2025 Settecolli Trophy: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

2025 SETTECOLLI TROPHY

• June 26–28, 2025
• Stadio del Nuoto, Foro Italico – Rome, Italy
• Heats: 3:00 a.m. (EST time) – streamed on Federnuoto YouTube Channel
• Finals: 12:00  (EST time) – live on Rai 2 (Italy)
• Meet central
• Live Results

Welcome to the first finals session of this year’s Settecolli Trophy! The stars were out this morning, and we could see some very fast swimming tonight.

We will start the session with the men’s 100 backstroke, where Pavel Samusenko took the top qualifying spot with his 54.48. Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Thomas Ceccon also made the final, coming in seeded 5th at 54.64, more than three seconds over his world record time of 51.60.

The women’s 50 backstroke will be led by Lauren Cox from Great Britain, who came in with the top time this morning at 28.18, just over a tenth ahead of Italy’s Federica Toma in 28.32.

The men’s 400 freestyle top seed is Marco De Tullio and his 3:48.71. He will be joined in the middle of the pool by Florian Wellbrock who was the only other athlete under 3:50 this morning at 3:49.46. The 3rd-7th place seeds are all coming in less than a second apart at 3:51, meaning we could see a close race this evening.

The women’s 200 freestyle is also looking like it will be a close race with just over a second separating top seed Freya Colbert’s 1:59.41 and 8th seed Snaefridu Jorunnardottir’s 2:00.49.

Ludovico Viberti took the top spot of the men’s 100 breaststroke, coming in at 59.97 to be the only man under the 1:00 barrier this morning. Nicolo Martinenghi, the Olympic champion comes in as the 3rd seed in 1:00.07.

We also have the women’s 100 breaststroke on the docket this evening, and Angharad Evans will be trying to hold onto her top spot in the event with her 1:06.83 from prelims. Olympic bronze medalist Mona McSharry was hot on her heels though, taking the 2nd seed in 1:07.05, and she will be looking to improve that placement tonight.

Noe Ponti was this morning’s record setter, swimming 50.40 in the men’s 100 fly to break Kristof Milak’s Settecolli record and take the top seed by almost a second-and-a-half. He currently sits in 2nd in the world this year and could be looking to take over Maxime Grousset’s top spot with his swim tonight.

Silvia DiPietro won the women’s 50 fly prelims in 26.04, just six-hundredths ahead of Angelina Koehler’s 26.10 in 2nd.

The final event of the morning will be the men’s 50 freestyle, where Benjamin Proud took the top seed in 21.90.

MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE

• World Record: Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 51.60, June 20, 2022
• Junior World Record: Miron Lifintsev (NAB) – 52.08, July 28, 2024
• European Record: Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 51.60, 20 June 2022
• European Junior Record: Miron Lifintsev (NAB) – 52.08, 28 July 2024
• Italian Record: Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 51.60, June 20, 2022
• Championship Record: Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 52.43, 2024

Top 8 Finishers

1. Miron Lifintsev (NAB)- 53.23
2. Thomas Ceccon (ITA)- 53.31
3. Apostolos Christou (GRE)- 53.47
4. Christian Bacico (ITA)- 53.71
5. Jonathon Marshall (GBR)/Roman Mityukov (SUI)- 54.50
6. —
7. Pavel Samusenko (NAB)- 54.65
8. Dylan Buonaguro (ITA)- 55.29

Miron Lifintsev won the 100 backstroke by just eight-hundredths, stopping the clock in 53.23. This time is exactly a second off his season best of 52.23 from April.

Thomas Ceccon came in 2nd, touching in 53.31 to drop about a second from prelims. He was just under a second off the 52.43 he swam at this meet last year to set the meet record.

Apostolos Christou took 3rd, almost just over two tenths back of Lifintsev’s winning time. His 53.47 was a second off his season best of 52.51 from May.

Kliment Kolesnikov finished 17th in the morning’s prelims after getting caught up in the lane rope during the race.

WOMEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE

• World Record: Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 26.86, October 20, 2023
• Junior World Record: Minna Atherton (AUS) – 27.49, 29 January 2016
• European Record: Kira Toussaint (NED) – 27.10, 10 April 2021
• European Junior Record: Daria Vaskina (RUS) – 27.51, July 25, 2019
• Italian Record: Silvia Scalia (ITA) – 27.39, August 13, 2022
• Championship Record: Holly Barratt (AUS) – 27.57, 2017

Top 8 Finishers

1. Federica Toma (ITA)- 27.97
2. Lauren Cox (GBR)- 28.05
3. Francesca Pasquino (ITA)- 28.31
4. Theodora Drakou (GRE)- 28.32
5. Chiara Lamanna (ITA)- 28.59
6. Chiara Gattafoni (ITA)- 28.70
7. Francesca Romana Furfaro (ITA)- 28.97
8. Giada Gorlier (ITA)- 29.13

Federica Toma won the women’s 50 backstroke by a little under a tenth of a second, swimming 27.97 to mark only her 2nd time under 28 seconds. The only time she has been faster was in July of 2022 when she swam 27.84.

Lauren Cox took 2nd at 28.05, about a second off her best time of 27.15 from last month.

Francesca Pasquino rounded out the top three, finishing in 28.31 to come in just a hundredth ahead of Theodora Drakou to earn the last podium finish.

MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE

• World Record: Lukas Martens (GER) – 3:39.96, 12 April 2025
• Junior World Record: Petar Mitsin (BUL) – 3:44.31, July 9, 2023
• European Record: Lukas Martens (GER) – 3:39.96, 12 April 2025
• European Junior Record: Petar Mitsin (BUL) – 3:44.31, 9 July 2023
• Italian Record: Gabriele Detti (ITA) – 3:43.23, July 21, 2019
• Championship Record: Gabriele Detti (ITA) – 3:43.73, 2020

Top 8 Finishers

1. Marco De Tullio (ITA)- 3:44.89
2. Florian Wellbrock (GER)- 3:47.50
3. Davide Marchello (ITA)- 3:48.11
4. Jack McMillan (GBR)- 3:48.86
5. Matteo Lamberti (ITA)- 3:49.43
6. Lucas Henveaux (BEL)- 3:49.70
7. Ivan Giovannoni (ITA)- 3:51.42
8. Gabriele Detti (ITA)- 3:51.59

Marco De Tullio brought home the gold in the 400 freestyle in dominant fashion, coming in almost three seconds ahead of the rest of the field with his 3:44.89/ He got out first, and held consistent 28.5 splits through the middle of the race, building a strong lead before coming home in 28.11 to just miss his best time of 3:44.14 from 2022.

Florian Wellbrock also swam a consistent race, splitting between 28.85 and 28.99 on the middle 200. He came home slightly faster than De Tullio at 27.84 to hold of a late charge from Davide Marchello and finish 2nd in 3:47.50.

Marchello had the fastest final 50 split in the field at 27.08, more than a second faster than De Tullio’s final 50, to finish 3rd overall.

WOMEN’S 200 FREESTYLE

• World Record: Ariarne Titmus (AUS) – 1:52.23, 12 June 2024
• Junior World Record: Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 1:53.65, July 26, 2023
• European Record: Federica Pellegrini (ITA) – 1:52.98, 29 July 2009
• European Junior Record: Nikoletta Padar (HUN) – 1:56.14, 1 August 2024
• Italian Record: Federica Pellegrini (ITA) – 1:52.98, July 29, 2009
• Championship Record: Federica Pellegrini (ITA) – 1:54.55, 2016

Top 8 Finishers

1. Freya Colbert (GBR)- 1:57.32
2. Abbie Wood(GBR)- 1:58.21
3. Bianca Nannucci (ITA)- 1:58.35
4. Anna Chiara Mascolo (ITA)- 1:58.69
5. Matilde Biagiotti (ITA)- 1:58.85
6. Snaefridu Jorunnardottir (ISL)- 1:59.60
7. Giulia D’Innocenzo (ITA)- 1:59.64
8. Emma Virginia Menicucci (ITA)- 1:59.86

From the very beginning of the race, Freya Colbert took control, leading from wire-to-wire to bring home the gold in the women’s 200 freestyle. Finishing in 1:57.32, Colbert flipped almost a second ahead of Abbie Wood in 2nd.

Wood, another Great Britain swimmer, finished 2nd in the event at 1:58.21, splitting 30.03 on the final 50 to maintain a lead on the late charging Bianca Nannucci, who finished 3rd.

Nannucci started the race in 8th place after splitting 28.31 on the first 50. She gradually came back from that position, flipping 7th at the 100 and 5th at the 150. She was the only swimmer in the field to split under 30 seconds on the final 50, coming in at 29.74 to almost take over 2nd and finish in 1:58.35.

MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE

• World Record: Adam Peaty (GBR) – 56.88, 21 July 2019
• Junior World Record: Nicol0 Martinenghi (ITA) – 59.01, August 23, 2017
• European Record: Adam Peaty (GBR) – 56.88, 21 July 2019
• European Junior Record: Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) – 59.01, 23 August 2017
• Italian Record: Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) – 58.26, June 19, 2022
• Championship Record: Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) – 58.29, 2021

Top 8 Finishers

1. Ludovico Viberti (ITA)- 59.06
2. Ivan Kozhakin (NAB)- 59.14
3. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA)- 59.37
4. Yu Hanaguruma (JPN)- 59.94
5. Alessandro Pinzuti (ITA)- 59.95
6. Christian Mantegazza (ITA)- 1:00.10
7. Melvin Athohame Imoudu (GER)- 1:00.25
8. Simone Cerasuolo (ITA)- 1:00.61

The men’s 100 breaststroke went to Ludovico Viberti in 59.06. Viberti currently sits in 5th in the world this year with the 59.04 he went at the Italian National Championships in April.

Ivan Kozhakin swam 59.14 to finish 2nd overall, which will move him up to 7th in the world this year, just ahead of Nicolo Martinenghi‘s 59.16, also from the Italian National Championships.

Martinenghi took the bronze in 59.37.

WOMEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE

• World Record: Lilly King (USA) – 1:04.13, 25 July 2017
• Junior World Record: Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 1:04.35, July 29, 2013
• European Record: Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 1:04.35, 29 July 2013
• European Junior Record: Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 1:04.35, 29 July 2013
• Italian Record: Benedetta Pilato (ITA) – 1:05.44, June 21, 2024
• Championships Record: Yuliya Efimova (RUS) – 1:04.98, 2018

Top 8 Finishers

1. Angharad Evans (GBR)- 1:06.33
2. Mona McSharry (IRL)- 1:06.86
3. Henrietta Fangli (HUN)- 1:07.25
4. Dominika Sztandera (POL)- 1:07.28
5. Lisa Angiolini (ITA)- 1:07.34
6. Irene Mati (ITA)- 1:08.09
7. Francesca Zucca (ITA)- 1:08.35
8. Lisa Mamie (SUI)- 1:08.76

Angharad Evans won the women’s 100 breaststroke by more than half-a-second, touching in 1:06.33. Evans currently sits in 1st in the world this year, thanks to the 1:05.37 she swam in April at the Great Britain Swimming Championships.

Mona McSharry took 2nd in 1:06.86 as the only other swimmer under 1:07 in the event. This was over a second off her best time of 1:05.51 from last summer’s Olympic Games.

Hungary’s Henrietta Fangli finished 3rd in 1:07.25, just three-hundredths ahead of Dominka Sztandera from Poland.

MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY

• World Record: Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 49.45, July 31, 2021
• Junior World Record: Kristóf Milák (HUN) – 50.62, 29 July 2017
• European Record: Kristóf Milák (HUN) – 49.68, 31 July 2021
• European Junior Record: Kristóf Milák (HUN) – 50.62, 29 July 2017
• Italian Record: Piero Codia (ITA) – 50.64, August 9, 2018
• Championship Record: Noe Ponti (SUI) – 50.40, 2025

Top 8 Finishers

1. Noe Ponti (SUI)- 50.42
2. Federico Burdisso (ITA)- 51.55
3. Andrei Minakov (NAB)- 51.61
4. Gianmarco Sansone (ITA)- 52.01
5. Edward Mildred (GBR)- 52.18
6. Edoardo Valsecchi (ITA)- 52.24
7. Alberto Razzetti (ITA)- 52.31
8. Michele Busa (ITA)- 52.43

Noe Ponti did not rebreak his championship record from prelims, coming in at 50.42 to miss it by two-hundredths. He still won the event by more than a second over Federico Burdisso‘s 51.55.

Burdisso turned in 2nd at the 50 in 24.16, almost three tenths behind Andrei Minakov‘s 23.90 for 2nd. Burdisso had a stronger final 50, though, coming home in 27.39 to Minakov’s 27.71 to snag the silver medal leaving Minakov to the bronze as the final swimmer under 52 seconds.

WOMEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY

• World Record: Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 24.43, 5 July 2014
• Junior World Record: Rikako Ikee (JPN) – 25.46, August 26, 2017
• European Record: Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 24.43, 5 July 2014
• European Junior Record: Anastasiya Shkurdai (BLR) – 25.56, 1 July 2021
• Italian Record: Silvia Di Pietro (ITA) – 25.78, 19 August 2014
• Championship Record: Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 24.73, 21 June 2024

Top 8 Finishers

1. Angelina Koehler (GER)- 25.55 **New German Record**
2. Anna Ntountounaki (GRE)- 25.97
3. Silvia Di Pietro (ITA)- 25.98
4. Viola Scotto Di Carlo (ITA)- 26.23
5. Costanza Cocconcelli (ITA)- 26.40
6. Beatriz Bezerra (BRA)- 26.67
7. Eva Okaro (GBR)/Rita Maria Pignatiello (ITA)- 26.80

Angelina Kohler broke her own German record in the women’s 50 fly, winning the event in 25.55. Her previous record was 26.62 from April of this year. This will move her up to 6th in the world this year, just ahead of Anna Ntountounaki‘s 25.63 from April.

Ntountounaki finished 2nd in 25.97, one-hundredth ahead of Silvia Di Pietro‘s 25.98 for 3rd.

MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE

• World Record: César Cielo (BRA) – 20.91, 18 December 2009
• Junior World Record: Michael Andrew (USA) – 21.75, 25 August 2017
• European Record: Frédérick Bousquet (FRA) – 20.94, 26 April 2009
• European Junior Record: Artem Selim (GRE) – 21.83, 7 July 2019
• Italian Record: Andrea Vergani (ITA) – 21.37, August 8, 2018
• Championship Record: Benjamin Proud (GBR) – 21.16, 2018

Top 8 Finishers

1. Egor Kornev (NAB)- 21.58
2. Andrej Barna (SRB)- 21.88
3. Leonardo Deplano (ITA)- 21.89
4. Benjamin Proud (GBR)- 21.98
5. Lorenzo Zazzeri (Italy)- 22.05
6. Thomas Fannon (IRL)- 22.18
7. Stergois Marios Bilas (GRE)- 22.22
8. Manuel Frigo (ITA)- 22.36

The men’s 50 free went to Egor Kornev‘s 21.58. This time was about a tenth of a second off the 21.43 he went at Russian Nationals in April which currently sits in 3rd in the world this year.

Andrej Barna swam 21.88 for 2nd, just out touching Italy’s Leonardo Deplano‘s 21.89 in 3rd.

Benjamin Proud was the last man under 22 seconds, coming in at 21.98 for 4th place.

WOMEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE- TIMED FINALS

• World Record: Katie Ledecky (USA)- 15:20.48,  16 May 2018
• Junior World Record: Katie Ledecky (USA)- 15:28.36, 24 August 2014
• European Record: Lotte Friis (DEN)- 15:38.88, 30 July 2013
• European Junior Record: Merve Tuncel (TUR)- 15:55.23, 10 July 2021
• Italian Record: Simona Quadarella (ITA)- 15:40.89, 23 July 2019
• Championship Record: Simona Quadarella (ITA)- 15:48.27, 21 June 2024

Top 8 Finishers

1. Simona Quadarella (ITA)- 15:54.23
2. Isabel Marie Gose (GER)- 15:57.83
3. Veronica Santoni (ITA)- 16:37.74
4. Valentina Procaccini )ITA)- 16:39.68
5. Azzurra Sbaragli (ITA)- 16:40.60
6. Alisia Tettamanzi (ITA)- 16:48.13
7. Valerie Buffa (ITA)- 16:51.89
8. Diana Margarida Duraes (POR)- 16:51.98

The women’s 1500 freestyle was a two woman race between Simona Quadarella and Isabel Marie Gose. Gose was out behind Quadarella but took over the lead at the 300 mark, and stayed a few hundredths ahead for the next 100 meters. After that the two traded off the lead a few times before Quadarella ultimately took over at the 700 and didn’t look back.

Quadarella held between 31.7 and 32.3 for the majority of the race before dropping into the 31.5 range with 250 remaining. Gose was also consistent, swimming between 31.8 and 32.2 for most of the race. She dropped off this pace a little bit at the end, swimming three 32.3s and 32.4s in the last 200.

Veronica Santoni came in 3rd, 40 seconds back of Gose.