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2025 Sette Colli Trophy: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

2025 SETTECOLLI TROPHY

Ciao e Benvenuto!!!!

Welcome to the third and final day of the 61st Settecolli Trophy.

It was a fast morning prelims sessions and several of the world’s best found themselves relegated to the B-final, so we will make note of their times in the recaps as we progress through, as the likes of Ben Proud, Freya Anderson and Louise Hansson will not compete in the A-finals.

It would take a lot of effort to bump out those three swimmers, all of whom are World Championship medalists, but the 50 free on the women’s side was a blistering affair as it took a 25.57 to make the final, with Sara Curtis, the Italian record holder leading the way with the only sub-25 swim this morning, as her 24.97 secured lane 4 for her.

The men’s 50 fly prelims, too, had no margin for error as Proud was just .02 off of making the final, as it took a 23.74 to make the final. Like in the 50 free, the top seed, Noe Ponti, leads easily as his 22.75 was the only swim under 23 seconds this morning.

Sandwiched between the sprint events is the 200 backstroke. The men’s 200 back see’s Ponti’s compatriot Roman Mityukov as the top seed, but Great Britain’s Luke Greenbank is just over half a second back, with the pair each breaking 2:00 minutes this morning. Italian record holder Thomas Ceccon could play spoiler, though, as he qualified just 7th into the final, and lane 1 may have some outside smoke. The women’s 200 back will likely be a close affair as top seed Francesca Furfaro is seeded less than half a second ahead of the next two fastest swimmers.

The women’s 200 butterfly and the men’s and women’s 200 breaststroke make way to the men’s 200 frees where it will be a battle between the Italians and the Brits as the host nation put five swimmers into the final to square off against the Brits who are led by top seed Jack McMillian, with James Guy and Matt Richards joining him.

The 200 IM starts to wrap up the meet, but expect the men’s race to be just as exciting as it pits Duncan Scott against the likes of Alberto Razzetti, and not to mention the top seed Massimilliano Matteazzi.

The women’s 200 IM, too, is a similar affair to the men’s 200 free, as the Brits have certainly made their presence known as the advanced four into the final, led by the pair of Katie Shanahan and Abbie Wood.

The evening concluded with the 1500 free where European record holder and World Champion Gregorio Paltrinieri is the top seed, but could be pushed by Florian Wellbrock, who is seeded less than two seconds back.

WOMEN’S 50 Free – Final

Top 8

  1. Sara Curtis (ITA) – 24.74
  2. Silvia Di Pietro (ITA) – 24.81
  3. Petra Senanszky (HUN) – 25.02
  4. Theodora Drakou (GRE) – 25.22
  5. Angelina Koehler (GER)/Viola Scotto Di Carlo (ITA) – 25.25
  7. Constanza Concconcelli (ITA) – 25.30
  8. Agata Maria Ambler (ITA) – 25.33

Sara Curtis continued her winning ways in the A-Final of the women’s 50 free. Curtis, the Italian record holder, was 24.97 this morning but tonight got her hand to the wall in 24.74 to claim the win just ahead of her compatriot Silvia Di Pietro. It was a tight race as Di Pietro looked to be closing hard in the last few meters but Curtis got her hand onto the wall first. Thirteen years her senior, Di Pietro broke the 25-barrier, after having been 25.24 this morning as she stopped the clock in 24.81, just .09 off her PB of 24.72 from 2022. Hungary’s Petra Senanszky was just shy of joining the pair under the 25 seconds barrier as she took bronze in 25.02

The B-Final was a competitive affair. Sweden’s Louise Hansson and Italy’s Chiara Tarantino dead-heated at 25.37, tying for the win. The Swede sliced .24 off her time from this morning, and Tarantino, a 2024 Olympian, cut .35 off her result. It wasn’t the only tie in the heat, as Freya Anderson of Great Britain tied Emma Menicucci for third at 25.49.

