By Claire Wong on SwimSwam
67th SETTE COLLI TROPHY
Friday, June 26th – Sunday, June 28th Prelims at 9am local (3am ET)/A-Finals at 7pm local (1pm ET) Foro Italico, Rome, Italy SwimSwam Preview Entry List Live Results Livestream Finals Live RecapWomen’s 50 Backstroke — Final
World Record — 26.86, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) — 2023 European Record — 27.10, Kira Toussaint (NED) — 2021 Meet Record — 27.23, Sara Curtis (ITA) — 2026Top 3 Finishers
Sara Curtis (ITA) — 27.07 **New European Record** Costanza Cocconcelli (ITA) — 27.83 Chiara Lamanna (ITA) — 28.28Lowering her own national record this morning wasn’t enough for the 19-year-old Italian superstar, as Sara Curtis returned to the pool to set a new continental best in the 50 back. Earlier today, Curtis posted a 27.23 to knock exactly a tenth off her previous best of 27.33, a time that was set this April at the Italian Championships. Tonight, she took another 0.16 off her own Italian record. Curtis has now dropped a total of 0.87 seconds in 2026 alone, as she entered the year with a best time of 27.97.
The UVA – based swimmer rises to the #5 performer of all time, surpassing USA’s Regan Smith.
Top 5 Performers in history – 50 back
Kaylee McKeown (AUS): 26.86 – 2023 World Swimming Cup – Budapest Katharine Berkoff (USA): 26.97 – 2025 Toyota National Championships Xiang Liu (CHN): 26.98 – 2018 18th Asian Games Jing Zhao (CHN): 27.06 – 2009 World Championships Sara Curtis (ITA): 27.07 – 2026 Sette Colli TrophyCurtis also recorded the #2 time in the world this season, sitting behind only Katharine Berkoff‘s 26.98 from the Indianapolis Pro Swim Series last week.
While Curtis is done for the day, she still has the 50 free, 100 free, and 50 fly left on her schedule. She is the Italian record holder in both freestyle events.
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