World Para Swimming Championships: Antonio Fantin Sets World Record in S6 100 Free
Italy’s Antonio Fantin started Day 2 of the World Para Swimming Championships with a meet record in the men’s S6 100 freestyle.
He ended the day with a world record.
Fantin went 1:04.08 to set the pace in the morning, then downed his world record from the Tokyo Paralympics by .06 seconds in a time of 1:03.65. Colombia’s Nelson Crispin Corzo and Frenchman Laurent Chardard tied for silver.
Fantin was one of two world records on the day, with Timothy Hodge setting the mark in the men’s SM9 200 individual medley. Countryman Benjamin Hance set the meet record in the S14 100 backstroke, while Cameron Leslie set an Oceania record of 1:21.80 in winning the men’s S4 100 free.
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The night session began with a bang via Argentina’s Inaki Basiloff, who set an Americas record in the men’s S7 400 freestyle, winning by more than four seconds over Italy’s Federico Bicelli.
The Americas delegation has started the World Para Swimming Championships in fine form. Monday’s session ended with Brazil winning gold in the mixed 200 free relay 20 points in an Americas record of 2:20.40. Lidia Vieira da Cruz, Daniel Xavier Mendes, Joana Neves and Samuel Da Silva de Oliveira comprised the relay. They improved the record in the morning, then slashed another three seconds off it.
Da Silva de Oliveira won the men’s S5 50 back, and Gabriel Bandeira won silver in the S14 men’s 200 back.
Mexico was second in the relay. Jesus Hernandez won the men’s SM3 150 individual medley, and Colombia’s Sara Vargas Blanco set an America’s record in the women’s S6 100 free at 1:12.75. She edged Ukraine’s Anna Hontar by .05 seconds, Hontar winning her second silver medal of the meet.
Leanne Smith won her second gold of the meet and one of four for the Americans on Night 2 of the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships. She clocked in at 2:56.94 to take the top spot in the SM3 women’s 150 IM. She denied Tonja Scholz a second gold on the night, after the German set a meet record of 1:20.70 in the S4 women’s 100 free.
Colleen Young set an American record in the women’s SB13 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:14.79. It was also the race of the night, Young edging Germany’s Elena Krawzow by a scant .02 seconds.
McKenzie Coan claimed the S7 women’s 400 free in 5:10.36. Ahalya Lettenberger was third for the U.S. Robert Griswold picked up the first American men’s gold by going 1:03.82 to win the S8 100 back.
Italy continued to collect medals. Stefano Raimondo won a second gold, edging Australia’s Col Pearse in the men’s SM10 200 IM. Xenia Francesca Palazzo claimed victory in the S8 women’s 100 back. Giulia Terzi was second in the women’s S7 400 free.
An Asian record for Kazakhstan’s Nurdaulet Zhumagali wasn’t quite enough for gold thanks to Taliso Engel, the German edging him by two tenths in SB13 100 breast. Zhumagali’s record stands at 1:04.09.
Turkey’s Sumeyye Boyachi won the S5 50 back in a 1-2 with countrywoman Sevilay Ozturk.
Lisa Kruger made it two golds in two nights, winning the women’s SM10 200 IM. Stephen Clegg (S12 men’s 100 fly) and Bethany Ferth (S14 women’s 100 back) did the same for Great Britain. Again, Ferth led a 1-2-3 for Britain, followed to the wall by Poppy Maskill and Jessica Appelgate.
Keiichi Kimura of Japan won the men’s S11 100 fly in an excellent race with the Netherlands’ Rogier Dorman, who picked up silver 0.32 seconds back. Zsofia Konkoly outpaced Spain’s Sarai Gascon by six tenths in the SM9 women’s 200 IM.