More than a race. The oldest swimming trophy in the world is renewed every year and relaunched with great Italian and foreign champions. The 60th edition of the IP Settecolli Trophy - Internazionali di Nuoto will be presented to the press on Thursday 20 June at 12:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Foro Italico Swimming Pools (ex Sala Rossa). The conference will be moderated by all-round champion Massimiliano Rosolino. Together with President Paolo Barelli, speakers will include Minister for Sport and Youths Andrea Abodi, the Councillor for Major Events, Sport, Tourism and Fashion of Roma Capitale Alessandro Onorato, Lorenzo Galanti, Director of ICE - Italian Trade & Investment Agency for the project "Sport and Promotion of Made in Italy"; DT of the Italian national team Cesare Butini, coach of the national water polo team Sandro Campagna with captain Francesco Di Fulvio, Olympic bronze medallist and world champion in 2019, multiple Olympic and world champions Gregorio Paltrinieri, Simona Quadarella, Sarah Sjoestroem and Daniel Wiffen. Also present will be the President of the Italian Paralympic Federation Roberto Valori with Alessia Scortechini, Paralympic champion with the 4x100 freestyle and world and European champion; Daniele Longo, Marketing & Innovation Director of IP - Gruppo Api, title sponsor of the event; Fabrizio Manni, Head of Global Sponsorship and Events ENEL. Marco Mezzaroma, President of Sport e Salute, who is in Germany with CEO Diego Nepi Molineris to support the national football team that will face Spain at the European champions, will greet all those present with a video-message. During the conference, the Federnuoto mascot, Finny, will also be presented; the playlist Settecolli vol. I, published on Spotify, with the songs chosen by the champions of the 2023 edition; the 'Alberto Castagnetti' Coach of the Year Award, now in its ninth edition, with finalists Alberto Burlina, Christian Minotti and Marco Pedoja.
In the hall the Italian national team members Thomas Ceccon, Lorenzo Zazzeri, Nicolò Martinenghi, Alessandro Miressi, Benedetta Pilato, Leonardo Deplano, Manuel Frigo and Paolo Conte Bonin.
The 60th edition of the Settecolli IP / International Swimming Trophy is scheduled at Stadio del Nuoto in Rome, from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 June. The first edition took place in 1963. Stadio del Nuoto was the venue for the Olympic Games in 1960, then the World Championships in 1994 and 2009 and the European Championships in 1983 and 2022. Heats will be streamed on YouTube and Facebook, finals live from 6 p.m. on RaiSport HD. As usual, pre-show is scheduled to start at 5:15 p.m. with, among others, the participation of Massimiliano Rosolino and Filippo Magnini, with live coverage on YouTube and Facebook. Tickets, with discounts for FIN members, available on Ticketone. Around 1,000 athletes representing 52 countries are registered. Among them are many Olympic and world champions and multiple medallists, such as Britain's Adam Peaty and Benjamin Proud, Laura Stephens and Freya Colbert, Tom Dean, Luke Greenbank and James Guy, Japan's Yui Ohashi and Daiya Seto, the stainless Magyar Katinka Hosszú, Germany's Florian Wellbrock, Holland's Arno Kamminga, Tes Schouten, Marrit Steenbergen, Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte, South Africa's Chad Le Clos, Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey, Canada's Penny Oleksiak, as well as other international stars. 20,000 spectators are expected for the three-day sold-out event. Of international importance is the presence of the FINP (52 Italians) and a representative from Belgium, Great Britain, Spain and Turkey. All endorsed and recognised by the World Para Swimming. Among the FINP athletes, Manuel Bortuzzo will also be competing on Friday morning in the 100 breaststroke. Event within the event, the water polo test match between Italy and France on Friday 21 at 9 p.m. Free admission and live coverage on Waterpolo Channel.
