Poggio Puts Up 58.73 100 Breast On Day 2 Of Italian Championships

2023 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Thursday, April 13th – Monday, April 17th
• Riccione, Italy
• LCM (50m)
• World Championships Qualifier
• Fukuoka World Selection Criteria
• Start Lists
• Day 1 Recap
• Live Results

Day two of the 2023 Italian Championships saw the nation’s roster grow to nine for this summer’s World Championships. As a reminder, athletes also have the opportunity to qualify for Fukuoka at this summer’s Sette Colli Trophy.

World Championships Qualifiers Through Day 2

WOMEN

1. Simona Quadarella  800m free 8:21.14
2. Lisa Angiolini 100m breast 1:06.18
3. Sara Franceschi 400m IM 4:35.98

MEN

1. Marco De Tullio 400m free 3:44.69
2. Alberto Razzetti 200m fly 1:54.98
3. Leonardo Deplano 50m free 21.89
4. Thomas Ceccon  100m back 53.36
5. Federico Poggio 100m breast 58.73
6. Nicolo Martinenghi 100m breast 59.06

Making his mark on day two of this competition was 24-year-old Federico Poggio.

Competing in the men’s 100m breaststroke, Poggio punched a time of 58.73 to easily defeat the field and notch his name onto the roster for Fukuoka.

Poggio beat out Olympic medalist Nicolo Martinenghi who settled for silver in 59.06 while Simone Cerasuolo was next in line with 1:00.10 for bronze.

For Poggio, tonight’s outing represents just the 2nd time he’s been under the 59-second threshold, with his previous personal best resting at the 58.98 put up for silver at the 2022 European Championships.

The Italian now ranks 3rd in the world on the season in this men’s 100m breast event.

Former Northwestern star and Olympic medalist Federico Burdisso topped the men’s 50m fly podium. Burdisso clinched gold in a time of 23.52, his best time by .43.

Behind him was Christian Ferraro who stopped the clock in 23.68 for silver while Giovanni Izzo rounded out the top 3 in 23.83.

World Record holder Thomas Ceccon was in the water tonight, taking on his bread-and-butter 100m back event. The 22-year-old notched a result of 53.36 as the only swimmer to get under the 54-second threshold in the final.

Ceccon qualified for this summer’s World Championships with his gold medal-earning result.

Additional Winners

• Silvia Scalia got it done for gold in the women’s 50m back, earning a time of 28.04.
• The women’s 100m fly saw Ilaria Bianchi get it done for gold in 58.45.
• Martina Carraro earned the gold in the women’s 200m breast in a time of 2:24.22.
• After her victory on night one in the women’s 800m free, Olympic medalist Simona Quadarella doubled up for 200m free gold tonight. Quadarella stopped the clock in a time of 1:59.41, although a much quicker 1:57.26 was needed to add the event to her World Championships lineup.