PARIS, July 29 (Reuters) - World record holder Thomas Ceccon made a thrilling late surge to claim the men's 100 metres backstroke gold and give Italy a second swimming title at the Paris Olympics ...

Thomas Ceccon went viral after Italy won the bronze medal during the men's 4x100m freestyle relay Xavier ... Ceccon and the rest of the Italian swim team looked like “Calvin Klein models.” ...

Veteran Gregorio Paltrinieri also won a thrilling men’s 1,500 freestyle on Saturday, as Italy ended the week’s swimming events with five golds. Paltrinieri was well under world record pace as ...

Ceccon, who also nabbed gold in the men's 100-metre backstroke at the Games ... 2022 World Aquatics Championship in Budapest. Besides swimming, Ceccon is also trained in tennis.

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 ...

The Italian men's national team has been suspended for six ... in the Water Polo World Championship next July. The Italian Swimming Federation will not appeal.

With no men picked to compete in artistic swimming at the Paris Olympics, where they are eligible for the first time, a former world champion is ending his career this week. At the Italian ...

Gold medalist Giorgio Minisini of Italy, reacts during the medal ceremony for the men's solo free final of artistic swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 7 ...