Thomas Ceccon closes the European Championships with a double disappointment and without the gold that seemed within his reach. First, the second place in the 100 backstroke, missed by just one hundredth against the Greek Apostolos Christou, then the silver in the 4×100 medley with another sprint lost at the wire against the Neutral Athletes. Four medals in total, including the two bronzes, but the feeling of an opportunity that could have turned into something even bigger.
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In the 100 backstroke Ceccon started strong and held the lead for almost the entire race. Christou, however, found an impressive surge in the last meters, managing to put his hand ahead by just one hundredth. A hard-to-digest disappointment, especially for the Olympic champion who in Rome, in 2022, had won the European title in the distance. Ceccon, as always, did not indulge in long speeches. In front of the Rai microphones, he was brief: “I don’t want to be here making considerations that would take an hour, also because I have the award ceremony soon, but that one hundredth definitely stings”.
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Then he mainly looked at the time: “Regardless of that and speaking only of times, it was also a rather slow time: 52″2. It’s fine for what it is, that’s it.” Shortly after it was already time for the relay. Together with Razzetti, Martinenghi and D’Ambrosio, Ceccon tried to fight for the gold medal until the very end. Something was missing again this time, but the group gave everything: “Yes, we fought. We knew we were three or four nations fighting for it and we fought for it”. The balance remains important anyway. Two silvers and two bronzes are certainly not a small haul, even if Ceccon leaves these European Championships with some regrets. “But I don’t want to be here making considerations,” he said. Perhaps because, in the heat of the moment, it is still too difficult to make them without thinking about those two golds that slipped away by very little.
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