2026 Sette Colli Trophy: Day 3 Finals Stay Recap

67th SETTE COLLI TROPHY 

The third and last day of motion on the 2026 Sette Colli Trophy is upon us, and the stacked swimming pools of expertise on each the lads’s and girls’s sides have the potential to result in much more head-turning outcomes and record-breaking swims.

American Gretchen Walsh will attempt to fend off the likes of Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom and the host nation’s Sara Curtis within the girls’s 50m freestyle to kick issues off. This morning, 23-year-old Walsh turned in a time of 24.10 to determine the 4th-best time of her profession.

And, new mother Sjostrom is hoping to proceed her speedy methods after ending behind Walsh within the 50m fly earlier within the competitors, remarkably lower than a yr since giving beginning to her first little one, son Adrian.

Curtis is on the warpath, nevertheless, having notched a monster new private greatest and Italian nationwide document of 52.69 as she claimed 100m free bronze.

The males’s and girls’s 200m backstroke races are on the agenda, which suggests we’ll see Swiss Olympic medalist Roman Mityukov lead the lads and Hungarian Dora Molnar enter lane 4 for the ladies’s version.

Noe Ponti has already placed on shows of velocity at this competitors, however the 25-year-old Swiss Olympic medalist may have his fingers full within the 50m fly.

He already put up a major swim of twenty-two.81 as the only real time of the prelims beneath 23 seconds; nevertheless, Hungary’s Kristof Milak and rising ace Stergios-Marios Bilas of Greece gained’t go down quietly.

The males’s 200m free has a heavy plate of expertise about to take to the Foro Italico pool, with Olympic multi-medalist David Popovici primed to comply with up his 100m free victory from earlier within the meet.

He notched 1:47.66 this morning to carry a slight benefit over British Olympic medlaist Jack McMillan (1:47.75), with Lithuanian Tomas Lukminus (1:47.81) additionally on the prowl, hoping to present his nation its first medal right here.

Throw within the males’s and girls’s 200m breaststroke occasions, 200m IM races, together with the ladies’s 400m free and males’s 1500m free and we’re certain to see some fireworks to carry this three-day affair to an explosive conclusion.

WOMEN’S 50 FREE – FINAL

• World Record – 23.59, Kate Douglass (USA), 2026
• World Junior Record – 24.17, Claire Curzan (USA), 2021
• European Record – 23.61, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2023
• European Junior Record – 24.56, Sara Curtis (ITA), 2024
• Italian Record – 24.29, Sara Curtis, 2026
• Meet Record – 23.75, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2024

GOLD – Gretchen Walsh (USA), 23.55 *World Record*
SILVER  – Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 23.86
BRONZE – Sara Curtis (ITA), 24.09 *Italian Record*

We couldn’t have requested for extra from this girls’s 50m freestyle last, as 23-year-old Gretchen Walsh of the United States made collective jaws drop with a monster time of 23.55 to determine a brand new World Record.

After hitting 24.10 this morning within the prelims to notch the 4th-fastest time of her profession, the Olympian entered a completely different gear to clear the 24-second threshold for simply the third time ever.

In doing so, she erased the short-lived World Record of 23.59 that American Olympic teammate Kate Douglass established simply final week on the Pro Swim Series.

European Record holder and new mother Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden was spectacular as properly, posting 23.86 as a humongous return to this occasion since giving beginning to her first little one, son Adrian, final August.

Then, coming in with the bronze, was 19-year-old Sara Curtis, who unleashed an eye-popping new private greatest and Italian nationwide document of 24.09 en path to third place. That simply overtook the 24.29 she placed on the books earlier this yr.

Walsh’s new WR clearly situates her as #1 on this planet proper now, relegating Douglass to the #2 spot. Sjostrom now ranks third on this planet on the season, with Curtis ranked sixth general.

MEN’S 200 BACK – FINAL

• World Record – 1:51.92, Aaron Peirsol (USA), 2009
• World Junior Record – 1:55.14, Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2017
• European Record – 1:53.19, Hubert Kos (HUN), 2025
• European Junior Record – 1:55.14, Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2017
• Italian Record – 1:55.71, Thomas Ceccon, 2025
• Meet Record – 1:55.05, Ryosuke Irie (JPN), 2012

GOLD – Roman Mityukov (SUI), 1:57.32
SILVER  – John Shortt (IRL), 1:57.73
BRONZE – Benedek Kovacs (HUN), 1:57.76

The girls’s 50m free last was a tricky act to comply with for this males’s 200m again foremost occasion, with simply six of the eight finalists clearing the two:00 barrier.

