2009 Best Performers

200 METRES FREESTYLE

#	Country		Time	Name	IPS	Meet
1		ITA	1:54.47	Pellegrini, Federica	1013	ITALCMAR
2		GBR	1:56.47	Jackson, Joanne	988	GBRLCMAR
3		NED	1:56.54	Heemskerk, Femke	987	AMSTDAPR
4		CHN	1:57.08	Yang, Yu	981	CHNLCAPR
5		GBR	1:57.15	Adlington, Rebecca	980	SCOLCJUN

Three Italian short-course records fell at the 4th Gran Premio Italia in Viareggio on the Tuscan coast, where Federica Pellegrini, Olympic 200m free champion, gave her own eight-lap standard a scare with a 1:55.19 victory, within half a second of a best time that won't survive the winter.

The other records were: Ombretta Plos clocked 1:06.91 in the 100m breaststroke to shave 0.07sec off the standard that had stood to Chiara Boggiatto since December 2005; Francesca Segat won the 200m 'fly in 2:05.00, 0.91sec inside the mark that she set at worlds in Shanghai in 2006; and Elena Gemo finished second to Therese Alshammar (SWE) in the 50m 'fly in 26.52, to the winner's 25.93.