It will be amazing! He went in the 50 butterfly, as Italy had never won

Gold but seen in the 50m butterfly: author Thomas Ciccone, twenty minutes after reaching the final of the 100m backstroke, pulls off a remarkable feat in a race that swims for pleasure: a great time, 22″68 (improving the Italian record by 22″79) to beat Portugal’s Ribeiro 22″80 and Frenchman Maxime Grosset’s 22″82, fastest in his heat. It’s not an Olympic discipline, but it likes the stretch: meanwhile, giving Italy a medal it’s never won and colorless. “I’m delighted,” says the 2001 Vicenza native who trains in Verona, “I wanted it over the 100m backstroke, like last year. I was excellent in the backstroke, and now I’m the world champion in dolphin too. Title is title, I wanted to win them once, we don’t see the 50 well…but I won them.” He went with a mustache like last year on the back. Gold confirms the versatility of the Vicenza rider, silver already with the rapid relay. Gold appears lighter in the final light on Tuesday.