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Italy’s Federica Pellegrini Powers To Her Debut World S/C Title: 200m Free In 1:51.7
- Updated: December 7, 2016
World s/c Championships
Windsor, Canada, Day 1
Women’s 200m freestyle
A decade after claiming a silver lining over 200m free at the world short-course championships, Italy’s Federica Pellegrini stormed past Hungarian Katinka Hosszu on the way home to claiming the eight-lap title at this year’s edition of the global gathering in the little pool. Victory marked the first world short-course crown for a swimmer heavily decorated and no longer able to say “I can’t win in short-course because my turns aren’t good enough”. They were today.
Federica Pellegrini by Patrick B. Kraemer
Federica Pellegrini – a class apart by PBK
The first gold of the meet among women went to Pellegrini in 1:51.73. Experience and the sure knowledge that no-one in the race could touch her on three key …
