Burdisso is on top of the world with the relay

The 20 year old champion from Pavia contributes to the blue triumph in the 4×100 mixed by winning his dolphin fraction

PAVIA

Federico Burdisso on the roof of the world. The 20-year-old champion from Pavia, twice bronze at the Tokyo Games, won gold with the 4×100 mixed relay at the Budapest World Championships, also setting a new continental record with 3’27 ”51. Federico was very good starting from the front and staying in the lead in his dolphin stage, repelling the attacks of the American Michael Andrew. On the other hand, he had said it just after the semifinal of the 100 butterfly, underlining that without the American Dressler the gold medal was a dream within reach and that we had to try. The blue technical director Cesare Butini has studied the tactics of the race to perfection, making Piero Codia swim in the battery, when the Azzurri qualified with the third time, making Burdisso rest for the final.

Greg’s example

«The gold won by Greg Poltronieri charged me and all my teammates a lot – Burdisso commented hotly – today we had a great opportunity that we absolutely could not miss with the American quartet without Dressler. We won first place and set the new Italian and European record against the United States, very strong anyway. I am very happy for this medal and I am sure that my teammates in the relay are equally happy. It’s a great feeling ». The twenty-year-old who grew up in the swimming pool in via Folperti swam his fraction in 50 “66, managing to stay ahead of the American Michael Andrew (2’40” 03 against 2’40 “43), finally launching Miressi in the last style fraction, with the blue finishing first with a large second basin. The final balance of Burdisso at the World Cup is therefore more than positive, with this gold. In the 100 butterfly, Federico, despite being eliminated, closed in front of his national team mate Piero Codia, a result that allowed him to compete with the relay in the final, an important step in view of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. European Championships, which will be held in Rome, from 11 to 21 August and in which the young champion from Pavia should also return to swim the 200 butterfly, his specialty.