European Swimming Championships: Italy Already Making Its Mark—Gold in Diving and Silver to the Tunes of Queen
The swimming pool in Paris, the venue for the continental championships, has already brought the Italian team two major victories.
The swimming pool in Paris, the venue for the continental championships, has already brought the Italian team two major victories.
The event brought together 37 elite athletes—the sport’s top competitors—from as many as 17 countries.
Roman diver wins another rainbow medal after bronze in one-meter springboard and gold in mixed synchro
Chiara Pellacani and Matteo Santoro won a gold medal in Singapore in the 3-meter synchronized diving, the first for an Italian mixed pair.
The 22-year-old Roman hits her first career rainbow podium in the one-meter springboard category at the World Championships in Singapore
The Italian diver is a great protagonist of the continental review: after the team bronze and the silver in synchro, here is also the gold.
Silver was by Switzerland’s Michelle Heimberg with 301.80 and bronze by Britain’s Yasmin Harper with 296.20.
Ahead of them from the start were Germany’s Lena Hentschel and Tina Punzel, who were confirmed as European champions, albeit with a lower score than usual: 281.16.
In the first three days of competition two golds with team event and Bertocchi from one meter, three bronzes with Pellacani from one meter, Tmbretti and Jodin Di Maria from the mixed platform, and now Pellecani and Santoro in the three mixed.
Signing the premiere are Chiara Pellacani, Andreas Sargent Larsen, Eduard Timbretti Gugiu and Sarah Jodoin di Maria.