{"id":652356,"date":"2026-08-22T11:48:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T18:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=652356"},"modified":"2026-08-22T13:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:44:10","slug":"benedetta-pilato-adds-100-breaststroke-gold-to-european-bronze-in-cr-at-mediterranean-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/benedetta-pilato-adds-100-breaststroke-gold-to-european-bronze-in-cr-at-mediterranean-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedetta Pilato Adds 100 Breaststroke Gold to European Bronze at Mediterranean Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Benedetta Pilato Adds 100 Breaststroke Gold to European Bronze at Mediterranean Games<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/taranto2026.microplustimingservices.com\/#\/athletic-sports-schedule\/SWM\/2026-08-22?lang=en\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> twice lowered the 100m breaststroke championship record to clinch the Mediterranean Games title a week after European bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Pilato went 1:06.64 in prelims before returning to the Taranto pool to go 1:05.82 for gold, 0.07 faster than her bronze-winning time at Paris 2026 last week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_594398\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594398\" data-attachment-id=\"594398\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anita-gastaldi-lowers-10-year-200-fly-meet-mark-in-geneva-clean-sweeps-for-angiolini-corbeau\/paris-2024-olympic-games-806\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240728_Maso_MA76545.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Lisa Angiolini of Italy competes in the swimming 100m Breaststroke Women Semifinals during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), July 28, 2024.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722194188&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Paris 2024 Olympic Games&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Paris 2024 Olympic Games\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lisa Angiolini of Italy competes in the swimming 100m Breaststroke Women Semifinals during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), July 28, 2024.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240728_Maso_MA76545-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240728_Maso_MA76545-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-594398\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240728_Maso_MA76545-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"180\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-594398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Angiolini: Photo Courtesy: Deepbluemedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She led home defending champion <strong>Lisa Angiolini<\/strong> who made it an Italian 1-2 in 1:06.55 with <strong>Tina Celik<\/strong> of Slovenia third in 1:07.58.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning and swimming at home is an incredible emotion,\u201d said Pilato through the Italian federation. \u201cI have always been used to doing kilometres and kilometres to train and compete and instead now I am here, with family and many friends in the stands: it is really beautiful. A unique joy different from all the others&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gabriel Mancini<\/strong> also penned a new CR in the men\u2019s 100 breaststroke, going 59.94 for the title. It was his fourth time inside the minute mark and the third best of his career following the 59.84 and 59.86 he posted at the Sette Colli international in June.\u00a0<strong>Christian Mantegazza<\/strong> made it an Italian 1-2 in 1:00.40 with <strong>Joaquin Pardo Ortiz<\/strong> third in 1:00.58.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abdelrahman Elaraby<\/strong> of Egypt also set a championship record of 23.18 in the men\u2019s 50 fly.<\/p>\n<h3>Rebelo &amp; Siskos Upgrade European Silvers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Camila Rebelo<\/strong> dominated the women\u2019s 200 back to add gold to her European silver. The Portuguese stopped the clock in 2:08.88 ahead of Italian <strong>Federica Toma<\/strong> (2:11.62) and <strong>Sudem Denizli<\/strong> of T\u00fcrkiye (2:13.13).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apostolos Siskos<\/strong> also followed up his Paris silver with gold in the southern Italian city. The Greek swimmer posted 1:55.95, a week after e went 1:53.81 for a new national record in the French capital.\u00a0<strong>Matteo Venini<\/strong> of Italy was second in 1:57.28 with Tunisian <strong>Mohamed Yassin Ben Abbes<\/strong> coming from sixth at the final turn to move through for third in 1:59.43.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_611617\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-611617\" data-attachment-id=\"611617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/apostolos-siskos-fires-off-200-back-rankings-topper-mary-sophie-harvey-continues-gold-rush-in-paris\/apostolos-siskos\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Apostolos-Siskos.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Apostolos Siskos\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Apostolos Siskos: Photo Courtesy: KMSP\/Philippe Millereau&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Apostolos-Siskos-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Apostolos-Siskos.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-611617\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Apostolos-Siskos-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Apostolos Siskos\" width=\"242\" height=\"173\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-611617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apostolos Siskos: Photo Courtesy: KMSP\/Philippe Millereau<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Noemi Cesarano<\/strong> headed the fastest heat of the women\u2019s 1500 free in 16:08.39, a time that would have been good enough for fifth at the European Championships. It was an eight-second PB for Cesarano who jumps from 10<sup>th<\/sup> to fifth Italian all-time.\u00a0<strong>Artemis Vasilaki<\/strong> \u2013 seventh in Paris &#8211; was second in 16:22.15 with <strong>Azzurra Sbaragli<\/strong> going 16:30.57 for an Italian 1-3.<\/p>\n<p>A strong second half guided <strong>Dimitrios Markos<\/strong> to a successful defence of his 400 free title as he lowered his Greek record in 3:47.07. The 24-year-old cut 0.37 from his previous best set en-route to silver at the 2024 European Championships.\u00a0<strong>Alessandro Ragaini<\/strong>, the 2024 European junior champion, posted 3:49.02 for silver with <strong>Ahmed Jaouadi<\/strong> coming from fifth at the final turn to take bronze in 3:49.13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Francesca Martins<\/strong> was never threatened at the head of the women\u2019s 400 free final to take the title in 4:09.00. 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