Second silver for Monica She improves in the 200 style

“It was the race that I expected the most, I finished third at the Tokyo Olympics” The Pavese has already won one gold, another silver and three bronze medals

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Monica Boggioni from Pavia wins a very heavy silver in the 200 freestyle category S5 at the Paralympic swimming world championships being held in Portugal. The twenty-three year old graduate in biological sciences at the University of Pavia had won her qualifying heat with a time of 2’56 ”96, however, giving the impression of not pulling too hard, trying to save herself for the afternoon’s final. On the other hand, the opponents were far behind and Monica didn’t have to damn herself to finish in the lead and qualify for the final. In the final the Pavese managed to improve her qualifying time by almost three seconds, closing with an excellent 3’54’20, but the winner, the American Tully Kearney, set a very high pace from the very first strokes, so much so that she concluded by lowering the previous world record by two seconds, hitting the plate in 2’42 ”36.

«I’m very happy with the result – says Monica – it was my penultimate race. I am satisfied to have won the silver in the race where I had won the bronze in Tokyo. Time satisfies me is half a second longer than the staff I swam last year. I’m happy because I managed the race believing it to the end. It’s my eleventh race between heats, finals and relays, so I can’t have the freshness of the first few days. I was motivated by the desire to do well, to get involved and have fun. I was aware that the American would be stronger and she made a great deal of time ». Today is the last day of competition for Monica Boggioni, who in the morning (11.28 am) will be involved in the S5-style 100 series and in the evening (10.35 pm) in the final. Monica Boggioni has already won one gold, two silvers and three bronzes. –

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