the French Analia Pigrée crowned on 50 meters backstroke

The Frenchwoman won ahead of Silvia Scalia and Maaike de Waard on Sunday in Rome. She won her first international title.

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Like a rocket. Analia Pigrée won, on Sunday August 14, the gold medal in the 50 meter backstroke at the European Swimming Championships in Rome (Italy). The Guyanese swimmer set a time of 27″27. She improved her own French record by two hundredths and won ahead of the Italian Silvia Scalia (27″53) and Dutch Maaike de Waard (27″54). This is the first international title for the Frenchwoman, bronze medalist at the world championships in Budapest in July.

Second time in the semi-finals, Guyanese swimmer Analia Pigrée, 21, becomes European champion in the 50m backstroke by signing a time of 27"27. Mary-Ambre Moluh finished 6th in 27"95.

Second fastest in the semi-finals on Saturday, Analia Pigrée got off to a good start thanks to an excellent run and came up against the competition to clearly win. “I swim for that, to win medals, to go as far as possible. European champion, it’s huge for mereacted the 21-year-old backstop at the microphone of France Télévisions. Getting to this level is a dream come true.”


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