Doha – Italy won a silver and a bronze medal at the World Short Course Swimming Championship, still on-going in Doha, Qatar, in the 4×200 freestyle relay and the 4×50 mixed. The medals were won by the eight members of the two relay teams, composed for a good half by athletes of the swimming section at the Army Sports Centre. The team of Andrea D’Arrigo, Marco Belotti, Nicolangelo Di Fabio and Filippo Magnini received the silver member. The US wonb first place with 6’51″68 and Russia arrived third with 6’51″96. The other team, with Niccolò Bonacchi, Fabio Scozzoli, Erika Ferraioli and Silvia Di Pietro arrived third, after Brazil with 1’37″26, and the UK with 1’27″46. (9Colonne)
