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The 2016 version of the World Championships will feature short course meter (SCM) racing and will be held in Windsor, Canada from December 6-11.<\/p>\n<p>Four swimmers from Italy&#8217;s Olympic team in Rio have been pre-selected due to their success in Rio.\u00a0<strong>Gregorio Paltrinieri\u00a0<\/strong>earned the only gold medal for Italy with a dynamic win in the 1500-meter freestyle (14:34.57). Fellow distance star\u00a0<strong>Gabrielle Detti<\/strong> garnered two bronze medals from the 400-meter (3:43.49)and 1500-meter (14:40.86) freestyles, while World Record holder\u00a0<strong>Federica Pellegrini\u00a0<\/strong>just missed out on the podium with a fourth place finish in the 200-meter freestyle (1:55.18). <strong>Luca Dotto<\/strong>\u00a0will join as the fourth pre-selected athlete.<\/p>\n<p>According to FIN&#8217;s website, the selection criteria for individual events are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The finalist athletes in individual events at the Rio Olympic Games<\/li>\n<li>The winning athletes in individual events at long London 2016 and bath EURO for spots that are still available<\/li>\n<li>Where there are Olympic and non-Olympic events with no qualified athletes or empty spots, athletes who deliver performances from the period of November 1-19 that could put them into a final at the SC World Championships will be eligible.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, the Technical Director of FIN will have the power to fill empty spots with young emerging swimmers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For relays the federation will choose the top four individual performances from the period of November 1-20, 2016 with the relay only swimming if the Technical Director believes that the relay could earn a top five finish at the SC World Championships in Windsor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more on the release from FIN <a href=\"http:\/\/www.federnuoto.it\/discipline\/pallanuoto\/pallanuoto-news\/item\/38149-mondiali-in-vasca-corta-i-criteri-di-selezione.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian Swimming Federation, or Federazione Italiana Nuto (FIN), have released the\u00a0selection criteria for the upcoming World Championships meet in December. 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