As anticipated, Swiss Olympic medalist Roman Mityukov carried the momentum from holding the highest seed out of the morning, hitting the wall tonight in 1:57.32 for gold.

That was properly off the 1:54.83 nationwide document he logged eventually yr’s World Championships, however sufficient to seize the highest spot this night.

Ireland’s nationwide document holder and World Junior Championships multi-medalist John Shortt bumped himself up from third seed to earn the silver, registering 1:57.73 to knock about two seconds off his morning swim of 1:59.68.

Hungary’s Benedek Kovacs additionally landed on the rostrum together with his mark of 1:57.76, adequate to seize the bronze.

Of observe, the Sette Colli Trophy document stays on the 1:55.05 Japanese Olympic icon registered in 2012 for one of many oldest meet data nonetheless remaining.

WOMEN’S 200 BACK – FINAL

• World Record – 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
• World Junior Record – 2:03.35, Regan Smith (USA), 2019
• European Record – 2:04.94m Anastasia Fesikova (RUS), 2009
• European Junior Record – 2:06.62, Benchmark
• Italian Record – 2:05.56, Margherita Panziera, 2021
• Meet Record – 2:06.87, Margherita Panziera (ITA), 2019

GOLD – Aurora Velati (ITA), 2:12.57
SILVER  – Anna Conti (ITA), 2:13.30
BRONZE – Dora Molnar (HUN), 2:13.67

Despite getting into this girls’s 200m backstroke because the top-seeded swimmer with a morning results of 2:12.88, 19-year-old Dora Molnar noticed herself get handed by a pair of Italians to finally be relegated to the bronze medal place.

It was Aurora Velati who obtained to the wall first, posting 2:12.57 for the gold, main teammate Anna Conti who notched 2:13.30 for the silver.

Molnar of the NCAA’s University of Southern California nonetheless landed on the rostrum, however settled for bronze in 2:13.67.

Velati made essentially the most of tonight’s last, together with her 2:12.57 demolishing her earlier career-swiftest efficiency of two:13.26 from simply this previous April.

MEN’S 50 FLY – FINAL

• World Record – 22.27, Andrii Govorov (UKR), 2018
• World Junior Record – 22.96, Diogo Ribeiro (POR), 2022
• European Record – 22.27, Andrii Govorov (UKR), 2018
• European Junior Record – 22.96, Diogo Ribeiro (POR), 2022
• Italian Record – 22.67, Thomas Ceccon, 2025
• Meet Record – 22.27, Andrii Govorov (UKR), 2018

GOLD – Noe Ponti (SUI), 22.73
SILVER  – Kristof Milak (HUN), 22.86
BRONZE – Stergios-Marias Bilas (GRE), 23.08

The high three males from this morning’s 50m butterfly heats maintained their positions, with Swiss Olympic medlist Noe Ponti dropping his AM outing of twenty-two.81 all the way down to 22.73 to steer the sector.

That checks in because the 4th-quickest outing of his storied profession, one which boasts a PB and Swiss customary of twenty-two.51 placed on the books en path to snagging silver on this occasion on the 2025 World Championships.

Hungarian Olympic champion Kristof Milak demolished his 23.06 morning swim with a silver medal-worthy results of 22.86 to hitch Ponti as the one sub-23-second performers on the evening.

That’s a big-time PB for the 200m fly World Record holder, crushing his former best-ever efficiency of 23.03 from April of this yr. He additionally now turns into the Hungarian nationwide document holder on this occasion, outperforming the 22.90 Szebasztian Szabo registered on the 2019 World Championships.

Greek swimmer Stergios-Marios Bilas bagged the bronze in 23.08, solely .08 faraway from the nationwide document of 23.00 he placed on the books on the 2025 World Championships.

WOMEN’S 200 FLY – FINAL

• World Record – 2:01.81, Liu Zige (CHN), 2009
• World Junior Record – 2:03.03, Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2024
• European Record – 2:04.27, Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2009
• European Junior Record – 2:06.26, Lana Pudar (BIH), 2023
• Italian Record – 2:06.50, Caterina Giacchetti, 2009
• Meet Record – 2:07.05, Sara Isakovic (SLO), 2008

GOLD – Ellen Walshe (IRL), 2:08.02
SILVER  – Helena Rosendahl Bach (DEN), 2:08.15
BRONZE – Paola Borrelli (ITA), 2:08.63

This girls’s 200m fly last got here all the way down to the wire, with the highest three opponents separated by simply over half a second when all was mentioned and achieved.

