Sarah Sjostrom, Gretchen Walsh, Adam Peaty Among Participants Named for 2026 Sette Colli

Several main stars are set to make their appearances in Rome later this month for the 62nd Edition of the Settecolli Trophy. Among these introduced are world file holders Sarah Sjostrom, Gretchen Walsh, and Adam Peaty.

The meet will happen at Stadio del Nuoto in Rome from Friday, June 26 to Sunday, June 28.

Sjostrom returned to racing in April on the Malmsten Swim Open, the place she swam the 50 free and completed 2nd in 24.36. She had beforehand not raced for greater than 600 days, having given start to her son in August of 2025.

Walsh has already had a productive summer season, clocking a brand new World Record within the 100 fly a couple of month in the past on the Ft Lauderdale Open in 54.33. She is now the quickest performer in historical past within the occasion by greater than a full second. The next-fastest 100 butterfly swimmer is fellow Sette Colli competitor Sarah Sjostrom in 55.48.

Peaty, the one man ever beneath 26 seconds within the 50 breast and 57 seconds within the 100 breast, is coming off the AP Race International Meet, the place he clocked 26.79 within the 50 breast and 59.15 within the 100 breast. In April, Peaty dropped a 58.97 within the 100 breast on the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, his quickest efficiency because the 2024 British Trials.

The star energy doesn’t cease there; along with these three world file holders, Italian Backstroker Thomas Ceccon, who swam the 100 backstroke world file in 2022 on the World Championships in Budapest in 51.60. He will likely be becoming a member of fellow Italian Olympic Champion Nicolo Martinenghi on the meet as nicely.

Other non-Italian swimmers embrace 200 free Olympic champion David Popovici, dash ace Noe Ponti, Irish Olympic gold-medalist Daniel Wiffen, Russian backstroke specialist Kliment Kolesnikov, and red-hot freestylers Marrit Steenbergen and Siobhan Haughey.

Some of the host nation’s greatest may also be racing, equivalent to Simona Quadarella, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Simone Cerasuolo, Carlos D’Ambrosio, Sara Curtis, Benedetta Pilato, and Alberto Razzetti.

Confirmed Participants (per Italian Swim Federation):