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 ...

Instead, Martinenghi, who won a bronze in Tokyo, stole their glory. "That's amazing, that's amazing, it was a dream come true," the beaming Italian told reporters. "I grew up with that goal in my ...

PARIS - Nobody expected Nicolo Martinenghi to win the gold in the 100 metres breaststroke to deny his idol Adam Peaty a third straight Olympic title on Sunday, but the Italian knew he had a ...

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 ...

On a star-studded day in the French capital, Peaty had to settle for silver in the men's 100m breaststroke after Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi beat him by 0.02 seconds. Earlier, Murray extended his ...

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 ...

Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi won the men’s 100 metres breaststroke gold at the Paris Olympics and ended Adam Peaty’s “three-peat” bid to win the same event at three successive games.

Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi stunned Adam Peaty to win a nail-biting men's 100m breaststroke final on Sunday while Simone Biles dazzled a star-studded crowd on her return to the Olympic stage.

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 ...

Martinenghi won from Lane 7 in 59.03 seconds, just ahead of Peaty and American Nic Fink, who tied for silver at 59.05. Qin finished in seventh in 59.50. “I was in my favorite lane, in seven ...