Glass still half full for the blue team on the last day of heats at the Melbourne World Cup arrived at the closing day with still many verdicts to be issued. Italy took another three places in the final, which add up to the four already conquered yesterday, for the last session of the races. In the final there will be Margherita Panziera and Lorenzo Mora in the 200m backstroke, both with fourth input time, e the men’s 4×100 medley relay with the third time trial. On the other hand, he failed to enter the final at one patched up the women’s 4×100 medley relay who tried finishing in ninth place and Matteo Ciampi who failed to repeat the timing exploit of the 200m freestyle relay.
For the men’s relay, the top-class second lines are enough and advance to score the third time of the heats and fly to the final. Azzurri with Ceccon, 49″59 backstroke (which would have earned him fourth place in the individual final), Cerasuolo, 57″83 breaststroke, Razzetti, 50″24 butterfly and Conte Bonin 46″15 freestyle, who, with 3’23″81, they are due settle for second place in their heat behind Japan (3’23″68), while the the best time was set by the United States with 3’23″55. In the final also Germany, Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic.
It didn’t go so well for the girls of the mixed 4×100, still lacking a fundamental element like Silvia Di Pietro. The blues tried but they have concluded none with Scalia (57″64 backstroke), Franceschi (1’06″77 breaststroke), Cusinato (57″94 butterfly) and Cocconcelli (53″27 freestyle): 3’55″62 their time. Best time in the heats for the United States with 3’47″67 ahead of Australia with 3’48″90 and Canada with 3’51″40. In the final also Sweden, Japan, Holland, France and China.
Margherita Panziera was liked in the fifth of six heats of the 200m backstroke, won with a time of 2’02″88 which in the end was the fourth fastest time of the first phase behind the 2’02″05 of the American Curzan, of 2’02″32 by the landlady McKeown and 2’02″54 by the Canadian Mass. The impression is that the blue can be included in the fight for the medals. just as it can be included in the race for the podium Lorenzo Mora who finished third in the fourth and final heat swimming all in all with fluency with a time of 1’49″79. Fourth global time trial for the blue who was preceded by the American Casas with 1’49″76, from the French Tomac with 1’49″61 and on the other American Murphychasing the trio of golds in the backstroke, with 1’49″71.
In the men’s 200m freestyle Matteo Ciampi fails to repeat the good performance at the throw of the 4×200m, he is sixth with 1’43″51 and fails to qualify for the second individual final. Best time for the British Dean who competes for 150 meters at the pace of the world record and finishes in 1’40″38. Second time trial for the Japanese Matsumoto in 1’41″29, third for the Frenchman Great in 1’41″79. In the final also the Romanian Popovich with the sixth time.
In the only race where there were no blue women at the start, the 200m freestyle women, best time for the Dutch Steenbergen who swims for 125 meters at a world record pace and scores 1’52″83. Second best time for the Hong Kong representative Siobhan Haughey with 1’53″39, third for the American Gemmell with 1’53″47. In the final too
Photo Gian Mattia D’Alberto – LaPresse
