2022 ITALIAN NATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN’S)
- March 28th – March 30th (men’s)
- Riccione, Italy
- SCM (25m)
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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
- Gabriele Detti – 3:36.63, 2019
- Emiliano Brembilla – 3:37.57, 2009
- Marco De Tulio – 3:37.83, 2021
- Federico Colbertaldo – 3:38.11, 2009
- Matteo Ciampi – 3:38.58, 2021
- Massimiliano Rosolino – 3:39.33, 2008
- 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.
great swim!! only 15, kids got a great future!!
using ondeck’s time converter, ballpark estimate of this converted to the 500 is 4:15ish. what are they feeding kids nowadays.
Seems more like 4:12?
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.
Is this kid 15 or 16? Not that it matters *that* much but the video says he’s 16.
15
Turns 16 in May.
16 in 25 may
This sport is getting too fast bruh
Video here
https://youtu.be/f-_TxUohV4k
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.
Even after 20 years, no one is touching Thorpe’s 3:40.08
M 400 free needs revolution.
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.
But the 3:40 lows were in his trimetazidine era.
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.
surely not. They don’t all have TUE’s do they?
Juiced
i cook da pizza!
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
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.