Italy's Pilato Wins Women's 100m Breaststroke World Title

Italy's Pilato Wins Women's 100m Breaststroke World Title

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Category : Sports Published on: June 22 2022

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  • Italian Benedetta Pilato has won the women's 100m breaststroke title at the 19th FINA World Championships.
  • Benedetta Pilato won Italy's second gold and their third of the world championships when she won the women's 100m breaststroke final by a fingernail.
  • Pilato was also the second 17-year-old gold medallist after Romanian David Popovici.
  • She edged German Anna Elendt by 0.05sec with Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte at 0.09sec.
  • In the men's category, Italian Thomas Secon won the 100m backstroke world title in a world record time. 
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