{"id":652409,"date":"2026-08-23T11:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=652409"},"modified":"2026-08-23T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:04:09","slug":"luca-de-tullio-dominates-800-free-at-mediterranean-games-world-champion-ahmed-jaouadi-finishes-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/luca-de-tullio-dominates-800-free-at-mediterranean-games-world-champion-ahmed-jaouadi-finishes-third\/","title":{"rendered":"Luca De Tullio Dominates 800 Free At Mediterranean Games; World Champion Ahmed Jaouadi Finishes Third"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/taranto2026.microplustimingservices.com\/#\/athletic-sports-schedule\/SWM\/2026-08-22?lang=en\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/benedetta-pilato-adds-100-breaststroke-gold-to-european-bronze-in-cr-at-mediterranean-games\/\">Day 1 report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Luca De Tullio<\/strong> led throughout to win the men\u2019s 800 free at the <strong>Mediterranean Games<\/strong> in Taranto as world champion <strong>Ahmed Jaouadi<\/strong> finished third.<\/p>\n<p>De Tullio was dominant, finishing around eight and a half seconds ahead of <strong>Dimitrios Markos<\/strong> who took silver in 7:55.05. It was the Greek swimmer\u2019s second medal of the day after bronze in the 200 free in 1:47.92.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_594355\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594355\" data-attachment-id=\"594355\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caspar-corbeau-dominates-200m-breaststroke-at-geneva-international-challenge\/paris-2024-olympic-games-765\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240728_Maso_MA72571.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 Heats during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), July 28, 2024.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722159535&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&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 Heats 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_MA72571-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240728_Maso_MA72571-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-594355\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240728_Maso_MA72571-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Angiolini\" width=\"258\" height=\"184\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-594355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Angiolini: Photo Courtesy: Deepbluemedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jaouadi was third in 7:55.30, around 13 months after going 7:36.88 en-route to the world title in Singapore with the Tunisian&#8217;s time in Taranto 18 seconds slower. He spent last season with the University of Florida where he and Tunisian teammate <strong>Ahmed Hafnaoui<\/strong> conquered the distance events at the NCAAs.<\/p>\n<p>Hafnaoui isn&#8217;t competing at the Mediterranean Games with reports claiming that he wasn&#8217;t physically or mentally prepared to compete. It also indicated a growing rift with the Tunisian federation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lisa Angiolini <\/strong>won her second medal in as many days as she upgraded to gold in the 200m breaststroke at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian won silver over 100m behind teammate <strong>Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> on the opening day in the southern Italian city before returning on Sunday for the longer race.<\/p>\n<p>Angiolini missed out on the final by one place at the European Championships that concluded a week ago in Paris.\u00a0She made no mistake in Taranto by posting 2:24.27 for gold and her second medal of the meet so far.<\/p>\n<p>Ana Blazevic of Croatia (2:27.63) was second with Francesca Zucca making it an Italian 1-3 in 2:28.46.<\/p>\n<p>European junior champion <strong>Doruk Yogurtcuoglu<\/strong> took hold of the men&#8217;s 200 breast on the third 50 for victory in 2:10.79 as <strong>Christian Mantegazza<\/strong>\u00a0replicated his 100 silver in 2:11.10 despite the attention of Croatian Filip Mujan who finished just 0.04 adrift in 2:11.14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacopo Barbotti <\/strong>came from third at the final turn to first in the men\u2019s 200 free in 1:47.53. The Italian touched just 0.06 ahead of<strong> Ahmet Mete Boylu <\/strong>of T\u00fcrkiye who stopped the clock in 1:47.59.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ainhoa Campabadal Amezcua <\/strong>took the women\u2019s 200 free title in 1:57.90.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Ntountounaki<\/strong> completed the fly double when she added the 100 title to her 50 crown in 58.17. <strong>Alberto Razzetti<\/strong> won the men\u2019s crown in 52.11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apostolos Christou<\/strong> won the men\u2019s 50 back in 24.74 while <strong>Costanza Cocconcelli<\/strong> won the women\u2019s in 28.03.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Results Day 1 report Luca De Tullio led throughout to win the men\u2019s 800 free at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto as world champion Ahmed Jaouadi finished third. 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