of the Carabinieri and CC Aniene, always molded by Sandro Signori, engaged in the 100 butterfly final in the afternoon – swam by a margin in 1'55"70, which demolished the 1'56"32, projecting her from sixth to fourth place. Also advancing was a brilliant Sofia Morini with the 10th time. The 20-year-old from Reggio Emilia, from September in Livorno – carded for Esercito and NC Azzurra 91, coached by Stefano Franceschi, sixth in the 100 sl – touches in 1'56"33. Ahead of all is Britain’s Freya Anderson in 1'53"72.
Energy all'unicino for vice European champion and reigning rainbow bronze medalist Lorenzo Mora (Fiamme Rosse and VVFF Modena), who with a trickle of gas faces the batteries of the 200 backstroke, still snatching a pass for the next round. The 25-year-old from Emilia, Italian record holder (1'48"45) – coached at the Federal Center in Ostia by Claudio Rossetto, already gold with the 4×50 mixed and bronze in the 50 and 100 – è twelfth in 1'54"01. Leading the group is Britain’s Luke Greenbank in 1'49"79.
