The Italian finished third in his battery after a rocket start
The positive side is the qualification for the semifinals, the negative side is the way it arrived. In the race that took place after noon (Italian time), the 19-year-old from Pavia Federico Burdisso started off like a rocket in the 200 meter butterfly battery and then slowed down in the third pool, where he was joined by rivals. Burdisso, the Italian record holder, finished the battery in third place, but with the seventh time: 1’55 “14.
The other blue also advances, Giacomo Carini, who has obtained the tenth time. The best time goes to the Hungarian Kristof Milak, world champion and record holder (1’53 “58), then Kuan Hung from Taiwan (1’54” 44) and the Brazilian Leonardo De Deus (1’54 “83). Burdisso said he struggled with tension.