2024 Sette Colli Trophy: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2024 SETTE COLLI TROPHY

• Friday, June 21st – June 23rd
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The second night of the 2024 Sette Colli Trophy features a dozen finals, including a fun women’s 100 freestyle battle between Swedish world record holder Sarah Sjostrom (53.41 in prelims) and Hong Kong star Siobhan Haughey (53.93 in prelims).

Reigning world champion Marrit Steenbergen did not contest the 100 free this morning. Rio 2016 Olympic champion Penny Oleksiak (55.18 in prelims) will be chasing the qualifying time of 53.61 in search of an individual berth in Paris next month.

Two months removed from foot surgery, Lithuanian world record holder Ruta Meilutyte did not earn a second swim in the women’s 50 breaststroke after clocking a 32.67 in prelims. Italian record holder Benedetta Pilato was the only swimmer under 30 seconds during the women’s 50 breast heats at 29.99 this morning.

European record holder Katinka Hosszu is hunting for her sixth Olympic appearance in the 400 IM. The 35-year-old new mom qualified 2nd in prelims this morning (4:42.97) behind defending world champion Freya Colbert (4:41.00), about four seconds off the Olympic ‘A’ cut.

Among the Italians seeking last-minute Olympic qualification before the June 23 deadline are Olympic medalist Federico Burdisso in the men’s 200 fly and Costanza Cocconcelli in the women’s 100 butterfly.

Stay tuned for live updates below:

Women’s 100 Fly – Final

• World record: 55.18, Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 2024
• European record: 55.48, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2016
• Meet record: 56.04, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2015
• Olympic ‘A’ cut: 57.92

Top 8:

1. Louise Hansson (SWE) – 57.34
2. Rikako Ikee (JPN) – 57.36
3. Viola Scotto di Carlo (ITA) – 57.87
4. Tessa Giele (NED) – 58.43
5. Costanza Cocconcelli (ITA) – 58.56
6. Keanna Macinnes (GBR) – 58.74
7. Yui Ohashi (JPN) – 59.46
8. Elena di Liddo (ITA) – 59.49

The women’s 100 fly came down to the wire as 27-year-old Swede Louise Hansson (57.34) eked past Japanese leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee (57.36) by just a couple hundredths of a second.

Viola Scotto di Carlo blasted a huge lifetime best to likely add her name to the Italian Olympic roster right before the June 23 deadline. She reached the wall in 57.87 for 3rd place, dropping more than half a second off her previous-best 58.49 from last summer to sneak under the Olympic ‘A’ cut of 57.92.

Men’s 200 Fly – Final

• World record: 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN) – 2022
• European record: 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN) – 2022
• Meet record: 1:53.18, Kristof Milak (HUN) – 2021
• Olympic ‘A’ cut: 1:55.78

Top 8:

1. Giacomo Carini (ITA) – 1:54.34
2. Federico Burdisso (ITA) – 1:55.20
3. Alessandro Ragaini (ITA) – 1:56.28
4. Nicolas Albiero (BRA) – 1:56.34
5. Alberto Razzetti (ITA) – 1:56.50
6. Andrea Camozzi (ITA) – 1:59.29
7. Abdalla Ahmed Nasr Amin Youssef (EGY) – 1:59.87
8. Eren Kuru (TUR) – 2:00.05

Both Giacomo Carini (1:54.34) and reigning Olympic bronze medalist Federico Burdisso (1:55.20) cleared the Olympic ‘A’ cut of 1:55.78 en route to a 1-2 Italian finish, but only Carini will punch his ticket to Paris next month since Alberto Razzetti already qualified in the event.

Carini dropped almost a second off his previous-best 1:55.17 from the 2022 European Championships. Burdisso was about a second off his personal-best 1:54.28 from the 2021 European Championships.

