Gabriele Detti set a European record with a thrilling late victory in the 800m freestyle, Chad Le Clos found redemption in the 200m butterfly following his Olympic heartache and Adam Peaty won his second gold medal of the meet in the 50m breaststroke at the World Championships in Budapest.
Laszlo Cseh was second behind Chad in the 200m butterfly while Gregorio Paltrinieri and Cameron van der Burgh both took bronze in the 800m freestyle and 50m breaststroke respectively as a steady procession of Arena swimmers made their way to the podium at the Duna Arena.
Gabriele has had a great competition with bronze in the 400m freestyle before he produced a late surge in the 800m.
Third with 100m to go, he moved into second after the final turn before powering home to win in 7:40.77, wrestling back the European record he had set in 2014 before Gregorio had lowered it at the last World Championships in Kazan, Russia, in 2015.
Gabriele said: “We train a lot so we are used to this type of competition. But it was great that Italy led this event.”
Gregorio touched third in 7:42.44 but had mixed feelings, saying: “I could see it all happening. I could see the other competitors but I tried to race on my own and not pay attention. In the end, in the last strokes,…