MEN’S 200 Back – Final

  • World Record: 1:51.92 – Aaron Piersol, USA (2009)
  • Junior World Record: 1:55.14 – Kliment Kolesnokov, RUS (2017)
  • European Record: 1:53.23 – Evgeny Rylov, RUS (2021)
  • European Junior Record: 1:55.14 – Kliment Kolesnokov, RUS (2017)
  • Italian Record: 1:55.71 – Thomas Ceccon, (2025)
  • Championship Record: 1:55.05 – Ryosuke Irie, JPN (2012)

Top 8

  1. Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 1:56.55
  2. Roman Mityukov (SUI) – 1:56.72
  3. Christian Bacico (ITA) – 1:58.21
  4. Luke Greenbank (GBR) – 1:58.31
  5. Benedak Kovacs (HUN) – 1:59.97
  6. Mattia Morello (ITA) – 2:00.14
  7. Dylan Buonaguro (ITA) – 2:00.30
  8. Jonathan Marshall (GBR) – 2:01.09

I won’t claim to be Nostradamus, although I did foretell some outside smoke in the men’s 200 back final because it was kind of easy, as that person was Thomas Ceccon. The Olympic Gold medalist in the 100 back, Ceccon, was out like a bat and never looked back.

Opening the first 50 in 26.33, with the next closest swimmer being Jonny Marshall, who was 27.4, Ceccon continued to hammer away at the competition as he was the only swimmer sub-30 on the 2nd 50 (29.08), as he hit the 100 wall in 55.41. Just half a second off the World Record pace of Aaron Piersol, set in this very pool back in 2009, Ceccon started to fade as he went 30.06 and 31.08 on the last two 50s to stop the clock in 1:56.55.

The Olympic Bronze medalist in this event took a very different approach to the race, as Roman Mityukov was 3rd at the 50 (27.50), and while he was 2nd at the 100, his split of 57.75 was more than two seconds behind Ceccon. However, the Swiss star used his backhalf strength and descended the last three 50s of the race going 30.25, 29.94, and 29.03 to almost run down the flagging Ceccon, as he made up over two seconds on the last 50 alone to touch in 1:56.72, just .17 back.

The B-Final was won by Mattteo Vasarri, who nearly cracked 2:00 as he hit the wall in 2:00.38, a massive improvement upon the 2:03.54 he swam this morning.

WOMEN’S 200 Back – Final

Top 8

  1. Francesca Furfaro (ITA) – 2:11.74
  2. Holly McGill (GBR) – 2:11.92
  3. Katalin Burian (HUN) – 2:12.00
  4. Martina Cenci (ITA) – 2:13.21
  5. Erika Gaetani (ITA) – 2:14.47
  6. Anna Conti (ITA) – 2:15.08
  7. Aurora Velati (ITA) – 2:16.15
  8. Beatrice Merico (ITA) – 2:17.04

Francesca Furfaro and Holly McGill were locked into a duel over the last 100 of the women’s 200 back final. Furfaro opened up the race quicker than the other as she flipped first at the 100 in 1:04.26, leading compatriot Maritina Cenci by over half a second with McGill over a second back at 1:05.34, but the Brit fought back and used a strong back half to challenge the early leader.

Oustplitting Furfaro by .60 on the 3rd 50, McGill had pulled to within half a second and looked to be closing on the last 50 but ran out of room as she managed to gain another .30 back, but fell short of the win, hitting the wall in 2:11.92 to Furfaro’s winning time of 2:11.74. The pair were nearly each caught by the fast charging Katalin Burian, who was the only swimmer sub-33 on the last 50 as she surged into the bronze medal with a 32.54 to finish in 2:12.00

Benedatta Scalise, despite being 5th at the halfway mark, took the win in the B-final as she stopped the clock in 2:15.61, dropping nearly two seconds off of her prelims swim of 2:17.54.

MEN’S 50 Fly – Final

Top 8

  1. Noe Ponti (SUI) – 22..74
  2. Egor Kornev (NAB) – 23.11
  3. Abdelrahman Elaraby (EGY) – 23.21
  4. Luca Armbruster (GER)/Stergios Bilas – 23.41
  6. Lorenzo Garagani (ITA) – 23.43
  7. Teo Del Riego (ESP) – 23.64
  8. Jacob Peters (GBR) – 23.71

A drop is a drop, and Noe Ponti took off .01 from his prelims swim of 22.75, to take the win this evening in 22.74. A World Record holder in the short course meter version of the event, the Swiss star, like this morning was in a class of his own as his time was the only sub- 23 performance of the field. Ponti’s PB and Swiss record sits at 22.65 from last year. His performance this morning made him the 4th fastest performer on the year, but his drop this evening does not bump him any closer to 3rd.

