Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri on
Wednesday won the gold medal in the 5km race at the European
swimming championships at Lupa Lake in Budapest.
2016 Olympic champ Paltrinieri, 26, the current 1500m freestyle
world record holder, covered the course in 55'43"3, beating
France's Marc-Antoine Olivier by almost two seconds and by just
over three the other Azzurro, Dario Verani, who got the bronze.
The two-time world champ said: "This success is incredible
because it's my first long-distance swimming European title and
I've only swum the 5 k twice, but both times I won.
"I've come to this sport as a beginner and I'm learning race by
race and I feel ever more aware of my potential".
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