NANTERRE, France (AP) — Nicolo Martinenghi won gold in the 100-meter breaststroke on Sunday at the Paris Olympics, thrilling Italian fans and canceling several of the main story lines going into ...

Cast your mind back to 19 June 2022 as Nicolo Martinenghi hoists himself onto the lane rope and points to the sky before slapping the water in celebration. The Italian had timed his finish ...

Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi won one of the closest swimming finishes you will see at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 100-meter breaststroke. Martinenghi beat Nic Fink of the United States and ...

Martinenghi, 24, was placed in lane 7 while pre-race favourite and world record holder Peaty was in lane 4 with Tokyo runner-up Arno Kamminga and Qin Haiyang on either side of him.

A tearful Adam Peaty had to settle for Olympic silver as Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi snatched a stunning gold in the 100m breaststroke final in Paris. Peaty, 29, was well placed with 25m to go but ...

Nicolo Martinenghi added European gold to the world 100m breaststroke title with a storming second 50 at the European Championships in Rome. The Italian, who recently turned 23, turned second at ...

Adam Peaty won a silver medal in the men's 100m breaststroke final on Sunday The 29-year-old Team GB legend had won gold in this event at Rio and Tokyo But he finished 0.02 seconds behind Italy's ...

And then he lost a gold medal Sunday in the 100-meter breaststroke to Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi by a fingernail. On the other hand, he tied Great Britain’s Adam Peaty for silver, his first ...

Nicolo Martinenghi stunned Adam Peaty to win the Olympic 100m breaststroke gold medal on Sunday, with the British great having to settle for silver. The Italian came home strongly to win by a ...

But Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi claimed an upset for the ages, denying Peaty a ‘three-peat’ by 0.02 seconds, with the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 champion finishing in a tie for second alongside ...

Martinenghi, 24, was placed in lane 7 while pre-race favourite and world record holder Peaty was in lane 4 with Tokyo runner-up Arno Kamminga and Qin Haiyang on either side of him.