4×100 relay, bronze for Italy with Miressi, Ceccon, Zazzeri and Frigo at the World Swimming Championships – Corriere.it

You do not win an Olympic silver by chance, our four jets are back on the podium even at the cursed World Championships in Budapest (put-removed-re-scheduled, deserted by many stars, some did not come because they preferred the more comfortable Commonwealth Games, such as the Australian Ariarne Titmus, some of whom are injured like the king of the frog Peaty): Alessandro Miressi, Thomas Ceccon, Lorenzo Zazzeri and Manuel Frigo, restricted and obligatory training (They deplore positive result a few days ago), they came, and how, and they also got noticed. And not just because of the presentation videos that force swimmers to improvise ballets, chests out, or hearts, (ours seem quite casual), but because this world bronze an exciting ride behind the USA led by Caeleb Dressel and Australia, beaten in Tokyo which this time blows us the second place at the last stroke.

it was an exhilarating race: game in pursuit with Miressiour Jacobs of the swimming pools, world champion in short course, who starts too strong and pays in the second fifty (I’m not at all satisfied with me today, I missed the race, thank goodness the others were there, but we are a group solid), closes the first fraction with the fifth time, with Ceccon – after the efforts of the 50 dolphins – who holds and takes fourth (We did the same times in Tokyo, I’m satisfied), and Zazzeri that goes to a thousand and brings us back to the top, even second, with Great Britain tailing us third, e Fridge who holds the podium but is overtaken by Australia at the last. Zazzart the man of the afternoon the artist of the group: What design does this competition inspire me? A rock, because this is what we are. The United States? Who knows, we can grow, let’s try to beat them when it really counts …, Paris 2024 is not that far away.

The other races

Ceccon the multitasking man

: shortly before putting on his first world medal, he had twice improved the Italian record in the 5th butterfly, managing both in the morning heats and in the afternoon semifinal to print the same time as a monster like Celeb Dressel seven times Olympic champion and reigning world champion
(he too, like the cannibal Ledecky, did not desert the World Cup: she started by winning gold in the 400 style). I missed the finish line, I finished very very long, so I still have some margin – says Thomas -. Sunday in half an hour I could have the semifinal of the 100 backstroke and the final of the 50 butterfly, I have to learn to dose the energies. Also good Tete Martinenghi who in the 100 breaststroke closed the semifinals with the best time (58”46), clearly detaching the Dutch Kamminga (58 ”89). And I’m not even tired, said Tete that tomorrow I’ll try to make the most of Peaty’s absence (one who has been winning continuously since 2015 but fractured his foot some time ago).

The day also saw the fifth place of Marco De Tullio in the 400 style (3’44 ”14) won by the Australian Winnington and with the blue who had been third for three quarters of the race. A shame because in the end I just didn’t see anything.