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Anna Marcotti, who competes for and trains at Gymnasium Pordenone in Pordenone, a province in northeastern Italy, has announced her commitment to swim at the University of North Carolina Asheville beginning in the fall of 2022. Marcotti is a freestyle and butterfly specialist with converted times that are fast enough to make the ‘A’ final at the 20...

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The year 2021 is ending and for Italian sport it will remain the most beautiful year in its history. After a beginning without great satisfaction, from July onwards the tricolor flag began to wave all over the world thanks to the amazing victories of the Azzurri in every sport and on every continent. It all started with the victory of the European...

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Italian swimming champion Federica Pellegrini has won her last race, the 200m freestyle in Riccione on 30 November, before retiring from a record-breaking career. The star, known as La Divina, did not hide her tears before undertaking her final race and was given a standing ovation when she won. Pellegrini then convinced Giovanni Malagò, president...

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Italy is a record-breaker at the European Short-Course Swimming Championships in Kazan: the Italian expedition closes the event with a total of 35 medals, even 11 on the last day of competition. The gold medals of the last day come from Gregorio Paltrinieri, Marco Orsi and Arianna Castiglioni, then silver medals for Benedetta Pilato, Lorenzo Mora,...

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Alberto Razzetti performed a surreal magic on the 200 meter butterfly at the European Championships 2021 and became European Champion. The Italian invented a masterpiece of rare beauty in Kazan (Russia), triumphing with a peremptory 1:50.24, demolishing nine tenths of the previous Italian record (his 1:51.15 signed last September 24 in Naples on th...

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Yesterday at the European Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia, could not have ended without a gold medal. The first step of the podium was taken by Nicolò Martinenghi, who won the 100 meter breaststroke final, with an exceptional performance that allowed him to set an Italian record. Fifth Fabio Scozzoli. Shortly afterwards, the bronze medal in...

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Italy's magical moment continues at the European Short-Term Swimming Championships underway in Kazan, Russia. After yesterday's four medals, the Italian swimmers continue to give emotions and successes and today they bring home five. In particular, the Genoese Martina Carraro, who won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke, did a great job. F...

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It’s a calm warm Friday morning in mid-September — 70 swimmers dive into the waters of Lone Star Lake for a 5k swim at the CSCAA Open Water Championship in Lawrence, Kansas.  For freshman swimmer Ilaria Murzilli, this wasn’t her first time swimming a 5k. But, where she once saw the ocean floor, this time around she only saw darkness.  From that cam...

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With still one day of competitions to go, Italy accelerates its sprint in the general medals table of the SUDS Open Euro TriGames - competition for Athletes with Down Syndrome - thanks to athletics and synchronized swimming. Moreover, the medals were accompanied by two world records signed by Nicole Orlando. The "Azzurra" retouched the record in th...

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Gary Hunt and Rhiannan Iffland took another big step towards retaining their Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series titles at the Puglia stop on Tuesday afternoon, leaping into the lead after two rounds as they look to wrap things up with one stop to spare. A win for Hunt at this penultimate stop would secure him his ninth King Kahekili Trophy, while I...

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