{"id":401516,"date":"2019-11-09T02:06:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T09:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=401516"},"modified":"2019-11-09T11:57:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T18:57:20","slug":"simona-quadarella-leads-a-rush-on-meet-marks-at-nico-sapio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simona-quadarella-leads-a-rush-on-meet-marks-at-nico-sapio\/","title":{"rendered":"Simona Quadarella Leads A Rush On Meet Marks At Nico Sapio"},"content":{"rendered":"

World 1500m freestyle champion Simona Quadarella<\/strong> <\/a>(Circolo Canottieri Aniene) led a run on meet records at the short-course Nico Sapio Trophy in Genova<\/strong> with an 8:12.19 victory over 800m as the meet came to a close.<\/p>\n

Quadarella, whose was chased all the way by Rita Caramignoli<\/strong>, second home in 8:15.73, dedicated her efforts at the meet to the firefighters who lost their lives in an explosion last Monday<\/a> that is now the subject of a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n

Germany’s Marco Koch<\/strong> added his name to the meet-record sheet with a comfortable 2:05.01 win over Alessandro Fusco<\/strong>‘s 2:06.89 in the 200m breaststroke, while Marco Orsi<\/strong>, with a 52.61 in the 100m medley ahead of Simone Geni<\/strong>, on 52.93, the men’s 400m medley witnessed another local standard being established when Lorenzo Tarocchi<\/strong> stopped the clock at 4:07.07.<\/p>\n

In 1:52.91, Alberto Razzeti<\/strong> set a meet mark in a 200m butterfly final that featured Hungarian great Laszlo Cseh<\/strong>, back in third on 1:58.86.<\/p>\n

Beyond the records, there was good speed to be found in several finals, Matteo Ciampi<\/strong> a case in point as he threw down a strong 3:39.64 in the 400m freestyle ahead of Stefano Ballo<\/strong>, on 3:43.83. Ciampi’s time is fourth swiftest on the current-season World rankings.<\/p>\n

In the much-awaited clash between Martina Carraro<\/strong> and World silver medallist in the dash Bernadetta Pilato<\/strong> over 100m breaststroke, Carraro had the edge, 1:05.02 to 1:05.40.<\/p>\n

The meet serves as a qualifier for the Italian team that will race at the European Championships (25m) in Glasgow<\/strong> next month. Possibles for the squad include Alessandro Miressi<\/strong>, who won the 100m freestyle today in 47.29, defending European champion Fabio Scozzoli<\/strong>, on 26.14 in the 50m breaststroke 0.06sec ahead of Nicolo’ Martinenghi<\/strong>, and Ilaria Bianchi<\/strong>, who topped the 100m butterfly in 57.21.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Guilherme Guido<\/strong> has been in fine winning form all season, with several victories over Ryan Murphy, Matt Grevers<\/strong> and others on ISL tour, but a 50.58 from Lorenzo Mora<\/strong> in the 100m backstroke was good enough to keep the visitor at bay, on 50.80.<\/p>\n

In other action, there was a 24.48 win over 50m freestyle for American Madison Kennedy <\/strong>and Hungarian Katalin Burian<\/strong> took the 200m backstroke in 2:06.68.<\/p>\n