24-year-old Irish swimmer Ellen Walshe put her personal nationwide document on discover en path to attending to the wall first, producing a gold medal-worthy time of two:08.02.

Walshe turned within the sixth place place on the 150m mark however fired up the jets to surpass Denmark’s Helena Rosendahl Bach who settled for silver simply .13 behind in 2:08.15.

Italian high seed Paola Borrelli was relegated to bronze, hitting a still-solid outing of two:08.63.

Walshe’s Irish nationwide document stays on the 2:07.48 turned in on the 2025 World Championships, whereas Bach’s efficiency tonight was off her PB and Danish customary of two:06.65 notched on the 2024 Olympic Games.

21-year-old Borrelli’s lifetime greatest checks in on the 2:07.47 put up simply this previous April on the Italian Championships to qualify her for this summer time’s European Championships.

MEN’S 200 BREAST – FINAL

• World Record – 2:05.48, Qin Haiyang (CHN), 2023
• World Junior Record – 2:06.59, Shin Ohashi (JPN), 2026
• European Record – 2:05.85, Leon Marchand (FRA), 2024
• European Junior Record – 2:08.32, Filip Nowacki (GBR), 2025
• Italian Record – 2:08.50, Loris Facci, 2009
• Meet Record – 2:07.63, Arno Kamminga (NED), 2021

GOLD – Caspar Corbeau (NED), 2:09.02
SILVER  – Christian Mantegazza (ITA), 2:10.00
BRONZE – Kerem Ilyem (TUR), 2:11.27

Olympic medalist Caspar Corbeau of the Netherlands upgraded himself from 2nd seed to the gold medal place, courtesy of attending to the wall first in 2:09.02.

That garnered almost a one-second benefit over Christian Mantegazza of the host nation, who turned in a time of two:10.00 for silver.

Turkey’s Kerem Ilyem collected the bronze in 2:11.27.

Former University of Texas athlete Corbeau stays ranked 4th on this planet on this 2breast occasion because of the two:08.50 he notched final month.

WOMEN’S 200 BREAST – FINAL

• World Record – 2:17.55, Evgenia Chikunova (RUS), 2023
• World Junior Record – 2:19.64, Viktoria Gunes (TUR), 2015
• European Record – 2:17.55, Evgenia Chikunova (RUS), 2023
• European Junior Record – 2:19.64, Viktoria Gunes (TUR), 2015
• Italian Record – 2:22.28, Lisa Angiolini, 2026
• Meet Record – 2:20.72, Yuliya Efimova (RUS), 2018

GOLD – Mona McSharry (IRL), 2:22.71
SILVER  – Tes Schouten (NED), 2:22.89
BRONZE – Kotryna Teterevkova (LTU), 2:24.61

The girls’s version of the 200m breast was additionally on the quiet aspect, with no feminine clearing the two:20 barrier through the last.

Ireland’s nationwide document holder and Olympic medalist Mona McSharry clocked the speediest effort, delivering a time of two:22.71 because the gold medalist.

That eked out the win forward of Dutch Olympic medalist Tes Schouten, who settled for silver simply .18 behind in 2:22.89.

Further again was Lithuania’s Kotryna Teterevkova, who turned in a mark of two:24.61 for bronze.

MEN’S 200 FREE – FINAL

• World Record – 1:42.00, Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
• World Junior Record – 1:42.97, David Popovici (ROU), 2022
• European Record – 1:42.00, Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
• European Junior Record – 1:42.97, David Popovici (ROU), 2022
• Italian Record – 1:45.15, Carlos D’Ambrosio, 2025
• Meet Record – 1:45.49, David Popovici (ROU), 2023

GOLD – David Popovici (ROU), 1:44.48 *Meet Record*
SILVER  – Carlos D’Ambrosio (ITA), 1:46.41
BRONZE – Jack McMillan (GBR), 1:46.71

21-year-old David Popovici of Romania owned this males’s 200m freestyle occasion from begin to end, finally stopping the clock at a speedy results of 1:44.48 for a brand new meet document.

His time overwrote the 1:45.49 competitors customary he placed on the books three years in the past to beat the sector tonight by almost 2 seconds.

Popovici cut up 24.36/26.53 (50.90)/26.91/26.68 to get the job achieved in Rome this night.

Runner-up standing went to Italy’s nationwide document holder Carlos D’Ambrosio, who notched 1:46.41, whereas British Olympic relay medalist Jack McMillan rounded out the rostrum at a strong in-season results of 1:46.71.

