Paltrinieri’s gold medal in the 1500 style. Mystery Sun Yang: do not show up at the start – The Messenger

The blue Paltrinieri Gregory won the gold medal race in the 1500 freestyle World Cup in Kazan.

The champion of the Golden Flame ended with the European record, in 14: 39.67 in front of the American Connor Jaeger and Canadian Ryan Cochrane. Paltrinieri after a bad start at most remained behind the Canadian and then pass it after a third of the race. Blue then stretched accumulating precious seconds of advantage on US Joeger who had since moved into second place and was approaching, but could not reach the blue. It is the first time that an Italian athlete wins gold in the 1500m freestyle at a World Cup.

For Paltrinieri is the second medal in the review of Kazan after the ‘silver in the 800 freestyle.
A sorpesa the Chinese Sun Yang has instead taken the road to the final. The world record holder and reigning Olympic champion, it did not appear at the starting blocks. Gregory Paltrinieri in batteries had inflicted 4/2 to champion Chinese.
The mystery around the absence of the Chinese has since deepened after the race.

“It’s crazy really. It is the best term to express that. I’m happy, very happy, but I was really dead. I started seeing Sun Yang, did not understand. We were in the call room and all were wondering what happened, and where is that thing put me really scared, I was destabilized. “

Gregory Paltrinieri, almost not to believe ‘ enterprise. “I did not know what to do, I went into the water with a thousand doubts and fears a thousand more, there was no Sun Yang and had three times the fear, I felt like I lost. I opened strong, but the race was not beautiful. I’m delighted the world’s gold -added the athlete of the Golden Flame – but I thought to do much less, perhaps having Sun Yang would have done, but the race was forced from the beginning. There being him I said to myself: ‘I must win to force cabbage’. I felt even more agitated. It was ugly, but beautiful in the end. “

” That Gregory was an exhilarating victory winning a remarkable athlete, a special kid that I believe all mothers would like to have as a son. I like this philosophy of life so serene and his language so simple, in fact a positive person in every sense