Marathon Swimming at the Aquatics WA World Championships 2024

dullard · February 2

On 2/1/2024 at 6:31 AM, phelps said:

Gregorio Paltrinieri will not take part in the men's 10km race

he will be replaced by Dario Verani, world silver medallist and European champion over 25km (but a good specialist also in the 10km)

Paltrinieri will swim only the mixed relay in OWS (and the 1500m in the pool)

Swimswam are reporting that he's swimming the 5k. So who is right?

phelps · February 2

13 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

https://swimswam.com/gregorio-paltrinieri-drops-10k-in-doha-in-huge-olympic-gamble/?utm_source=webpushr&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=807859

I think they're messing it up a bit...

Paltrinieri is not taking any gamble...he's already sure to participate to the Olympic race, as he already swam 14.40 in the 1500m last December

and every Nation can start 2 swimmers in the Olympic race provided they are directly qualified through the 2023 and 2024 worlds OR they have reached the A standard in the 800m/1500m in the pool

this means that for :ITA Doha's race is only about a second quota place (both Acerenza and Verani don't have good pool clockings yet, so they need to earn a place in Sunday's competition)

for what concerns the internal selection, he's already safe, Verani has been named clearly the number #3 in the Paris list (even if he wins the world title, he would be selected for the Olympics only if Greg and Mimmo are injured)

phelps · February 2

14 hours ago, dullard said:

Swimswam are reporting that he's swimming the 5k. So who is right?

yes, now I have the full selection for :ITA

Paltrinieri is going to swim both the 5k and the mixed relay (plus both the 800m and the 1500m in the pool)

they decided to skip the 10k because he wanted a couple more days rest after the altitude training and because the water in Doha is supposed to be too cold for his taste (around 20° C, they even think it might be possible for the swimmers to be allowed to use the full wet suit)

by the way, this is the full :ITA team:

women's 10 km: Ginevra Taddeucci & Arianna Bridi

men's 10 km: Dario Verani & Domenico Acerenza

women's 5 km: Barbara Pozzobon & Giulia Gabbrielleschi

men's 5 km: Gregorio Paltrinieri & Domenico Acerenza

Team Event 4x1500m: TBD after the 5km races (but the men are surely Paltrinieri & Acerenza, unless something goes wrong in the previous days)

Edited February 2 by phelps