Women’s 100 Back – Final

• World record: 57.13, Regan Smith (USA) – 2024
• European record: 58.08, Kathleen Dawson (GBR) – 2021
• Meet record: 59.23, Kira Toussaint (NED) – 2021
• Olympic ‘A’ cut: 59.99

Top 8:

1. Kira Toussaint (NED) – 1:00.13
2. Maaike de Waard (NED) – 1:00.33
3. Kathleen Dawson (GBR) – 1:00.83
4. Federica Toma (ITA) – 1:01.27
5. Medi Harris (GBR) – 1:01.30
6. Carlotta Zofkova Costa de Saint Genix de Beaureg (ITA) – 1:01.51
7. Margherita Panziera (ITA) – 1:01.58
8. Francesca Pasquino (ITA) – 1:01.81

Kira Toussaint (1:00.13) and Maaike de Waard (1:00.33) led a Dutch 1-2 finish in the women’s 100 back.

Toussaint, 30, touched within a couple seconds of her personal-best 58.65 from 2021. The 27-year-old de Waard was within a second of her personal-best 59.62 from 2022.

Great Britain’s Kathleen Dawson placed 3rd in 1:00.83, a couple seconds off her European record of 58.08 from 2021.

Men’s 50 Back – Final

• World record: 23.55, Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) – 2023
• European record: 23.55, Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) – 2023
• Meet record: 24.39, Michael Andrew (USA) – 2019

Top 8:

1. Michele Lamberti (ITA) – 24.40
2. Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 24.55
3. Guilherme Basseto (BRA) – 24.86
4. Riku Matsuyama (JPN) – 24.95
5. Jonathon Marshall (GBR) – 25.24
6. Francesco Lazzari (ITA) – 25.43
7. Scott Gibson (SCO) – 25.54
8. Matteo Brunella (ITA) – 25.75

Michele Lamberti took the men’s 50 back title in 24.40, matching Thomas Ceccon‘s Italian record from the 2023 World Championships.

Ceccon reached the wall .15 seconds behind Lamberti in 24.55. Both men will represent Italy in the 100 back at the Paris Olympics next month.

Brazil’s Guilherme Basseto placed 3rd in 24.86, holding off Japan’s Riku Matsuyama (24.95) for the final spot on the podium.

Women’s 400 IM – Final

• World record: 4:24.38, Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 2024
• European record: 4:26.36, Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 2016
• Meet record: 4:34.65, Ilaria Cusinato (ITA) – 2018
• Olympic ‘A’ cut: 4:38.53

Top 8:

1. Ellen Walshe (IRL) – 4:37.18
2. Sara Franceschi (ITA) – 4:38.77
3. Freya Colbert (GBR) – 4:40.15
4. Claudia di Passio (ITA) – 4:41.59
5. Anna Pirovano (ITA) – 4:42.08
6. Francesca Fresia (ITA) – 4:46.89
7. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 4:49.47
8. Ludovica Patetta (ITA) – 4:49.51

Ellen Walshe lowered her own Irish record (4:37.94 from last month) on her way to the women’s 400 IM win in 4:37.18. The 22-year-old is headed to her second Olympics next month in Paris.

Sara Franceschi, who already qualified for the Italian Olympic team in this event, earned a runner-up finish in 4:38.77.

Reigning world champion Freya Colbert rounded out the podium with a 3rd-place showing in 4:40.15, less than a second faster than she was in prelims this morning (4:41.00).

After qualifying 2nd in prelims this morning (4:42.97), European record holder Katinka Hosszu placed 7th in 4:49.47, well off the Olympic ‘A’ cut of 4:38.53. The 35-year-old Hungarian will gear up for the 200 IM tomorrow in what should be her last chance to qualify for her sixth Olympics.

Men’s 400 IM – Final

• World record: 4:02.50, Leon Marchand (FRA) – 2023
• European record: 4:02.50, Leon Marchand (FRA) – 2023
• Meet record: 4:07.47, David Verraszto (HUN) – 2017
• Olympic ‘A’ cut: 4:12.50

Top 8:

1. Daiya Seto (JPN) – 4:09.68
2. Max Litchfield (GBR) – 4:14.51
3. Charlie Hutchison (SCO) – 4:14.90
4. Apostolos Papastamos (GRE) – 4:15.43
5. Pier Andrea Matteazzi (ITA) – 4:16.98
6. Thomas Jansen (NED) – 4:18.28
7. David Verraszto (HUN) – 4:19.20
8. Simone Spediacci (ITA) – 4:20.25

Daiya Seto dominated the men’s 400 IM with a winning time of 4:09.68, making him the 7th-fastest performer in the world this season. The 30-year-old Japanese world champion has been as fast as 4:06.09 back in 2020.

