Worlds: Azzurri of swimming gold in mixed relay

World Championships: swimming Azzurri d'gold in the mixed relay

First gold medal for swimming Italy at the short-tub World Championships under way in Hungary: the quartet composed of Leonardo Deplano, Alessandro Miressi, Silvia Di Pietro and Sara Curtis took the highest step on the podium in the final of the 4×50-meter mixed freestyle relay.

The Azzurri won with a time of 1'28"50 and ahead of Canada (1'28"60) and Poland (1'28"80). After good fractions by Deplano and Miressi, it was the girls who made the difference: Di Pietro and especially 18-year-old Sara Curtis went wild, the last fractionalist finishing just two-tenths off the national record.

Thanks to this success Italy won its first gold: in previous days it had hit three silvers.

Ahead of everyone is the United States with 11 golds, 7 silvers and 4 bronzes, followed by Canada.