Great satisfactions for Italy in open water: a silver and a bronze arrive
It’s big Italia in open waters ai World Swimming Championships in Budapest. In Lupa Lake, they arrive a silver and a bronze for the blue expedition, both in the 5 km: to conquer them are respectively Gregorio Paltrinieri in the male test e Giulia Gabbrielleschi in the female one. The 27 year old from Carpi is second behind Wellbrock, while the 25 year old from Pistoia climbs to the lowest step of the podium in the race won by the Brazilian Cunha.
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Paltrinieri cala il tris ai Budapest World Cup: the 27 year old from Carpi, after the gold in the 1500 freestyle and the bronze in the 4 × 1500 relay race in open water, conquers the third different metal of his edition and takes the silver in the 5 km, always in open water. With a great test, the blue ends up behind the rival of these last editions Florian Wellbrock, who gives gold to Germany, while to take the bronze Mykhailo Romanchuk for Ukraine.
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It is 52’52 “70 the time of Paltrinieri, who arrives almost four seconds behind the Teutonic after a long head-to-head in Lupa Lake: 52’48 “80 for Wellbrock, who thus takes his fourth career gold at the World Championships. Far from the Romanchuk summit, at 25” 10 from the winner of the day, while remaining at the foot of the podium, but after a great performance, the other blue in the race, Domenico Acerenza: 53’22 “60 the time of the 27 year old from Potenza. Budapest 2022, the second coming from open water.
Italy, however, is not satisfied with Paltrinieri’s silver and hits the spot third medal in as many open water races: Giulia Gabbrielleschiin fact, he climbs on the lowest step of the podium and takes the bronze in the women’s 5 km. The last strokes are fundamental: the 25-year-old from Pistoia, in fact, holds up the pressure despite a yellow card in the final sprint and manages to withstand the assault of the German Leonie Beck, anticipated by just 1 “30. 57’54” 90 the time of Gabbrielleschi , against 57’56 “20 of the Teutonic. The race goes to the Brazilian Ana Marcela Cunha, who takes the gold, while the silver goes to France with Aurélie Muller. The other blue in the race, Ginevra Taddeucci, is sixth. long shoulder to shoulder with Gabbrielleschi fighting for the medal but distanced in the final stretch.
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