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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Detti – the Olympic bronze medallist – went ahead on the third 50, a lead he extended to 0.55secs at the 250 mark.<\/p>\n

De Tullio though started eating into the deficit which was just 0.06 at the final turn but the two-time world bronze medallist blasted a last 50 of 27.17 to 27.20 to get his hand to the wall first in 3:44.65 to De Tullio’s 3:44.74.<\/p>\n

Matteo Ciampi<\/strong> was third in 3:47.61.<\/p>\n

Detti and De Tullio will spearhead the Italian challenge in Tokyo with Mack Horton<\/strong> of Australia the defending champion.<\/p>\n

Detti also revealed he had had the Covid-19 vaccine, saying: “I had the vaccine on Monday, then I had a little fever but now it\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was hoping to get to these races a little more relaxed.\u00a0The preparation, however, is very good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simona Quadarella<\/strong> led from start to finish to win the women’s 400fr in 4:06.49 ahead of Martina Caramignoli<\/strong> (4:08.39) and Giulia Salin<\/strong> (4:11.04).<\/p>\n

Franceschi Goes 4:37 In 400IM; Zazzeri Goes Inside 22 For 50Fr<\/h3>\n
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Sara Franceschi: Photo Courtesy: federnuoto.it<\/p><\/div>\n
Franceschi was second to Ilaria Cusinato<\/strong> after the fly leg before she went to the head of the field, extending her lead on the freestyle with a 32.75\/31.30 final 100 for a new PB of 4:37.06, lowering her previous best of 4:40.03 set back in 2016.<\/p>\n
She booked her ticket to Tokyo for her second Olympics after finishing 30th at Rio 2016 aged 17 where the cut-off for the final was 4:36.54.<\/p>\n
Cusinato was second in 4:40.58 – outside the qualification time – with Carlotta Toni<\/strong> rounding out the top three in 4:44.04.<\/p>\n
She said:<\/p>\n
“What a joy!\u00a0I didn’t expect it either.\u00a0The idea was to win and qualify for the Europeans (in Budapest in May), then the Olympic ticket even arrived.<\/p>\n
“I was very lucky to have been able to train even in this particular period and I thank the coaches, the club and the federation.<\/p>\n
“It will be my second Olympics, in the first I was very young, so this will have a particular flavor and importance.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Pier Andrea Matteazi<\/strong> won the men’s race in 4:15.80.<\/p>\n
Lorenzo Zazzeri<\/strong> twice went inside 22secs in the 50 free: he clocked 21.94 in morning heats before taking a further 0.05 from that time in the final although his time of 21.89 was not yet enough to book a spot for Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Leonardo Deplano<\/strong> was second in 22.11 with Alessandro Bori<\/strong> taking third in 22.15.<\/p>\n
Costanza Cocconcelli<\/strong> won the women’s 50fr in 25,04 by a sliver ahead of Federica Pellegrini<\/strong> (25.07) with Silvia Di Pietro<\/strong> and Chiara Tarantino<\/strong> (25.19) both stopping the clock at 25.19.<\/p>\n
Edoardo Giorgetti<\/strong> won the men’s 200br in 2:10.93.<\/p>\n
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