RACE VIDEO: Gregorio Paltrinieri wins 1500 Freestyle World Championships scm

Swimming Video / Race Video is courtesy of Universal Sports Network, a SwimSwam partner. VIDEO IS VIEWABLE IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY. As reported by SwimSwam:

MEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – FINALS

2012 World Champ: 14:30.01 – Mads Glaesner – Denmark
2010 World Champ: 14:24.16 – Ous Mellouli – Tunisia
Meet Record: 14:22.98 – Yury Prilukov – Russia – 2008
World Record: 14:10.10 – Grant Hackett – Australia – 2001

Gregorio Paltrinieri took the men’s 1500 freestyle in both a new Italian and European record time of 14:16.10. Paltrinieri, who led the race from start to finish, beat his previous lifetime best of 14:27.58 by more than 12 seconds.

Ous Mellouli of Tunisia took the silver in a time of 14:18.79 beating his own national record of 14:24.16.

Canadian Ryan Cochrane took the bronze breaking his own Canadian record of 14:28.63.

Pal Joensen of the Faroe Islands finished fourth breaking his own national record mark of 14:32.15.
Italian Gabriele Detti finished fifth in a time of 14:29.94 followed by Australian Jordan Harrison who touched in a time of 14:33.10.
American Michael McBroom finished seventh in a time of 14:34.31 followed by Richard Nagy of Slovakia who touched in a time of 14:35.50.

In This Story

0
Leave a Reply

Subscribe
Notify of

0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

About Gold Medal Mel Stewart

Gold Medal Mel Stewart

MEL STEWART Jr., aka Gold Medal Mel, won three Olympic medals at the 1992 Olympic Games. Mel's best event was the 200 butterfly. He is a former World, American, and NCAA Record holder in the 200 butterfly. As a writer/producer and sports columnist, Mel has contributed to Yahoo Sports, Universal Sports, …

Read More »