Dream Italy in the World Swimming Championships: three golds, for Thomas Ceccon also world record in the 100 backstroke

Dream Italy in the World Swimming Championships underway in Budapest .

Day with three golds, a bronze and an extraordinary world record.

Let's start with the feat of Thomas Ceccon , the Venetian who dominates the 100 backstroke, crushing the world record in 51 "60. Behind him, the American Ryan Murphy, who until today was the record holder, a 51 "85 swam at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

"I don't know, I have yet to realize, 51" 60 is really a lot of stuff, yesterday I didn't want to say it but I felt good. I didn't expect this time today. I felt good, and I knew I could go fast. I'm not saying that I felt I was winning, but today I had no rivals . The Russians were missing and it would have been an added challenge, the goal is even higher ", the words of Ceccon.

In tears, however , the 17-year-old Benedetta Pilato, who won the gold medal in the women's 100 meters breaststroke : "I'm super happy, this was my dream and tonight it became reality".

The other medals came from synchronized swimming: gold in the technical mixed by Giorgio Minisini and Lucrezia Ruggiero , then the team bronze in the combined , the first ever medal for Italy in this specialty.

Today's medals are added to yesterday's gold in Nicolò Martinenghi's 100 breaststroke .

(Unioneonline / L)