Britain’s Max Litchfield (4:14.51) beat Scotland’s Charlie Hutchison (4:14.90) by less than half a second in the battle for 2nd place.

Women’s 100 Free – Final

• World record: 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2017
• European record: 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2017
• Meet record: 52.64, Siobhan Haughey (HKG) – 2023
• Olympic ‘A’ cut: 53.61

Top 8:

1. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 52.57 *Meet record
2. Siobhan Haughey (HKG) – 52.78
3. Anna Hopkin (GBR) – 53.53
4. Michelle Coleman (SWE) – 53.63
5. Sofia Morini (ITA) – 53.92
6. Chiara Tarantino (ITA) – 54.60
7. Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAN) – 54.69
8. Emma Virginia Menicucci (ITA) – 54.77

Sarah Sjostrom stepped up in the women’s 100 free final, taking down Siobhan Haughey (52.78) and her meet record (52.64 from 2023) with a winning time of 52.57. The Swedish world record holder now ranks 6th in the world this season in an event she said she will not swim in Paris next month.

Haughey owns the top time in the world this season at 52.05.

Britain’s Anna Hopkin placed 3rd in 53.53, just a tenth ahead of Sweden’s Michelle Coleman (53.63). Hopkin is ranked 12th in the world this season at 53.09.

Penny Oleksiak clocked a time of 53.77 in the B-final, still slightly off the Olympic ‘A’ cut of 53.61. The Rio 2016 Olympic champion and 4th-place finisher in Tokyo will not contest the event individually in Paris next month.

Men’s 100 Free – Final

• World record: 46.80, Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 2024
• European record: 46.86, David Popovici (ROU) – 2022
• Meet record: 48.10, David Popovici (ROU) – 2023
• Olympic ‘A’ cut: 48.34

Top 8:

1. Alessandro Miressi (ITA) – 48.08 *Meet record
2. Matthew Richards (GBR) – 48.45
3. Gui Caribe (BRA) – 48.80
4. David Cumberlidge (GBR) – 48.81
5. Duncan Scott (GBR) – 48.84
6. Sean Niewold (NED) – 48.96
7. Jack McMillan (GBR) – 49.18
8. Marcelo Chierighini (BRA) – 49.39

Alessandro Miressi erased David Popovici‘s 100 free meet record with a time of 48.08, two hundredths quicker than the Romanian’s mark from last year.

Miressi, the 25-year-old Italian record holder, ranks 10th in the world this season at 47.61 from last November. Great Britain’s Matthew Richards posted a 48.45 for 2nd place, within a second of his season-best 47.82 from February’s World Championships.

Gui Caribe, a rising junior at Tennessee, placed 3rd in 48.80, almost a second off his personal-best 47.82 from 2022. The British duo of David Cumberlidge (48.81) and Duncan Scott (48.84) were close behind.

Women’s 50 Breast – Final

• World record: 29.16, Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 2023
• European record: 29.16, Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 2023
• Meet record: 29.69, Benedetta Pilato (ITA) – 2021

Top 8:

1. Benedetta Pilato (ITA) – 29.71
2. Sophie Hansson (SWE) – 30.68
3. Lisa Angiolini (ITA) – 30.70
4. Arianna Castiglioni (ITA) – 30.71
5. Kara Hanlon (SCO) – 30.98
6. Macarena Ailen Ceballos (ARG) – 31.06
7. Angharad Evans (GBR) – 31.20
8. Henrietta Fangli (HUN) – 31.54

Benedetta Pilato cruised to victory in the women’s 50 breast with a time of 29.71, about four tenths off her Italian record of 29.30 from the 2021 European Championships. She narrowly missed her own meet record from 2021 by two hundredths of a second.

