Overview
- Italy’s mixed 4x50m freestyle relay of Leonardo Deplano, Lorenzo Zazzeri, Silvia Di Pietro and Sara Curtis won gold in 1:27.26, trimming France’s 2022 world mark by seven hundredths.
- Thomas Ceccon captured the men’s 100m backstroke, delivering Italy’s first individual gold of these championships ahead of France’s Mewen Tomac and Britain’s Oliver Morgan.
- Simona Quadarella took silver in the women’s 800m freestyle in 8:03.00, lowering the Italian record previously held by Alessia Filippi, as Germany’s Isabel Gose won gold.
- Alberto Razzetti claimed silver in the men’s 200m individual medley in 1:52.05, finishing behind Spain’s Hugo González, and returned to qualify for the 200m butterfly final.
- In late-session advances, Curtis and Di Pietro reached the women’s 50m freestyle final, Curtis also made the 50m back final after a national-record heat, Deplano qualified for the men’s 50m free final, and Francesco Lazzari and Lorenzo Mora advanced in the 50m back.