(Race Video) Gregorio Paltrinieri Clocks Meet Record With World Best in 800 Free

Gian Mattia D'Alberto / lapresse 19-08-2014 Berlino sport 32mi Campionati Europei LEN di nuoto nella foto: Gregorio Paltrinieri Gian Mattia D'Alberto / lapresse 19-08-2014 Berlin 32rd LEN European Swimming In the photo: Gregorio Paltrinieri

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Fresh off a European record in the men’s 1500-meter free, Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri dominated the men’s 800-meter free at the 2016 European Championships.

Paltrinieri won the finale in a time of 7:42.33, smashing his own meet record of 7:44.98 from the 2014 edition of the meet. He far surpassed Mack Horton as the top-ranked swimmer in the world this year as Horton had a 7:46.07 from the Australian Nationals.

Paltrinieri’s time is among the top 15 all time, but short of his European record of 7:40.81 from the 2015 World Championships.

Italy’s Gabriele Detti finished second tonight in 7:43.52 to move to second in the world, while Ukraine’s Mykhaylo Romanchuk clinched third overall in 7:47.99.

Czech’s Jan Micka (7:50.38), Great Britain’s Timothy Shuttleworth (7:50.52), Norway’s Henrik Christiansen (7:51.84), Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta (7:54.32) and France’s Joris Bouchaut (7:58.54) closed out the rest of the championship heat.

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