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Egor Kornev, competing under a neutral athlete banner, claimed the silver in 23.11, while Abdelrahman Elaraby nabbed the bronze in 23.21, a bit off his 22.80 from the Mare Nostrum tour.  The time for Kornev appears to be a new PB for the Russian as his previous best appears to have been a 23.17.

British record holder Ben Proud took the B-final in a time of 23.20, dropping .56 off his time from this morning. Proud, who has a best of 22.75 dating back to his gold medal-winning performance at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, missed out on making the final by just .02 seconds. His time would have placed 3rd in the A-Final.

WOMEN’S 200 Fly – Final

Top 8

  1. Helena Rosendahl Bach (DEN) – 2:07.68
  2. Ellen Walshe (IRE) – 2:09.59
  3. Paola Borrelli (ITA) – 2:09.72
  4. Emily Richards (GBR) – 2:10.32
  5. Antonella Crispino (ITA) – 2:10.94
  6. Laura Ilyes (HUN) – 2:11.002
  7. Helena Musetti (ITA) – 2:11.04
  8. Keanna MacInnes (GBR) – 2:12.56

Defending World silver medalist Helena Rosendahl Bach had complete control over the field in the women’s 200 butterfly. The Danish National Record holder was just one of two swimmers under 29 at the first 50 as her 28.87 was joined by the 28.93 from Italy’s Paola Borrelli.  The pair were also the only two under 1:02.00 at the 100 with Bach being the lone swimmer under 1:01 as she hit the halfway mark in 1:00.66, with Borrelli back at 1:01.52.

Bach continued to extend her lead over her nearest competitors as she continued to demonstrate the stroke that earned her the silver in Doha. Under 2:10.00 by the slimmest of margins this morning (2:09.99), Bach crushed that prelims time as she stopped the clock in 2:07.68, just .24 off her time from Doha.

Two other swimmers joined her under the 2:10 barrier as Borrelli finished in 3rd at 2:09.72, and Ireland Ellen Walshe occupied the runner-up spot in 2:09.59. Walshe, the Irish National Record holder, was 6th at the 100 turn (1:02.73) and had pulled herself into 4th at the 150, but her 33.19 last 50 (the fastest in the field by .53) pulled her into 2nd.

Giulia Zambelli led from start to finish in the B-final. The Bologna-based swimmer took the win in 2:11.77, dropping more than two seconds off her 2:13.85 from this morning.

MEN’S 200 Breast – Final

  • World Record: 2:05.48 – Qin Haiyang, CHN (2023)
  • Junior World Record: 2:08.04 – Dong Zhihao, CHN (2023)
  • European Record: 2:05.85 – Leon Marchand, FRA (2024)
  • European Junior Record: 2:09.64 – Target Time
  • Italian Record: 2:08.50 – Loris Facci, (2009)
  • Championship Record: 2:07.63 – Arno Kamminga, NED (2021)

Top 8

  1. Yu Hanaguruma (JPN) – 2:09.06
  2. Christian Mantegazza (ITA) – 2:09.39
  3. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) – 2:10.00
  4. Gregory Butler (GBR) – 2:12.09
  5. Edoardo Giorgetti (ITA) – 2:12.38
  6. Antoine Marc (FRA) – 2:12.41
  7. Andrea Castello (ITA) – 2:12.72
  8. Cosimo Bulgi (ITA) – 2:13.65
  9. Alessandro Fortini (ITA) – DQ

Domestic competition in this event for Japan’s Yu Hanaguruma is very tough. Despite having posted the 5th fastest time in the World this season at 2:07.93, Hanaguruma is just ranked 4th amongst his countrymen. However, that said, he took top honors this evening in Rome, with a come from behind win over the Olympic Champion in the 1oo breaststroke.

Niccolo Martinenghi, more known for his sprint prowess, like Ceccon in the 200 back, took the race out fast. The only swimmer under 29 at the first turn (28.76), Martinenghi was still in the lead at the 2nd and 3rd turns as well as he was the only swimmer under 1:02 (1:01.78) at the 100. Hanaguruma, who was 4th at the 50 (29.63) pulled into 2nd at the 100 (1:02.45). The pair each split 33.33 on the 3rd 50, giving Martinenghi a lead of .67.

