Rome, Aug. 13 (LaPresse) – Gold with a world record. Sara Curtis claimed the continental title at the European Swimming Championships with a time of 26″56. The Italian finished ahead of Frenchwoman Mary Ambre Moluh (27″06) and Britain’s Lauren Cox (27″15). The 19-year-old from Savigliano, who will turn twenty next week, triumphed by improving the 22″63 she set yesterday in the semifinal, when she erased the 22″86 recorded 26″86 by Australia’s Kaylee McKeown in Budapest during the ISL in October 2023. Another outstanding performance by the Piedmontese sprinter – registered with the Army and CS Roero, coached in Italy by Thomas Maggiora and at Virginia University by Todd DeSorbo – who practically left her opponents behind from the 25-meter mark and produced a magnificent gem, following the historic bronze she won in the 100m freestyle. Sara emerged from the water smiling, happy, radiant and with yet another well-deserved standing ovation from the crowd filling the Olympic Aquatic Centre. The competition was swept aside, annihilated by such class, power and elegance in the water: unreachable for her opponents. “I’m very happy, it was hard to manage the emotion after yesterday’s record, I struggled to fall asleep. I tried to put everything aside and play it until the end and accelerate over the last 15 meters. I’m happy I managed to do it again. It’s incredible, another madness. I would bring my parents onto the podium, nothing would be possible without them. The moment I went to Virginia, I thought only about this, the record. A dream and an immense goal,” Curtis said immediately after the race to Raidue.
Swimming: European Championships, gold for Sara Curtis in the 50m backstroke with world record
Rome, Aug. 13 (LaPresse) – Gold with a world record. Sara Curtis claimed the continental title at the European Swimming Championships with a time of 26″56. The Italian finished ahead of Frenchwoman Mary Ambre Moluh (27″06) and Britain’s Lauren Cox (27″15). The 19-year-old from Savigliano, who will turn twenty next week, triumphed by improving the 22″63 she set yesterday in the semifinal, when she erased the 22″86 recorded 26″86 by Australia’s Kaylee McKeown in Budapest during the ISL in October 2023. Another outstanding performance by the Piedmontese sprinter – registered with the Army and CS Roero, coached in Italy by Thomas Maggiora and at Virginia University by Todd DeSorbo – who practically left her opponents behind from the 25-meter mark and produced a magnificent gem, following the historic bronze she won in the 100m freestyle. Sara emerged from the water smiling, happy, radiant and with yet another well-deserved standing ovation from the crowd filling the Olympic Aquatic Centre. The competition was swept aside, annihilated by such class, power and elegance in the water: unreachable for her opponents. “I’m very happy, it was hard to manage the emotion after yesterday’s record, I struggled to fall asleep. I tried to put everything aside and play it until the end and accelerate over the last 15 meters. I’m happy I managed to do it again. It’s incredible, another madness. I would bring my parents onto the podium, nothing would be possible without them. The moment I went to Virginia, I thought only about this, the record. A dream and an immense goal,” Curtis said immediately after the race to Raidue.