2022 ITALIAN SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- April 9th – April 13th
- Riccione, Italy
- LCM (50m)
- World Championships Qualifier
- Start List
- SwimSwam Italia Coverage
- LIVE RESULTS
Due to the faster-than-FINA-A-cut time standards set by the Italian Swimming Federation (FIN), no new swimmers were added to the 2022 Italian World Championship team at the conclusion of the 4th day of competition in Riccione.
FINA ‘A’ standards were achieved in the following events:
- Men’s 100 Butterfly – 51.96
- Piero Codia, 51.65
- Italian Swimming Federation Worlds Cut: 51.10
- Piero Codia, 51.65
- Women’s 100 Backstroke – 1:00.59
- Margherita Panziera, 1:00.25
- Silvia Scalia, 1:00.33
- Italian Swimming Federation Worlds Cut: 59.50
- Men’s 200 Backstroke – 1:58.07
- Matteo Restivo, 1:57.56
- Lorenzo Mora, 1:57.71
- Italian Swimming Federation Worlds Cut: 1:56.30
- Men’s 200 Freestyle – 1:47.06
- Marco de Tullio, 1:46.29
- Italian Swimming Federation Worlds Cut: 1:46.0
- Marco de Tullio, 1:46.29
- Women’s 50 Freestyle – 25.04
- Silvia di Pietro, 24.97*
- Italian Swimming Federation Worlds Cut: 24.60
- Silvia di Pietro, 24.97*
*di Pietro swam a 24.97 in the prelims of the 50 freestyle, and a 25.10 in the evening finals. However, as she still won the evening finals race. Though this sounds promising for her, it still falls short of the standard set by Italian Swimming, which is a 24.60.
Silvia Scalia will likely add the 100 backstroke to her event lineup in Budapest now that she has achieved the FINA ‘A’ cut, but that is only because Scalia is already qualified for the team in the 50 backstroke. The same could be said for Marco de Tullio with the 200 freestyle, as he swam comfortably within the FINA ‘A’ cut in that event, and is already Worlds-qualified in the 400 freestyle. Until those events are officially added to Scalia’s and de Tullio’s lineups, Simona Quadarella remains the only swimmer to have achieved multiple berths on Italy’s 2022 World Championships team, having qualified in both the 800 and 1500 freestyles.
2022 ITALIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER UPDATE — THRU DAY 4
WOMEN
- Benedetta Pilato – 100 breaststroke
- Arianna Castiglioni – 100 breaststroke
- Silvia Scalia – 50 backstroke
- Simona Quadarella – 800/1500 freestyle
MEN
- Nicolo Martinenghi – 100 breaststroke
- Thomas Ceccon – 100 backstroke
- Marco de Tullio – 400 freestyle
- Gregorio Paltrinieri — 800 Freestyle
- Alessandro Miressi – 100 Freestyle
They might as well just not send a team with those qualifying standards
Apparently the Italians are only interested in medals and not sending a big team.
They’re hosting Euros this year, so I do wonder how much of it is wanting that next tier of athlete to focus their taper/training cycle on Euros to maximize the medal haul there.