Gregorio Paltrinieri never ceases to amaze, and also wins the gold medal in the 1500m freestyle race of the World Championships in short course in Melbourne, swimming in 14:16.88. Silver to the French Damien Joly (14:19.62), bronze to the Norwegian Henrik Christiansen (14:24.08).
Italy also shines in the 4x100m freestyle relay : the blue quartet ( Alessandro Miressi, Paolo Conte Bonin, Leonardo Deplano and Thomas Ceccon ) won gold with a time of 3:02.75, a new world record . Silver for Australia and bronze for the USA.
(Unioneonline/lf)