GENOA – Italy’s Edoardo Giorgetti set a European record in the men's 200 meters breaststroke at the Italian short-course Championships in Genoa on Friday.

Giorgetti, 19-year-old and former Junior European and World champion, clocked 2:05.02 (28.77, 1.00:57, 1.32:48) slicing 0.47 seconds off the previous mark of 2:05.49 set by Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta when he won gold at the SC Europeans in Debrecen on December 16, 2007.

European record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
2:05.02 Giorgetti Edoardo ITA Genoa 28.11.08
2:05.49 Gyurta Daniel HUN Debrecen 16.12.07
2:05.63 Edmond Ian GBR Dublin 14.12.03
2:06.95 Podoprigora Maxim AUT Berlin 25.01.03