Tokyo 2020: Federica Pellegrini eternal: fifth Olympic final

Once again, Federica Pellegrini left everyone speechless. The 32-year-old Italian managed in a historic enterprise, conquering the fifth final in the 200 freestyle of his career.

The Divine has had to work a lot to take home the pass for the final (scheduled for Wednesday night). She qualified with a time of 1’56 ″ 44, seventh overall time, making sense of hers participation in Tokyo 2020.

For Federica Pellegrini, the umpteenth finale of her career it’s a record. No female athlete had ever managed to win five finals in the same Olympic discipline (in men she did Michael Phelps, 200 butterfly).

Great satisfaction in the words of the same blue: “It was a more difficult goal than ever. We tried to the end and with a wonderful staff in an exemplary way. This was the goal of this Olympics, it is not the minimum goal. I’ve been swimming 1’56 for a year “, I’m not telling lies, this was the real goal, there are many athletes who are faster than me”.

The umpteenth masterpiece of an absolute champion who will try, in the final, to perform yet another miracle. In the previous four finals of the 200 freestyle at the Olympics, he won a silver, a gold, a fifth place (London 2012) and a fourth place in Rio 2016.

These are the eight finalists in the 200 freestyle (in chronological order): Titmus (Australia), Haughey (Hong Kong), Ledecky (Usa), Yang (China), Seemanova (Repubblica Ceca), Oleksiak (Canada) , Pellegrini (Italy), Wilson (Australia).

OMNISPORT | 27-07-2021 05:35

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