{"id":506562,"date":"2022-06-15T18:45:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T01:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=506562"},"modified":"2022-06-15T18:45:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T01:45:49","slug":"simone-barlaam-sets-world-record-italy-wins-5-golds-at-2022-para-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simone-barlaam-sets-world-record-italy-wins-5-golds-at-2022-para-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Barlaam Sets World Record, Italy Wins 5 Golds at 2022 Para Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simone Barlaam Sets World Record, Italy Wins 5 Golds at 2022 Para Worlds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Capped by Simone Barlaam\u2019s<\/strong> world record in the men\u2019s S9 100 freestyle Wednesday night, Italy won four gold medals on the fourth night of the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal.<\/p>\n

Barlaam\u2019s was the last, and most impressive, of the bunch. He went 52.23 to chop eight tenths of a second off his record from last year. Barlaam had also owned the meet record since 2019 at 54.10. He was more than three seconds clear of France\u2019s Ugo Didier<\/strong> in an event where Jamal Hill\u2019s<\/strong> America\u2019s record (56.16) was good for only fourth.<\/p>\n

Barlaam\u2019s medal brings Italy to a table-topping 16 gold medals and 37 total medals at the meet, which runs through Saturday.<\/p>\n

Antonio Fantin<\/strong> starting the session with a win in the S6 men\u2019s 400 free, his second gold of the meet. Xenia Francesca Palazzo<\/strong> won the S8 women\u2019s 100 free in 1:06.93, just edging Great Britain\u2019s Alice Tai<\/strong> by 0.23 seconds. Monica Boggioni<\/strong> led a 1-2 finish with Giulia Ghiretti<\/strong> in the SM5 women\u2019s 200 individual medley. Francesco Bettiella<\/strong> won the men\u2019s S1 200 free in the morning session.<\/p>\n

2022 World Para Swimming Championships Links<\/h4>\n