58TH SETTECOLLI TROPHY
- Friday, June 25th – Sunday, June 27th
- Swimming Stadium of the Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
- LCM (50m)
- Olympic Qualifying Competition
- Start Lists
- Results
During night 1 of the 58th Settecolli Trophy, both long course 100 breaststroke Italian records were broken within less than 20 minutes of each other.
First, Nicolo Martinenghi took the men’s national record with a 58.29 to retain his spot as 4th-fastest performer in history. Just a few heats later, Arianna Castiglioni down the women’s mark with a 1:05.67 to advance to the #4 spot in the world this year.
Access a full recap of both races here:
Additionally, check out footage of both record-breaking swims below, courtesy of Swim Swimming on YouTube:
Men’s 100 Breaststroke Final
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdxB0-YIl9A
Reported by Retta Race
- GOLD –Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 58.29 *Italian Record
- SILVER – Arno Kamminga (NED), 58.40
- BRONZE – Federico Poggio (ITA) 59.39
The first national record of the meet went down courtesy of Italian ace Nicolo Martingenghi. The 21-year-old fired off the fastest time of his career in this 100m breaststroke sprint, producing a monster effort of 58.29. That edged out on-fire Dutchman Arno Kamminga, who touched in 58.40 as runner-up tonight.
Entering this meet, Martinenghi’s fastest time ever was marked by his 58.37 produced at the Absolute Italian Championships this past April. Splits for that swim included 27.28/31.09, whereas tonight Martinenghi opened in 27.67 and brought it home in 30.62 to knock off .08 and notch a new record.
For Kamminga’s part, the 24-year-old’s 58.40 is still a solid time from the man who earlier this year became just the 2nd person ever to get under 58 seconds in this event. Kamminga clocked a time of 57.90 in April.
Women’s 100 Breaststroke – Final
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLsNXVqSEyo&t=1s
Reported by Retta Race
- GOLD – Arianna Castiglioni (ITA), 1:05.67 * Italian Record
- SILVER – Benedetta Pilato (ITA), 1:05.84
- BRONZE – Martina Carraro (ITA), 1:06.08
In a thrilling women’s 100m breaststroke battle, Arianna Castiglioni produced a new lifetime best en route to reaching the top of the podium.
Crushing a time of 1:05.67, Castiglioni just beat out young gun Benedetta Pilato, who touched in 1:05.84 for a new career-best of her own. Martina Carraro made it a clean Italian sweep, capturing bronze in 1:06.08.
Castiglioni entered this meet with a season-best of 1:05.98 from this past May’s European Championships. She wound up taking silver there in Budapest in 1:06.13. Flash forward to tonight, however, and Castiglioni split 31.29/34.38 to make it happen for gold in a new Italian national record-setting time. Her effort beat out the previous NR of 1:05.86 scored by Carraro this past April.
Castiglioni now ranks 4th in the world this season.
As for Pilato, the 16-year-old phenom was 1:06.00 at April’s Championships, meaning tonight’s performance represents the teen’s first-ever outing under the 1:06 barrier. She earned a new Italian Junior Record for her effort.
Doesn’t seem to be a lot of love between Castiglioni and Carraro/Pilato
Why do you say that?
The reaction after, they didn’t say anything and weren’t happy for her at all. They shook hands and then Castiglioni left the pool straight away.
Aside from swimmers, they are also people. Sometimes you just don’t get along with people. Nobody is obligated to like everyone.
That’s actually sooo not true. Arianna and Martina are on very good terms and they’re longtime friends. Arianna also supports Benedetta and their relation is quite friendly. After the race Pilato complimented Castiglioni on the race, while talking to the Italian press. No drama among the three, I think they were just a little fatigued.