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30/07/2009Also journalists in the Roma09 water with the Omega Trophy
What a phenomenon, the Finnish Tommy Rundgren: he said he would swim the 50m Freestyle in 25 seconds and 45 of a hundredth. In the end, he swam in 25 and 41.
That’s what you need to win the Omega Press Trophy: guessing the exact timing of your race. Therefore, the media representatives from all over the world have found themselves in the record-scoring pool, the one that saw the performances of Phelps, Pellegrini, Bernard, Biedermann and Filippi. A colorful and fun party: those who are in excellent shape on the starting blocks wearing a regulation swim-suit, and those not-so-in shape.
Actually, Tommy Rundgreen has a secret: he is now a Eurosport commentator. A few years ago he was a member of the freestyle Finland swim team. Even other famous swimmers have climbed the steps of the podium: Christof Gertsch of Switwerland and Gianni Minervini, deputy director of the Rome09 Organizing Committee and 100m breast-stroke silver medalist in Madrid ’86.
There were well-known names and faces in the pool. The fastest is the Olympic champion Domenico Fioravanti, who scored 25.19. What a shame he was so pessimistic to forecast one second more for his performance. There is also Francesco Postiglione, the voice of RAI for waterpolo matches, and Luca Sacchi, bronze medalist at the Barcelona Olympics. All journalists, having been athletes or not, have been reporting with a touch of irony at the Rome09 event.