15-Yr-Old Lorenzo Galossi Hits 3:39.90 SCM 400 Free Stunner

2022 ITALIAN NATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN’S)

15-year-old Lorenzo Galossi produced the best short course result of his young swimming career tonight in Riccione.

While competing on day one of the 2022 Italian National Junior Championships, the Roman fired off a time of 3:39.90 to easily take the men’s 400m free for his age group and shatter the previous record in the process.

Conducting his race according to the splits below, the teen’s time obliterated the previous age record set by former Florida Gator Mitch D’Arrigo at 3:47.43 back in 2011.

In fact, Galossi’s enormous effort here falls just .01 outside the current European Junior Record in the event, a time held by 200m fly world record holder and Olympic champion Kristof Milak of Hungary. He set the bar at 3:39.89 in 2018.

 

For additional perspective, the teen now ranks as 7th fastest Italian man, of any age, in this SCM 400 free event.

Top Italian Men SCM 400 Freestyle Performers, All Ages

  1. Gabriele Detti – 3:36.63, 2019
  2. Emiliano Brembilla – 3:37.57, 2009
  3. Marco De Tulio – 3:37.83, 2021
  4. Federico Colbertaldo – 3:38.11, 2009
  5. Matteo Ciampi – 3:38.58, 2021
  6. Massimiliano Rosolino – 3:39.33, 2008
  7. Lorenzo Galossi – 3:39.90, 2022

Entering this meet, Galossi’s career-quickest rested at the 3:44.20, which he logged only last November. As such, in fewer than 6 months he found a way to hack over 4 seconds off his PB to score this stunner.

At the 2021 European Junior Championships, Galossi helped Italy snag bronze in the men’s 800m free relay, leading off the squad in a time of 1:50.32, the fastest opener of the top 3 squads.

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STswimma7
2 years ago

great swim!! only 15, kids got a great future!!

top 5000 college recruit
2 years ago

using ondeck’s time converter, ballpark estimate of this converted to the 500 is 4:15ish. what are they feeding kids nowadays.

PVK
Reply to  top 5000 college recruit
2 years ago

Seems more like 4:12?

Dee
Reply to  top 5000 college recruit
2 years ago

I don’t know much about yards swimming, but based on other athletes, my gut says 3.39 SCM is a fair whack faster than 4.15 SCY.

theroboticrichardsimmons
2 years ago

Is this kid 15 or 16? Not that it matters *that* much but the video says he’s 16.

Pie
Reply to  theroboticrichardsimmons
2 years ago

15

Troyy
Reply to  theroboticrichardsimmons
2 years ago

Turns 16 in May.

giuseppe
Reply to  theroboticrichardsimmons
2 years ago

16 in 25 may

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2 years ago

This sport is getting too fast bruh

Luigi
2 years ago
There's no doubt that he's tightening up
2 years ago

Would be nice for someone to force the 400 free out of the rut that it’s been stuck in for a little while now.

This guy looks like he has the potential to do just that. That’s a serious time.

Ledecky forever

Even after 20 years, no one is touching Thorpe’s 3:40.08

M 400 free needs revolution.

Dressel Propagandist
Reply to  Ledecky forever
2 years ago

Sun Yang swam 3:40 low twice and multiple 3:41s in his career.

Without a horrible finish in London, he would have been the first to go 3:39.

Troyy
Reply to  Dressel Propagandist
2 years ago

But the 3:40 lows were in his trimetazidine era.

Dressel Propagandist
Reply to  Troyy
2 years ago

At the highest level, everyone is juicing.
Don‘t believe the narrative of „we‘re clean“ and „they‘re cheating“.

The ones who are good at timing their cycles, never test positive.

It‘s a game and money is involved, athletes are ready to do everything for the glory. Whether through taking PEDs directly (managed by their federation) or through abuse of TUEs.

He was taking the TUE since he was a teenager, which is the same one that Pernille Blume is using. If he was from Denmark as well, no one will call him a cheat.

Joel
Reply to  Dressel Propagandist
2 years ago

surely not. They don’t all have TUE’s do they?

Billabong
Reply to  Dressel Propagandist
2 years ago

Juiced

giuseppe
2 years ago
in the 200 tomorrow evening, he will be able to swim in 1.43.6-8 tenths, in my opinion this is his race. every year he improves and this is a great sign for a young man


epw
Reply to  giuseppe
2 years ago

i cook da pizza!

gpgp
Reply to  giuseppe
2 years ago

1.45.07…I would have bet on 1.44.5
Imo the most impressive thing is the consistency of the race pace. That’s why I think the longer the distance the more competitive he is. Curious to see his improvements…800 and 1500

giuseppe
Reply to  gpgp
2 years ago
he swam malino probably wanted to overdo it and lost a few tenths compared to 1.45.07. still can't handle the speed. easier as a young man to manage races more than "pace" he has a record of 8.00.39 in minutes. in LCM! July 21 15 years! potentially today it can be worth 7.48-7.50! .. it's fantastic! I had never seen such a talent in more than 45 years that I follow swimming.Here is perhaps the Romanian popovici of the same talent


2Fat4Speed
2 years ago

Wow! Great swim!!

I would not be surprised to see more and more fast young Italians. Italy has seen a huge improvement in performance over multiple disciplines. It is no longer one or two stars and just freestyle. Then are putting together greats TEAMS.

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