However, the Olympic Champion couldn’t hold off his competition like Ceccon did, as Hanaguruma’s 33.28 last 50 was more than enough to pass Martinenghi (34.89), and give the Japanese star the win in 2:09.06. Martinenghi finished in 2:10.00 after compatriot Christian Mantegazza, who was 3rd at the 150, also passed him, to finish 2nd in 2:09.39.

Another one of those swimmers that was too conservative in their prelims swim this morning, Lyubomir Epitropov, won the B-final in 2:15.09. The Bulgarian, who is the reigning European Champion in the event, was a little slower than his morning swim of 2:14.89.

WOMEN’S 200 Breast – Final

Top 8

  1. Angharad Evans (GBR) – 2:23.03
  2. Mona McSharry (IRE) – 2:25.05
  3. Francesca Fangio (ITA) – 2:25.18
  4. Alessia Ferraguti (ITA) – 2:27.73
  5. Francesca Zucca (ITA) – 2:28.75
  6. Lisa Mamie (SUI) – 2:29.04
  7. Giorgia Crepaldi (ITA) – 2:30.76
  8. Lucia Principi (ITA) – 2:30.97

British star Angharad Evans was in total control of the 200 breaststroke final. Evans, who swept the breaststroke at the British Championships back in April was the only swimmer in the field out in under 33 (32.75) and she continued that as she was also the lone swimmer to be under 1:09.00 (1:08.49). With a lead of over a second on fellow Brittish Isles swimmer Mona McSharry. McSharry, who represents Ireland, was in 2nd at 1:09.78.

Evans continued to extend her lead as she out split McSharry on the 3rd 50 by over half a second and on the last 50 by .1o, giving her a margin of victory of 2.02 seconds as the Brit touched in 2:23.03 to McSharry’s 2:25.05.

McSharry nearly got pipped for the silver as Italian national record holder, Francesca Fangio, was .27 of a second faster on the last 50, but ran out of space to complete the catch, finishing in 3rd in a time of 2:25.18.

Charlotte Bianchi, a 2024 European Junior finalist in this event for Great Britain, took the B-Final in 2:31.26, less than half a second off her time from April’s Aquatics GB Championships.

MEN’S 200 Free – Final

Top 8

  1. Carlos D’Ambrosio (ITA) – 1:45.99
  2. James Guy (GBR) – 1:46.49
  3. Jack McMillan (GBR) – 1:46.75
  4. Marco De Tullio (ITA) – 1:46.87
  5. Flippo Megli (ITA) – 1:47.44
  6. Stefano Di Cola (ITA) – 1:47.46
  7. Matthew Richards (GBR) – 1:47.72
  8. Giovanni Caserta (ITA) – 1:47.80

The Italians defended their home turf from the British invasion, as 5th seed Carlos D’Ambrosio claimed the win in the 200 free. The 18-year-old, who was 1:47.95 this morning, employed the same tactics as Ceccon and Martinenghi before him. He was out quick, opening up the first 50 in 24.51. He was just one of three swimmers under 25, as James Guy and Matthew Richards were also under that mark at 24.75 and 24.83, respectively.

D’Ambrosio gave back some ground over the middle 100 as Guy flipped just .01 back at the 150 mark and appeared to have the momentum behind him but D’Ambrosio had something left in reserve as he pulled out a last 50 of 27.13 to stay ahead of Guy, outstplitting him by .49 on the last 50 to take the win in 1:45.99. The time is the teenager’s first time under 1:46.00 as his previous best was a 1:46.32 set at April’s Italian National Championships, where he also finished first.

Guy finished 2nd in 1:46.49, holding off a fast-charging Jack McMillan, whose 26.72 last 50 was the only sub-27 split and closed what was a 1.16 gap to Guy to just .26 as he moved up from 6th to 3rd, stopping the clock in 1:46.75. Each of those times is a little off their times from the Aquatics GB Championships, where Guy tied for first in 1:45.08 and McMillan took 4th in 1:46.49.

