But let's go in order: saying stratospheric may seem excessive, but the 7'42 "74 recorded by the corporal major of the Army Sports Center is certainly the best adjective that can be attributed to him as the time achieved represents, not only the new record. Italian, but also the European one, and matured at the end of an exciting confrontation, lap after lap, with a champion like Gregorio Paltrinieri (7'43 "01).
With this performance, the Tuscan Army reserves a place in blue for the next Europeans in Berlin in August. The second golden flash comes to an end with the contest of the female 4x100 freestyle relay.
The coach Fabrizio Antonelli prepares a team that leaves little hope of winning the remaining teams entered in the test.
The first corporal Laura Letrari ranks in the first fraction who closes with a time of 56 "22; then, corporal Alice Nesti (56" 70), and the corporal major Martina De Memme (56 "80); closes the relay, the first corporal major Erika Ferraioli with an exceptional 54 "71.
But this 1st day of swimming absolute also saw the good performances of the corporals Niccolò Bonacchi and Martina De Memme.
The first confirms what good he had already done already recorded in the morning when he closed the qualifying battery in second place with the time of 54 "37 only one cent from Christopher Ciccarese athlete of CC Aniene that was also confirmed in the final, beating for only 4 cents Niccolò Bonacchi.
The 53 "98 of the Army athlete however, is not to be underestimated as it assumes a triple value: it is in fact the third Italian performance of all time, is the new Italian cadet record and qualifies it, like Detti, to next European Championships in Berlin.
Martina Di Memme finally, also second in the morning qualifying rounds with the time of 4'11 "26 behind Federica Pellegrini (4'08" 39), closes the race in third place after dueling for the whole competition with the Yellow Fighter athlete Alice Mizzau who completed the race in 4'08 "39 only 59 cents from Martina.
Absolute and undisputed winner Federica Pellegrini with the time of 4'04 "56.
So the first day is stored, new emotions await the Army team.
Tomorrow morning at 10,00, we start with the qualifying batteries of the 100 butterfly, which sees deploying on the starting blocks the caporali Piero Codia and Francesco Pavone, mixed 400 with the major caporal chosen Federico Turrini and the corporals Simone Geni and Francesco Pavone , of the 1500 style women with the first major corporal Rachele Bruni and the corporal Giorgia Consiglio, and finally of the 100 style women with the first major caporal Erika Ferraioli and Laura Letrari, the senior corporal Martina De Memme and the corporal Alice Nesti.
Source: The Olympic Sports Center of the Army
