Sette Colli: Four Meet Records Fall on Last Day

ROME, Italy, June 16. RYOSUKE Irie, Aya Terakawa, Marco Koch and Thiago Pereira each lowered meet records in their respective events during the last finals session at the Sette Colli meet.

The women's 800 free kicked off the final night of swimming, with Denmark's Lotte Friis pulling away to win in 8:22.10. South Africa's Wendy Trott led through the first 200 meters but faded to second in 8:25.71. Friis' time ranks second this year behind Rebecca Adlington's 8:18.54, while Trott is now fifth. Italy's Martina de Memme finished a distant third in 8:36.67.

Ryosuke Irie of Japan established a new meet record in the men's 200 back, posting a time of 1:55.05 for the win. That time falls about a second off his top-ranked swim of 1:54.02 from January. Radoslaw Kawecki of Poland touched second in 1:57.62 while Brazil's Leonardo de Deus was third in 1:58.79. Japan's Aya Terakawa followed suit with another championship record of 2:07.73 in the women's 200 back, the third fastest time this year. Anastasia Zueva of Russia touched second in 2:09.27 while Italy's Alessia Filippi, the Italian record holder, placed third in 2:11.59.

Meet records continued to fall as Germany's Marco Koch recorded a 2:08.74 to win the men's 200 breast, just in front of Japan's Ryo Tateishi (2:08.85). Koch's time ranks fourth in the world this year, while Tateishi already had the second best time at 2:08.17 from April. Italy's Flavio Bizzarri placed third in 2:12.76. In the women's 200 breast, Denmark's Rikke Moller Pedersen stretched her lead over the final 50 meters to win in 2:24.35, ahead of Kanako Watanabe of Japan (2:25.54) and Elisa Celli of Italy (2:27.90).

The men's 100 free race featured an extremely close finish, as all eight finalists finished within less than eight tenths of a second. Sebastian Verschuren of The Netherlands got his hand on the wall first at 49.09, one one-hundredth ahead of Cuba's Hanser Garcia (49.10). Fabien Gilot of France touched right behind in 49.12.

Italy's Federica Pellegrini, who had an incredible world championships in 2009 in this same pool, earned another win in the women's 200 free with a 1:56.32, her fastest time of 2012 and the sixth fastest overall. Femke Heemskerk of The Netherlands had a sizeable lead throughout the race but slipped to second with a 1:57.15. Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom placed third in 1:58.08.

Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy dipped under the 15-minute mark in the men's 1500 free, winning in a time of 14:58.33. Paltrinieri swam much quicker in May, posting a 14:48.92 at the European Championships. Italy swept the top three places with Gabriele Detti (15:02.45) and Samuel Pizzetti (15:16.32) in second and third.

The women's and men's 200 IM closed out the competition. Izumi Kato of Japan topped the women's field with a 2:13.64, ahead of Italy's Stefania Pirozzi (2:15.24) and Erica Buratto (2:15.78). Brazil's Thiago Pereira ended the meet on a great note with a championship record time of 1:57.94, just off his third-ranked time of 1:57.11 from April. Kosuke Hagino of Japan finished second in 1:59.11 while South Africa's Chad Le Clos was third in 2:00.03.

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