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.