World Swimming Championships, Thomas Ceccon 50m butterfly world champion. Italy’s first gold in the specialty

Thomas Cecon conquered the gold medal in the 50 butterfly to the Swimming World Championships in Fukuoka in Japan, a few minutes after the silver of Nicolò Martinenghi in the 100 breaststroke. The blue won the title in 22″68 also setting the Italian record: preceded by the Portuguese Matos Ribeiro 22″80 and French Maxime Grousset 22″82.

Ceccon: “I won the 50, now I won’t do it again”

Twenty minutes before the final of the 50m-butterfly Ceccon won his semi-final of the 100m-back to secure a place in the final. “I’m delighted, I wanted this medal more than the backstroke at this moment. I knew I could swim this time and I had to hope that the others did slightly worse. I thank the physiotherapists – he said as soon as he got out of the pool – who treated me in these 20 minutes between the semifinal of the backstroke and this final of the dolphin. I did a fantastic thing. I did an excellent 100m backstroke. I’m less tired now than after the 100m backstroke. I’m world champion and I’m happy. The title is the title. Now I won’t do more than 50, I don’t hate them but we don’t see them very well. I had to win them, and that’s enough now”.