Italian swimmers suspended 90 days for shoplifting in Singapore

ROME — Two Italian swimmers who had been stopped for shoplifting in Singapore on their return from the world championships had been suspended for 3 months on Thursday.

Benedetta Pilato, who gained a bronze medal within the 50-meter breaststroke, and Chiara Tarantino will miss the short-course swimming European championships in Poland in December.

The Italian swimming federation mentioned it had accepted the person plea discount requests from the swimmers and had taken under consideration “the collaborative attitude of the athletes, who accepted their responsibility.”

According to Italian media stories, Pilato and Tarantino had been stopped at a Singapore airport and detained for a number of days after the latter was seen placing stolen cosmetics inside her teammate’s bag.

They had been launched after the Italian embassy intervened on their behalf.

The incident occurred simply over per week after the worlds ended on Aug. 3, because the swimmers returned from trip in Bali.

The 20-year-old Pilato gained gold within the 100 breast on the 2022 worlds and has additionally claimed three different medals at long-course worlds. She completed fourth within the 100 breast finally yr’s Paris Olympics.

The 22-year-old Tarantino earned a bronze within the blended 4×100 free relay on the 2021 European championships.

Both have additionally earned medals on the short-course European championships.