Popovici now ranks #2 on this planet on the season, sitting solely behind Korean Olympian and nationwide document holder Hwang Sunwoo, who delivered a fast results of 1:43.92 eventually October’s Korean Sports Festival.

WOMEN’S 400 FREE – FINAL

• World Record – 3:54.18, Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2025
• World Junior Record – 3:56.08, Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2023
• European Record – 3:59.15, Federica Pellegrini (ITA), 2009
• European Junior Record – 4:03.57, Ajna Kesely (HUN), 2018
• Italian Record – 3:59.15, Federica Pellegrini, 2009
• Meet Record – 4:02.64, Camilee Muffat (FRA), 2013

GOLD – Simona Quadarella (ITA), 4:05.10
SILVER  – Elisa Pignotti (ITA), 4:10.39
BRONZE – Maria Heitmann (BRA), 4:10.59

27-year-old Simona Quadarella ensured a 1-2 Italian end on this girls’s 400m free, clocking a successful time of 4:05.10.

That obtained her to the wall over 5 seconds forward of countrywoman Elisa Pignotti, who snagged the silver in 4:10.39, adopted by Brazil’s Maria Heitmann, who notched 4:10.59 because the bronze medalist.

Quadarella already posted a swift outing of 4:03.59 at April’s Italian Championships to signify the Eleventh-fastest swimmer on the planet proper now.

MEN’S 200 IM – FINAL

• World Record – 1:52.69, Leon Marchand (FRA), 2025
• World Junior Record – 1:56.53, Yumeki Kojima (JPN), 2026
• European Record – 1:52.69, Leon Marchand (FRA), 2025
• European Junior Record – 1:56.99, Hubert Kos (HUN), 2021
• Italian Record – 1:56.21, Alberto Razzetti, 2023
• Meet Record – 1:57.11, Daiya Seto (JPN), 2019

GOLD – Alberto Razzetti (ITA), 1:57.83
SILVER  – Simone Spediacci (ITA), 1:59.32
BRONZE – Dominik Torok (HUN), 1:59.63

After hitting a pedestrian time of two:02.05 because the sixth seed out of the lads’s 200m IM heats, 27-year-old World Championships multi-medalist Alberto Razzetti of the host nation blazed to the wall first to hit 1:57.83 for the gold.

That held off teammate Simone Spediacci, the highest seed, who settled for silver in 1:59.32, as Hungarian Dominik Torok additionally landed on the rostrum in 1:59.63, adequate for bronze.

Razzetti’s efficiency checks in simply exterior the checklist of his 10 greatest performances to-date. Last yr in Singapore, the veteran clocked a mark of 1:57.53 to complete tenth on this occasion.

–WOMEN’S 200 IM – FINAL

• World Record – 2:05.70, Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2025
• World Junior Record – 2:06.56, Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2024
• European Record – 2:06.12, Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2015
• European Junior Record – 2:11.03, Benchmark
• Italian Record – 2:09.30, Sara Franceschi, 2023
• Meet Record – 2:08.28, Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2019

GOLD – Alex Walsh (USA), 2:09.05
SILVER  – Ellen Walshe (IRL), 2:11.40
BRONZE – Sara Franceschi (ITA), 2:12.11

American Olympic medalist Alex Walsh carried the momentum from claiming the highest seed into this last of the ladies’s 200m IM, topping the rostrum in 2:09.05.

That gave the American Olympic medalist a 2nd gold, pairing with the 400m IM meet title she already collected final evening.

Irish nationwide document holder Ellen Walshe landed on her second podium of the night, including 200m IM silver in 2:11.40 to the 200m fly gold she reaped earlier within the session.

Host nation swimmer Sara Franceschi rounded out the rostrum in 2:12.11.

As for Walsh, her lifetime greatest stays on the big-time 2:07.13 she established on her technique to incomes gold within the occasion on the 2022 World Championships. Her stellar profession contains following that up with silver in Fukuoka the next yr (2:07.97), then topped off with a painstaking disqualification on the 2024 Olympic Games. Prior to the DQ, she was on her technique to a private greatest of two:07.06, which might have garnered her the bronze.

MEN’S 1500 FREE – FASTEST HEAT

• World Record – 14:30.67, Bobby Finke (USA), 2024
• World Junior Record – 14:41.22, Kuzey Tuncelli (TUR), 2024
• European Record – 14:32.80, Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA), 2022
• European Junior Record – 14:41.22, Kuzey Tuncelli (TUR), 2024
• Italian Record – 14:32.80, Gregorio Paltrinieri, 2022
• Meet Record – 14:33.10, Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA), 2020

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