The eighteen year old from Chiaverano closes her experience with a balance of three out of three finals “Great emotion, there was fierce competition”
RICCIONE
After the sixth place in the 200 m and the fifth in the 100 m, conquered between Wednesday 31 March and Thursday 1 April, the 18-year-old swimmer from Canavese Francesca Pasquino, on Friday obtained another fifth place in the 50 meters, again backstroke, at the absolute Italian swimming championships. of Riccione.
Great satisfaction, not so much for being able to go to the final for the third consecutive time in three days, but above all because she retouched her staff in the 50s, going from 28”69 to 28”67: “Also on the third day at Riccione was a great emotion – explains the girl from Chiaverano -. We were 38 competitors in the pool, all very well prepared and it was not easy to go to the final. On Friday morning I finished in third place, with 28”70, delayed by only 25 cents from the first Silvia Scalia – says Pasquino – then in the afternoon, despite being very tired, I managed to improve my record in this discipline and it was great. Even my coach Gianni Anselmetti of Nuotatori Canavesani Ivrea was very satisfied with this experience and congratulated me on how I interpreted this adventure ». Pasquino takes stock of these three days: «I consider this experience to be very positive, I spent three memorable days and compared to previous editions, the technical level was very high. I didn’t get the time to go to the Tokyo Olympics in July, but that wasn’t my goal ». From Tuesday 6 April she returned to train in Ivrea, at the municipal swimming pool, waiting to define the next competitive commitments. –