Alessia Filippi Sets 1500 Freestyle European Record at Italian Championships

TREVISO, Italy, July 16. AT the Italian Championships, Alessia Filippi claimed the European record in the women's 1500 free.

Filippi clocked a time of 15:52.84 to clear Flavia Rigamonti's record of 15:55.38 set at the 2007 World Championships. Filippi also crushed the Italian record of 16:28.02 previously held by Robert Ioppi with a 16:28.02 from April.

Her effort is the third-best of all time behind only Kate Ziegler's 15:42.54 and Janet Evans' previous world record of 15:52.10.

Irene De Biasi finished second in 16:26.29, while Giulia Bolgiani wound up third in 16:31.45.

The men's 800 free went to Federico Colbertaldo with a time of 7:52.29. Samuel Pizzetti finished second in 7:58.45, while Valerio Cleri took third in 8:00.95.

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