2018 SETTE COLLI TROPHY
- June 29-30 / July 1, 2018
- Rome, Italy
- Foro Italico
- LCM (50m)
- Race Program
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
The final session of the 2018 Sette Colli Trophy in Rome is set to get underway, and an another exciting session is in store.
The most anticipated race of the night without a doubt is the men’s 50 fly, where top seed Andrii Govorov has said he’s aiming for the world record. He was just a tenth off a few weeks ago, but he’ll have to deal with Ben Proud, the reigning world champ in the event, who swam one of the fastest 50 frees in history on day 1.
For a full recap of this morning’s prelims, click here.
Men’s 200 Back
- Meet Record: 1:55.05, Ryosuke Irie (JPN), 2012
- Adam Telegdy, HUN, 1:58.17
- Christopher Ciccarese, ITA, 1:58.77
- Luke Greenbank, GBR, 1:59.05
Hungarian Adam Telegdy broke the men’s 200 back field on the third 50, splitting 29,98, and held off Italian Christopher Ciccarese coming home to touch in 1:58.17 for the win. Telegdy, who holds a PB of 1:56.69 from last summer’s World Championships, lowers his season-best of 1:58.70 from the Hungarian Championships.
Ciccarese was just off his season-best for 2nd in 1:58.77, and Luke Greenbank had the fastest final 50 of anyone in 29.55 to clip 3rd from German Christian Diener. Diener led through the 100, and was just behind Telegdy at the 150, but struggled coming back and touched 4th in 1:59.17.
Women’s 200 Back
Meet Record: 2:07.73, Aya Terakawa (JPN), 2012
- Margherita Panziera, ITA, 2:07.16
- Jessica Fullalove, GBR, 2:11.16
- Kathryn Greenslade, GBR, 2:12.23
Italy’s Margherita Panziera follows up her national record in the 100 back from Saturday with another in the 200, knocking nearly a second off her previous lifetime best in 2:07.16. She breaks Alessia Filippi‘s 2009 record of 2:08.03, and improves her 2:08.08 from the Mediterranean Games. She moves up from 8th to 6th in the world rankings, and also broke Aya Terakawa‘s 2012 meet record of 2:07.73.
Jessica Fullalove flipped 5th at the 100 amidst the pack behind Panziera, but used a strong back half to take over the 2nd spot in 2:11.16, dropping her season-best of 2:11.51. Fellow Brit Kathryn Greenslade managed to hold off Simona Baumrtova (2:12.26) and Jenny Mensing (2:12.54) for 3rd in 2:12.23.
Men’s 50 Fly
Meet Record: 22.89, Andrii Govorov (UKR), 2018
- Andrii Govorov, UKR, 22.27
- Ben Proud, GBR, 22.93
- Mathys Goosen, NED, 23.55
Andrii Govorov unleashed the fastest swim of all-time in the men’s 50 fly final, clocking 22.27 to shatter the 9-year-old world record of 22.43 by 0.16. That record, set in 2009 amidst the super-suit era, belonged to Spaniard Rafael Munoz.
Ben Proud dropped his season-best by .03 for 2nd in 22.93, moving past Brazilian Nicholas Santos for 2nd in the world rankings. Mathys Goosen of the Netherlands also clipped his season-best for 3rd in 23.57.
Women’s 200 Fly
- Meet Record: 2:07.05, Sara Isakovic (SLO), 2008
- Boglarka Kapas, HUN, 2:07.54
- Liliana Szilagyi, HUN, 2:08.01
- Alys Thomas, GBR, 2:08.26
Hungarian Boglarka Kapas was just 4th at the halfway mark of the women’s 200 fly, but came home in 1:04.8 (after going out in 1:02.7) to take over the lead and win in a new best time of 2:07.54. She jumps from 22nd to 8th in the world rankings.
Her teammate Liliana Szilagyi dropped a season-best herself in 2:08.01, improving her 2:08.48, to take 2nd, while early leader Alys Thomas of GBR fell to 3rd on the final 50 in 2:08.26. Thomas is ranked #1 in the world this year at 2:05.45.
Men’s 200 Breast
- Meet Record: 2:08.74, Marco Koch (GER), 2012
- Luca Pizzini, ITA, 2:09.34
- Marco Koch, GER, 2:09.45
- Arno Kamminga, NED, 2:09.86
Italian Luca Pizzini moved into the lead on the third 50 of the men’s 200 breast and managed to hang on to it all the way home, touching in 2:09.34 to edge out German Marco Koch, who made up half a second on him on the final 50. Pizzini improves his season-best of 2:09.91, and slides one spot ahead of Koch (18th) in the world ranks.
