Swimming, away to the European Championships in Rome: Azzurri immediately protagonists

Azzurri were immediately protagonists in the first session of heats that opened the 36th edition of the Rome European Swimming Championships , scheduled until August 17 in the unique setting of the Swimming Stadium.

Alberto Razzetti and Pier Andrea Matteazzi make you dream and access the 400 medley final without overdoing it. The 23-year-old from Liguria and reigning European vice-champion is third in 4'17 "21; the 25-year-old from Vicenza fifth in 4'17" 36. In the 50 butterfly Piero Codia with the second personal performance ever and Thomas Ceccon access the semifinal with the fourth and fifth time trial, eliminating the rookie Lorenzo Gargani and Matteo Rivolta.

In the 100 sl the hostess Silvia Di Pietro touches with an excellent 54 "54 and snatches the pass for the semifinal with the fourth time; three positions behind the 29-year-old Roman sprinter is the 19-year-old from Puglia Chiara Tarantino who overcomes the turn in 54 "69. Sofia Morini (tenth) and Costanza Cocconcelli (11th) stop, despite being among the best sixteen but third and fourth among the Italians.

The two-time European champion Margherita Panziera finally finds a smile and certainties and Federica Toma starts again from the awareness of being a very talented new wave: the two blue qualified for the semifinals of the 200 backstrokes respectively with the best time (2'09 "27) and with 14th time (2'13 "13). Spectacular at each session the 100 breaststroke will be announced and in the show the Italians will be there, to play as protagonists. The Italian record holder Nicolo Martinenghi and Federico Poggio enter the semifinals with the first (59 "08) and the third (59" 49) time trial.

Red light for the young Simone Cerasuolo and Andrea Castello .

In the final the 4x200 freestyle . Alice Mizzau, Linda Caponi, Noemi Cesarano and Antonietta Cesarano are third in 8'05 "29, preceded by Hungary and Holland; Filippo Megli, Matteo Ciampi, Gabriele Detti and Lorenzo Galossi swim in 7'09" 03 which is the best time of entrance and lane 4.

Last but not least the 800 freestyle : the European champion, bronze medal and Olympic champion Simona Quadarella and Martina Caramignoli , thirteen years after the 2009 World Championships in Rome when she was seventeenth in the 1500s, fly to the final , scheduled for Saturday afternoon, with the first and fourth chronometric feedback .

(Unioneonline / vl)