WOMEN’S 400 Free – Final

Top 8

  1. Isabel Gose (GER) – 4:07.59
  2. Maria Paula Heitmann (BRA) – 4:11.52
  3. Noemi Lamberti (ITA) – 4:11.54
  4. Noemi Csearano (ITA) – 4:11.90
  5. Anna Chiara Mascolo (ITA) – 4:12.67
  6. Giulia Ramatelli (ITA) – 4:13.38
  7. Ludovica Terlizzi (ITA) – 4:15.01
  8. Azzurra Sbaragli (ITA) – 4:17.80

2nd at the first turn, German’s Isabel Gose took over the lead at the 100 turn and never relinquished it. The bronze medalist in this event in Doha and 5th place finisher at the Olympics, Gose, swam a controlled race, never really faltering.

After the opening 50 of 29.23, the German National Record holder held between 31.03 and 31.14 over the next four 50s. She fell slightly off her pace at the 300 and 350 turns, where she was 31.50 and 31.58, but she closed in 30.87 to take the win in 4:07.59. Gose has been as fast as 4:03.65, when she won the event in early May at the German National Championships.

Behind Gose, however, it was a strong battle as the next four swimmers all finished within 1.15 seconds of one another. Anna Chiara Mascolo, who led at the 50 (29.12) was in 2nd up through the 300 turn, but her jump into 32 lows spelt doom for her as Maria Paula Heitmann’s and Noemi Lamberti’s 31 highs slowly reeled her in, and by the 350 turn the pair had jumped into 3rd and 2nd respectively. Heitmann, a Brazilian swimmer, was .09 faster on the last 50 and got her hand onto the wall in front of Lamberti to take silver by just .02, 4:11.52 to 4:11.54.

Top 8

  1. Massimiliano Matteazzi (ITA) – 1:58.77
  2. Alberto Razzetti (ITA) – 1:59.12
  3. Gabor Zombori (ITA) – 1:59.40
  4. Duncan Scott (GBR) – 1:59.65
  5. Lucas Henveaux (BEL) – 1:59.99
  6. Jacopo Barbotti (ITA) – 2:01.00
  7. Tomoru Honda (JPN)/Simone Spediacci (ITA) – 2:01.78

Massimiliano Matteazzi used a strong backstroke split to assert his authority on a strong field and took the win in the men’s 200 IM. Out in 26.03, sitting in 7th after the butterfly leg, Matteazzi dropped the only sub-30 backstroke split (29.56) to pull himself into the lead as he made the back to breast turn at 55.59. No other swimmer was under 56 as Belgian Lucas Henveaux, who had the 2nd fastest back split of 30.65 was in 2nd at 56.15.

Matteazzi, now firmly in the lead, continued to build his advantage as he also produced the fastest breaststroke split, with his 34.11 outpacing all of the other competitors. Compatriot Alberto Razzetti, who had the 2nd fastest breaststroke split of 34.15 pulled himself from 7th after the back to 3rd placed and despite having fastest last 50 of 28.11, the Doha bronze medalist was unable to close the gap to Matteazzi who had built such a lead that his 29.07 last 50 (2nd slowest) didn’t affect him too much.

Matteazzi, who may be better known to American audiences as Max Matteazzi, the name under which he competes at the University of Pittsburgh (he finished 30th at NCAAs in this event) earned the win with a time of 1:58.77, an improvement upon his 4th-place time of 1:59.71 from the Italian National Championships in April. His time today ranks 2nd amongst Italians this year, trailing Razzetti’s 1:58.05 from the same meet, but neither were under the stiff 1:57.60 qualifying time so they will have to see if their performances were enough to be named to the team.

Razzetti claimed 2nd tonight in 1:59.12, .28 ahead of Hungary’s Gabor Zombori and .53 ahead of Duncan Scott.

WOMEN’S 200 I.M. – Final

MEN’S 1500 Free – Final

  • World Record: 14:30.67 – Bobby Finke, USA (2024)
  • Junior World Record: 14:41.22 – Kuyzey Tuncelli, TUR (2024)
  • European Record: 14:32.80 – Gregorio Paltrinieri, ITA (2022)
  • European Junior Record: 14:41.22 – Kuyzey Tuncelli, TUR (2024)
  • Italian Record: 14:32.80 – Gregorio Paltrinieri, ITA (2022)
  • Championship Record: 14:33.10 – Gregorio Paltrinieri, ITA (2020)

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