Arno Kamminga, who has had a fantastic meet overall, swam a very solid 2:09.86 for 3rd.
Women’s 200 Breast
Meet Record: 2:21.81, Leisel Jones (AUS), 2008
- Yuliya Efimova, RUS, 2:20.72
- Molly Renshaw, GBR, 2:25.66
- Chloe Tutton, GBR, 2:25.97
Swimming way out in lane 1, reigning world champ Yuliya Efimova established full control of the women’s 200 breast final on the second length and ran away with the win in 2:20.72, breaking Leisel Jones‘ 10-year-old meet record by over a second. She also establishes the fastest time in the world this year, which previously stood at 2:21.85 from Reona Aoki.
British teammates Molly Renshaw and Chloe Tutton battled it out for 2nd, with Renshaw using a 37.65 final 50 to get by Tutton in a time of 2:25.66. The two of them currently rank 6th and 7th in the world having been 2:23-low.
Men’s 200 Free
- Meet Record: 1:46.78, Gabriele Detti (ITA), 2016
- Luiz Melo, BRA / Fernando Scheffer, BRA, 1:46.84
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- Filippo Megli, ITA, 1:47.58
Brazilian Luiz Melo, who won the 200 fly on day 2, went out for it in the men’s 200 free, maintaining the lead at the 50, 100 and 150 walls. However, on the final 50, his countryman Fernando Scheffer began to run him down, and they ended up tying for the win in 1:46.84. That’s a new lifetime best for Melo, putting him 17th in the world rankings, while Scheffer currently sits 6th with his 1:46.08 from the Maria Lenk Trophy.
Filippo Megli continued a strong night for the host Italians with a 3rd place finish in 1:47.58, just off his season-best of 1:47.29.
Women’s 200 Free
- Meet Record: 1:54.55, Federica Pellegrini (ITA), 2016
- Femke Heemskerk, NED, 1:56.39
- Manuella Lyrio, BRA, 1:57.99
- Larissa Oliveira, BRA, 1:58.55
Femke Heemskerk led the women’s 200 free wire-to-wire, winning in a time of 1:56.39 to come close to her season-best of 1:56.11.
Brazilian Manuella Lyrio came within striking distance of her South American Record (1:57.28) for 2nd in 1:57.99, improving her season-best by almost a second, and her countrywoman Larissa Oliveira also went her fastest of the season for 3rd in 1:58.55. Valentine Dumont was only a few tenths off her Belgian Record for 4th in 1:58.66.
Men’s 200 IM
- Meet Record: 1:57.54, Daiya Seto (JPN), 2017
- David Verraszto, HUN, 1:59.65
- Max Litchfield, GBR, 1:59.68
- Giovanni Sorriso, ITA, 2:00.82
David Verraszto used the fastest breast split in the field of 34.16 to ultimately come away with the win in the men’s 200 IM, posting a season-best of 1:59.65 to complete the medley sweep. Great Britain’s Max Litchfield, who also swam a season-best, had the fastest free split in the field of 28.19 to almost run down Verraszto, falling just .03 short in 1:59.68.
Giovanni Sorriso was strong on both breast and free, moving up from 5th at the 100 to 3rd at the touch, coming just three tenths off of his lifetime best in 2:00.82.
Women’s 200 IM
- Meet Record: 2:10.01, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (GBR), 2017
- Ilaria Cusinato, ITA, 2:10.92
- Yuliya Efimova, RUS, 2:11.89
- Maria Ugolkova, SUI, 2:12.19
Ilaria Cusinato cranked out the second Italian national record of the session to win the women’s 200 IM, putting up a 2:10.92 to knock off Alessia Filippi‘s 2:11.25 from 2009. Along with the 200 back record from Panziera, two of Filippi’s 2009 records fell by the wayside today. Cusinato lowers her best of 2:11.26, and now sits 10th in the world rankings.
After a big win in the 200 breast, Yuliya Efimova nearly pulled off the double in the IM, throwing down a 34.76 breaststroke split (competitive with the top men’s splits), to establish a full second lead over Cusinato heading into the free. The Italian out-split her by two seconds, but Efimova still came within a few tenths of her personal best for 2nd in 2:11.89. Swiss National Record holder Maria Ugolkova dropped over two seconds off her season-best for 3rd in 2:12.19.
