Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> and Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> both set national records and qualified for Tokyo 2020 on day one of the Italian Open Championships in Riccione.<\/p>\n

Pilato went 1:06.02 to slice more than a second off her previous best and in the process eclipsed the Italian record set by Martina Carraro<\/strong> when she stopped the clock at 1:06.36 en-route to bronze at the 2019 World Championships.<\/p>\n

Fellow teenager Ceccon became the first Italian to break through the 53-second barrier in the 100 back when he stopped the clock at 52.84.<\/p>\n

Pilato, the 15-year-old who won silver in the 50br at those same world titles, had been on superb form throughout the ISL where she represented Energy Standard.<\/p>\n

She translated that to the 50m pool, going out in 30.64 and coming back in 35.38 to book her spot on the Italian team for the Olympics next July.<\/p>\n

Carraro clocked 1:06.58 with Arianna Castiglioni<\/strong> third in 1:07.01.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Ceccon: Photo Courtesy: FINA \/ Budapest 2019<\/p><\/div>\n
Ceccon, the 2019 world junior champion, split 25.73\/27.11 to demolish Simone Sabbioni<\/strong>‘s national mark of 53.34 that had stood since 2016.<\/p>\n
It was enough for the 19-year-old to secure a ticket to Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Federica Pellegrini<\/strong> clocked a time of 1:57 .58 in the 200 free, Silvia Di Pietro<\/strong> was the fastest home in the 50 fly in 26.54<\/p>\n
Martina Caramignoli\u00a0<\/strong>took the 1500fr in 16:07.73 and Silva Scalia<\/strong> went 28.03 in the 50 back.<\/p>\n
Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> went 59.31 in the 100br and Matteo Rivolta<\/strong> stopped the clock at 52.20 in the 100 fly.<\/p>\n
Matteo Ciampi\u00a0<\/strong>swam the fastest 400 free in the timed finals with Alessandro Bori<\/strong> stopping the clock at 22.05 in the 50fr.<\/p>\n
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