Celebrating a successful meet in Genoa with farinata. Farinata is a chickpea flour crepe typical to the Ligurian Coast in Italy. (And it’s absolutely delicious!)
Nico Sapio Trophy: Natalie Coughlin Posts Top-Ranked 100 Back Time; Doubles Up — November 1, 2011
GENOVA, Italy, November 1. USA’s Natalie Coughlin began what looks to be a productive European swing spanning multiple meets in Italy this week. At the Nico Sapio Trophy meet today, Coughlin posted a top-ranked time while also breaking into the top 10 in another short course meter rankings for her second victory of the night.
Coughlin crushed the women’s 100 backstroke with a time of 56.47. That swim cleared Missy Franklin’s previously top-ranked time of 56.73 set at the Berlin stop of the World Cup circuit, and came within half-a-second of her American record of 56.08 from Dubai in 2010. Italy’s Arianna Barbieri (59.83) and Roberta Ioppi (1:01.11) finished second and third.
Coughlin then claimed the women’s 100 free title in 52.80 to move to seventh in the world rankings. Franklin leads the world with a 52.09 from Berlin, while Coughlin bypassed Allison Schmitt (53.07) as the second-fastest American this year. The Netherlands’ Femke Heemskerk took second in 53.20, while USA’s Kim Vandenberg touched third in 54.79.
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