Femke Heemskerk led an assault on the world rankings at the City of Milan Trophy meet this weekend in Italy.<\/p>\n
Heemskerk beat Federica Pellegrini in the women’s 200-meter free, 1:56.68 to 1:57.49. \u00a0Heemskerk jumped to third in the world with the swim, behind only Katie Ledecky (1:56.16) and Emma McKeon (1:56.32). \u00a0Pellegrini took eighth in the rankings.<\/p>\n
Heemskerk doubled up with a blistering 53.79 in the women’s 100-meter free. \u00a0That’s just off her already third-ranked season best of 53.63 from the Amiens stop of the Golden Tour. Ranomi Kromowidjojo moved to seventh in the world with a 54.31, while Pellegrini grabbed 10th in the world with a 54.52.<\/p>\n
Heemskerk claimed a third title, this time with a 2:12.90 in the women’s 200-meter IM. \u00a0That swim put her 10th in the world rankings as well.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Pellegrini picked up a victory of her own with a 4:08.29 in the women’s 400-meter free to move to ninth in the world.<\/p>\n
Kromowidjojo also snagged a victory as she clocked a third-ranked 24.69 in the women’s 50-meter free. \u00a0Only Cate (24.03) and Bronte (24.24) Campbell have been faster this year.<\/p>\n
Martina Carraro (31.39) and Arianna Castiglioni (31.41) moved to seventh and eighth in the world in the women’s 50-meter breast with a 1-2 finish in Milan. Moniek Nijhuis, who stands second in the world with a 31.06, took third in 31.45.<\/p>\n
Castiglioni followed with a sizzling 1:07.09 in the women’s 100-meter breast. That swim skyrocketed her to second in the world behind only Alia Atkinson (1:06.79).<\/p>\n
Zsuzsanna Jakabos pushed her way to fourth in the world rankings in the women’s rankings with a 2:08.07 win. \u00a0That swim put her behind only Brianna Throssell (2:06.60), Cammile Adams (2:07.61) and Suzuka Hasegawa (2:07.89). Stefania Pirozzi took second with a 2:09.77 to tie for 10th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n
Pirozzi later won the women’s 400-meter IM in 4:41.92 to move up to 11th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n
Daniel Gyurta vaulted to fourth in the world in the men’s 200-meter breast with a 2:11.54. \u00a0That performance put him fourth behind Marco Koch (2:10.10), Cody Miller (2:10.28) and Yasuhiro Koseki (2:10.45).<\/p>\n
Gregorio Paltrinieri grabbed second in the world in the men’s 1500-meter free with a 14:58.49. \u00a0Only Mack Horton (14:55.76) and Mykhailo Romanchuk (14:58.49) have broken 15:00 so far this year. Gabriele Detti took second in Milan with a 15:00.93 to move to fourth in the world.<\/p>\n
Detti then won the men’s 400-meter free with a 3:49.64 to tie Ryan Cochrane for eighth in the world rankings.<\/p>\n
Marco Orsi edged Magnini, 49.36 to 49.79, for the men’s 100-meter free victory. \u00a0Orsi then won touched out Federico Bocchia, 22.22 to 22.34 for the men’s 50-meter free win. \u00a0Orsi moved to seventh in the world, while Bocchia earlier had put up a fifth-ranked 50-meter split time with a 22.17 as part of the 100 free.<\/p>\n
Aurora Ponsele took eighth in the world in the women’s 800-meter free with an 8:32.75 for the win.<\/p>\n
Andrey Govorov tied his ninth-ranked season best of 23.83 from the Nice stop of the Golden Tour to win the men’s 50-meter fly in Milan.<\/p>\n
Ilaria Bianchi captured the women’s 100-meter fly title in 58.29. That swim moved her up to seventh in the world rankings.<\/p>\n
Piero Codia topped the men’s 100-meter fly race with a time of 52.47. \u00a0He moved ahead of Takuro Fujii (52.50) for ninth in the world rankings.<\/p>\n
Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio jumped to ninth in the world in the men’s 50-meter back with a 25.55 for the win.<\/p>\n
In other action, Margherita Panziera won the women’s 200-meter back in 2:14.07, while Elisa Celli topped the women’s 200-meter breast in 2:30.43.<\/p>\n
Elena Di Liddo snared the women’s 50-meter fly in 27.26, while Arianna Barbieri touched in 1:01.88 to win the women’s 100-meter back. She then won a second title with a 28.81 in the women’s 50-meter back.<\/p>\n
Gianluca Maglia took down Filippo Magnini in the men’s 200-meter free, 1:49.45 to 1:50.88, while Francesco Pavone came home with the men’s 200-meter fly crown in 1:59.80.<\/p>\n
Federico Turrini clinched the men’s 200-meter back title in 2:01.11. Turrini doubled up with a 4:23.93 in the men’s 400-meter IM.<\/p>\n
Andrea Toniato topped the men’s 50-meter breast in 28.22 with Andrea Bazzoli and George Bovell tying for second with 28.57s.<\/p>\n
Simone Sabbioni earned the men’s 100-meter back victory in 54.99, while Claudio Fossi won the men’s 100-meter breast in 1:02.35.<\/p>\n
Damiano Lestingi claimed the men’s 200-meter IM in 2:03.08.<\/p>\n