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Italy Sets World Record to Win Mixed 4x50m Freestyle at European Short Course Championships

The 1:27.26 swim in Lublin lowered France’s 2022 global mark in the 25m pool.

Overview

  • The Italian quartet of Leonardo Deplano, Lorenzo Zazzeri, Silvia Di Pietro and 19-year-old Sara Curtis combined for a 1:27.26 finish in the mixed 4x50m freestyle relay.
  • Hungary claimed silver in 1:28.04 and the Netherlands took bronze in 1:28.42.
  • The relay win registered as Italy’s third gold medal of the championships in Lublin.
  • Italian reports put the nation’s running medal tally at five so far, with three golds and two silvers.
  • It is Italy’s second European short-course title in this relay after Netanya 2015 and their sixth podium in the specialty, with Curtis calling the performance “incredible.”