LIVORNO, Italy, April 4. CATERINA Brighi, 16, broke the Italian junior record in the women's 200 IM at the Italian Championships held in Livorno.<\/p>\n
Brighi clocked a time of 2:18.00 as she touched out Francesca Aceto (2:18.05) for the title. The heat proved to be hotly contested as Erica Buratto (2:18.24), Veronica Massari (2:18.34) and Giorgia Gramillano (2:18.50) all finished within half-a-second of Brighi.<\/p>\n
Paola Cavallino began the night with a close call in the women's 200 fly. She touched in 2:11.10, while Francesca Segat (2:11.60) and Caterina Giacchetti (2:11.70) applied some pressure.<\/p>\n
Alessandro Terrin dipped under 28 to scare his national record of 27.48 with a winning effort of 27.97 in the men's 50 breast, while Roberta Panara, who set the 50 breast national record two days ago, nearly went under 1:09 in the 100 with a time of 1:09.04 to beat national-record holder Chiara Boggiatto (1:09.70).<\/p>\n
Luca Marin cruised in the men's 400 IM with a winning time of 4:16.71, more than a second ahead of Alessio Boggiatto's 4:18.04.<\/p>\n
In the women's 100 free, Marialaura Simonetto upset national-record holder Federica Pellegrini, 55.77 to 55.98, while Erika Ferraioli took third in 56.28.<\/p>\n
On the other end of the distance spectrum, Rachele Bruni snared the women's 800 free crown in 8:40.89.<\/p>\n
Another close call came in the men's 100 fly as Mattia Nalesso surfaced with a victory in 53.51. Rudy Goldin (53.62) and Lorenzo Benatti (53.74) each gave chase in the event.<\/p>\n
Alex Di Giorgio, Gianfranco Meschini, Simone Ciancarini and Nicola Cassio touched out Andrea Frovi, Emiliano Brembilla, Jonas Salgado and Michele Cosentino, 7:24.46 to 7:24.65, to win the men's 800 free relay, while Renata Fabiola Spagnolo, Alice Carpanese, Silvia Copetta and Simonetto won the women's 400 free relay in 3:43.76.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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