At the Sette Colli Trophy international swimming competition in the capital of Rome, Italy, on Saturday evening Ruta Meilutytė won the gold medal.
In the women's 50m breaststroke main final, the Lithuanian finished in 29,79 seconds. and surpassed all competitors. Another athlete from Lithuania - Kotryna Teterevkova from Vilnius - took eighth place in the final (31.48).
Silver went to 0.44 seconds. the Italian Anita Bottazzo, who swam slower, the Irish Mona McSharry (30.59) finished third.
R. Meilutytė, who covered the distance in 30,02 seconds, also recorded the best result in the morning among all the participants of the selection, while K. Teterevkova showed 31,10 seconds in the selection. time and it was eight o'clock.
The qualifying swims for the Sette Colli Trophy start at 10am on Friday and Saturday. local time (11 a.m. in Lithuania), half an hour earlier on Sunday. The start of the finals is scheduled around 18:19 on all days. (XNUMX p.m.).
The competition is broadcast by Rai Sport + HD.
The 59th edition of the competition is one of the last big starts for swimmers in Europe before the upcoming World Championships.
The Sette Colli Trophy is included in the list of qualifying events for next year's Summer Olympics, so all swimmers competing here can aim Olympic standards.
Let us remind you that two Lithuanian swimmers have already won tickets to the Paris Olympic Games - Danas Rapšys (200, 400 m freestyle) and R. Meilutytė (100 m breaststroke).