Men’s 1500 Free
- Meet Record: 14:49.06, Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA), 2017
- Gregorio Paltrinieri, ITA, 14:49.32
- Domenico Acerenza, ITA, 15:00.85
- Guilherme Costa, BRA, 15:07.33
Olympic and World Champion Gregorio Paltrinieri was dominant as per usual in winning the men’s 1500, splitting above 30 seconds only five times to clock 14:49.32, just missing his meet record from last year of 14:49.06. He’s been as fast as 14:46.25 this year, which ranks him 2nd behind German Florian Wellbrock (14:40.69).
Paltrinieri’s fellow Italian Domenico Acerenza held 2nd throughout the majority of the race, finishing as the runner-up in 15:00.85, just off his 15:00.63 from Italian Nationals. Guilherme Costa, who broke the South American Record yesterday in the 800 free, was 3rd in 15:07.33.
Efimova looking awfully tough after a 29.84, 1:04.98 and 2:20.72 at this meet. If there wasn’t much of, or any taper involved, we may have a great virtual battle at the summer championships.
And after also doing prelims of the 200 IM. Albeit she took it easy in both 200’s in the morning, that’s still impressive.
WR race video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rLPPmzbcCA8
Thank you for the video. Pretty pool, but very weak crowd noise for a WR! Sad!
Scheffer is gonna go 1:44 1:45 at pan pacs Brazil is also building a strong 4×200 for 2020
We should pump the brakes on the 1:44 predictions. Every year this crowd predicts 1:44s are coming and we end up with 1:45s and 1:46s
Scheffer was 1:46 flat and 1:44:8 relay on trials now he went 1:46:8 and probably not 100% as his goals is pan pacs and his 100 was much worse here
Don’t get me wrong, I’m hoping for the 1:44’s, would love to see them, but it’s been a tough milestone for many to achieve.
The men I’m looking forward too see in this years European Championships is Govorov and Proud. It will be exciting if Govorov can take down the World Record a little bit more and if Proud can challenge the 50m free record.
Given Govorov’s 50 fly I wonder if he could challenge Dressel either in the 50 free or the 100 fly. Or is he too specialized?
The second. He is insanely build up, he wuold sink after 75m.
We’re talking Alain Bernard in the Lezak relay rundown.
I tried to find Govorov’s 100 free and fly times and there were none listed. Nope. He’s a 50 specialist. He won’t be challenging Dressel in any 100s.
Has Govorov ever swam a 100 fly? Any times?
He swam it this week:
52.98 PB – Splits were pretty much 23.5/29.5 haha…
WTF! Not that far off a 21 50 fly now
We may be a long ways to that.
HOLY HELL GOVOROV!! Swim of the year so far, and will be extremely hard to beat… 22.2… for FLY!!! He is unbeatable when he nails his start.
Masterful swim, and so great to see another suited record go down! He and Proud are clearly pushing eachother to greatness in the sprints!
Yes, start was his weak point, usually he was the fastest on the surface.
I would say KL 1500 is swim of the year so far
Each to their own; but for me to hack such an amount off a long standing 50 mark is remarkable.
But less guys shooting for the event until it became a works champs swim and the 3 stroke 50’s still get less attention.
In the USA yes; But 50s are big business over here, and in Brazil… look how many superstar sprinters the Danes, Swedes and Dutch throw out. Saffas have always specialised the sprints too.
You also have a lot of top mid distance 200/400/800 free ladies who don’t step up to the 1500 because of it being non-Olympic remember. Off the top of my head I can say Britains top 2 freestylers of all time, Adlington and Carlin, never took the 1500 very seriously – I think Adlington only swam it once when she was very young.
Hard to imagine someone actually beating Dressel by a body length, but that’s about where we stand with best times.
And that person is somebody who is half a bodylength behind Dressel at 15m… madness
Proud kind of a let down with a 22.93, expecting more after his 21.1 50 free, but no one was beating Govorov.
On a positive note, Proud’s 100fr (50.5) and 50 fly (22.9) make me think he has more to come in the 50fr too…
Could he go close to sub 21?
His 100 free of 50.5 makes Michael Andrew seem like a distance swimmer.
Haha….almost a crime someone can swim a 21.1 50 but can only muster a 50.5 100
He split a 47.9 at Commenwealth on a relay
That he did, but the fact still remains. He swam a 21.1 and a 50.5 in the same week. Granted the 100 time was from a preliminary so perhaps if he would have made the final he would have been faster.
Apparently still has PTSD from it.
No surprise with Govorov, he was building up to that WR for awhile.