Information shattered as Italy lead medal desk in Lignano Sabbiadoro

The Para Swimming World Series 2026 continued with 4 days of top-level worldwide racing on the Bella Italia Village in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, from 12 to fifteen March.

The competitors marked the second cease of the nine-event 2026 season, bringing collectively main Para swimmers from throughout the globe and producing standout performances, together with two world data.

New marks set

Czech swimmer David Kratochvil (S11) delivered one of the vital spectacular campaigns of the meet, securing victories within the males’s 100m freestyle and 200m particular person medley, whereas additionally including further podium finishes throughout 4 days.

Kratochvil’s standout second got here on the opening day of the competitors within the males’s 100m freestyle, the place he set a brand new world document within the S11 class. The Czech swimmer first broke the mark in the course of the morning heats with a time of 55.67, earlier than decreasing it once more within the remaining with 55.34 to safe the gold medal.

The double document efficiency instantly positioned him as one of many highlights of the Para Swimming World Series Lignano Sabbiadoro 2026.

Beyond the victories, Kratochvil additionally demonstrated outstanding consistency including silver medals within the 100m breaststroke and 50m freestyle, in addition to bronze medals within the 100m butterfly and 400m freestyle, making him one of the vital embellished athletes of the competitors.

A second world document was additionally established in the course of the occasion. Russian swimmer Konstantin Burmistrov set a brand new S12 world benchmark within the males’s 100m butterfly, touching the wall in 56.47 in the course of the remaining.

Another world document was damaged by 🇷🇺 Russia’s Konstantin Burmistrov (S12) within the males’s 100m butterfly.

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Italy’s domination

In the general medal desk, the host nation completed as probably the most profitable nation, securing seven gold medals throughout the four-day programme. Italian swimmers delivered robust performances throughout a number of classifications, with Monica Boggioni (S5/SB3) main the cost by profitable each the ladies’s 200m freestyle and 50m breaststroke.

Additional Italian gold medals got here from Francesco Bocciardo (S5) within the 200m freestyle, Efrem Morelli (SB3) within the 50m breaststroke, Antonio Fantin (S6) within the 400m freestyle among the many male athletes whereas Alessia Scortechini (S10) within the 50m freestyle, and Domiziana Mecenate (SM3) within the ladies’s 150m particular person medley contributed within the feminine classes.

Turkiye completed because the second most profitable nation on the Para Swimming World Series Lignano Sabbiadoro 2026, incomes 4 gold medals.

Five-time world champion Defne Kurt (S10) captured two victories within the ladies’s 100m freestyle S10 and 100m butterfly, whereas Sevilay Ozturk (S5) additionally gained two gold medals within the 50m backstroke and 50m butterfly occasions.

Ukraine and Brazil each concluded the competitors with three gold medals every.

Ukraine’s victories included performances from Ihor Nimchenko (S10) within the males’s 50m freestyle, Andrii Trusov (S7) within the males’s 50m butterfly, and Veronika Korzhova (SM7) within the ladies’s 200m particular person medley.

🇧🇷 Gabriel Araujo, 🇩🇰 Alexander Hillhouse & 🇨🇿 David Kratochvil grabbed their second gold medal on the Para Swimming World Series Lignano Sabbiadoro 2026 on Day 3️⃣.

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Araujo leads Brazil medals

Brazil’s gold medals have been led by Gabriel Araujo (S2/SM2), who gained the lads’s 50m backstroke and 150m medley, whereas Beatriz Flausino (SB14) secured victory within the ladies’s 100m breaststroke.

Elsewhere, Czechia and Denmark every secured two gold medals in the course of the meet.

Alongside Kratochvil’s victories for Czechia, Denmark’s Alexander Hillhouse (S14) claimed gold in each the 100m butterfly and 100m backstroke, persevering with his robust type on the worldwide stage.

Gold medals have been additionally earned by swimmers representing Switzerland, the Netherlands and Canada, demonstrating the worldwide attain of the Para Swimming World Series.

Switzerland’s Nora Meister (S6) gained the ladies’s 400m freestyle, whereas the Netherlands’ Rogier Dorsman (SB11) topped the rostrum within the males’s 100m breaststroke. Canada’s Katie Cosgriffe (S10) additionally secured gold within the ladies’s 100m backstroke.

Next cease

With racing concluded in Lignano Sabbiadoro, the Para Swimming World Series 2026 calendar continues to maneuver shortly. The Italian meet represented the second competitors of the nine-event worldwide sequence, which offers key aggressive alternatives for athletes all through the season.

The subsequent cease of the Para Swimming World Series 2026 is Barcelona, Spain, with swimmers set to return to the pool simply days after the Italian occasion from 19 to 22 March.