Gregorio Paltrinieri set a new
European record as he won gold in the 800 metres freestyle at
the world championships in South Korea on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old, the reigning 1,500m world and Olympic
champion, dominated the race and clocked a time of 7:39.27 to
come home ahead of Norway's Henrik Christiansen and France's
David Aubry.
It is Italy's second gold of the world aquatics championships
in Gwangju after Simona Quadarella won the women's 1500
freestyle on Tuesday.
"I'm over the moon," said the Italian, "this is a beautiful
race, it's been a long time since I did an 800 like this. For
this I'm really happy".
"I was strong, I tried to pace myself and I got an edge. I'm
really very happy," he told Raisport.
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