Sophie Hansson was almost a full second behind Pilato with a runner-up finish in 30.68, just two hundredths ahead of Lisa Angiolini (30.70) for 2nd place. Fellow Italian Arianna Castiglioni placed 4th in 30.71, just a hundredth off the podium.

Men’s 50 Breast – Final

• World record: 25.95, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2017
• European record: 25.95, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2017
• Meet record: 26.41, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2018

Top 8:

1. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) – 26.65
2. Ludovico Viberti (ITA) – 26.80
3. Simone Cerasuolo (ITA) – 27.05
4. Adam Peaty (GBR) – 27.16
5. Federico Poggio (ITA) – 27.44
6. Gabriele Mancini (ITA) – 27.76
7. Flavio Mangiamele (ITA) – 28.01
8. Alessandro Pinzuti (ITA) – 28.06

Nicolo Martinenghi picked up the men’s 50 breast victory in 26.65, a few tenths off her Italian record of 26.33 from the 2022 European Championships.

Fellow Italians Ludovico Viberti (26.80) and Simone Cerasuolo (27.05) rounded out the podium behind Martinenghi.

World record holder Adam Peaty placed 4th in 27.16.

Women’s 800 Free – Final

• World record: 8:04.79, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2016
• European record: 8:14.10, Rebecca Adlington (GBR) – 2008
• Meet record: 8:20.70, Alessia Filippi (ITA) – 2008
• Olympic ‘A’ cut: 8:26.71

Top 8:

1. Simona Quadarella (ITA) – 8:18.95 *Meet record
2. Isabel Gose (GER) – 8:19.20
3. Leonie Maertens (GER) – 8:27.92
4. Gabrielle Roncatto (BRA) – 8:29.70
5. Maria de Olivieira da Silva Costa (BRA) – 8:31.94
6. Beatriz Dizotti (BRA) – 8:37.63
7. Diana Margarida (POR) – 8:37.99
8. Emma Vittoria Giannelli (ITA) – 8:40.81

Simona Quadarella (8:18.95) held off Isabel Gose (8:19.20) by just a couple tenths, as both swimmers finished under the old meet record of 8:20.70 set by Alessia Filippi back in 2008.

Quadarella was only about a second off her season-best 8:17.44 from her 2024 world title win, which ranks 5th in the world this season. Gose ranks 6th this season with her 8:17.53 from February’s World Championships.

Gose’s German teammate, Leonie Maertens, placed 3rd in 8:27.92.

Men’s 800 Free – Final

• World record: 7:32.12, Zhang Lin (CHN) – 2009
• European record: 7:39.19, Daniel Wiffen (IRL) – 2023
• Meet record: 7:40.22, Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) – 2020
• Olympic ‘A’ cut: 7:51.65

Top 8:

1. Lukas Maertens (GER) – 7:43.52
2. Luca de Tullio (ITA) – 7:45.80
3. Daniel Wiffen (IRL) – 7:46.83
4. Florian Wellbrock (GER) – 7:48.07
5. Guilherme Costa (BRA) – 7:50.55
6. Sven Schwarz (GER) – 7:51.35
7. Oliver Klemet (GER) – 7:53.50
8. Victor Johansson (SWE) – 7:54.09

Lukas Maertens took the men’s 800 free title in a season-best 7:43.52, rising to No. 4 in the world this season. The 22-year-old German owns a lifetime best of 7:39.48 from the 2023 World Championships.

Luca de Tullio threw down a personal-best 7:45.80 for 2nd place, likely qualifying for the Italian Olympic roster under the qualifying time of 7:51.65. The 20-year-old shaved almost a second off his previous-best 7:46.52 from the 2024 World Championships in February.

SCM world record holder Daniel Wiffen reached the wall in 7:46.83, about a second ahead of Florian Wellbrock (7:48.07) for 3rd place.