SwimSwam Italia’s Giusy Cisale contributed to this report.
In the last weekend eligible for qualifying for Italy’s team to the European Short Course Championships, most of the focus was on the Trofeo Mussi Lombardi, and rightly so as there were plenty of big swims there including the return of Gabriele Detti.
But another qualifying swim came from an unexpected place – the Primo Trofeo Velocità di Parma, or the Parma Premier Speed Trophy meet. There, Giovanni Izzo swam a 52.82 in the 100 IM, which was .02 seconds from the Italian standard for the European Championships – which is listed simply as 52.8.
With Italy expected to release their roster this week, we’ll see if they decide to round the time down or not.
Izzo spent the last 2 seasons racing for NC State, where he won an All-American award in 2019 as part of the school’s 200 free relay, but is not on their roster this season.
ITALIAN QUALIFIERS FOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
FEMALE Qualifiers
- Federica Pellegrini 100/200 freestyle
- Simona Quadarella 800 freestyle
- Margherita Panziera 100/200 back
- Benedetta Pilato 50 frog / 100 breaststroke
- Martina Carraro 50/100 breaststroke
- Arianna Castiglioni 100 breaststroke
- Elena Di Liddo 50/100 butterfly
- Ilaria Bianchi 100 butterfly
- Ilaria Cusinato 200/400 IM 200 butterfly
- Giulia Gabbrielleschi 800 freestyle
- Francesca Fangio 200 meters breaststroke
MALE Qualifiers
- Santo Condorelli 100 free style
- Manuel Frigo 100 freestyle
- Alessandro Miressi 100 freestyle
- Filippo Megli 200 freestyle
- Gabriele Detti 400 free style
- Marco De Tullio 400 freestyle
- Gregorio Paltrinieri 1500 freestyle
- Domenico Acerenza 1500 freestyle
- Simone Sabbioni 50/100 backstroke
- Matteo Restivo 200 back
- Fabio Scozzoli 50/100 breaststroke
- Nicolo Martinenghi 50/100 breaststroke
- Piero Codia 50 butterfly
- Federico Burdisso 200 butterfly
- Matteo Ciampi 200 freestyle / 400 freestyle
- Stefano Ballo 200 freestyle
- Lorenzo Mora 200m back / 100m back
- Alberto Razzetti 200 IM / 200 butterfly
- Marco Orsi 100 IM
- Mattia Zuin 200 freestyle
