PESCARA – With SwimNews. Three Italian records fell on the second day of the Italian championships in Pescara yesterday.

Silvia Di Pietro, 16, smashed her own record three times, winning the final of the 50m butterfly in 26.10.

Earlier, she set 26.25 in the morning’s heats, then 26.23 in the semi-finals.

Teenager Ilaria Scarcella set the women's 100 metres breaststroke record clocking 1:06.99.

Scarcella’s time in a semifinal swim beat the 1:08.01 set by Roberta Panara in the first semi-final, while the previous mark of 1:08.09 was held by Chiara Boggiatto who came also inside the previous best in 1:07.75.

Mattia Nalesso set a new record in the 100 metres butterfly.

He won in 52.49 seconds, lowering the record of 52.66 set by Lorenzo Benatti who also raced inside the previous Italian mark, with a 52.59.

Meanwhile, negotiations are underway to resolve the crisis over the facilities for the world championships in July.

Today it transpired that the Foro Italico main competition pool is indeed at the heart of the problem: when TV reporters stopped by the pool and asked workers when they were aiming to get the improvement works on the pool in place, they replied: "sometime in 2010". A bit too late for Roma 2009.

The Italian media is now asking: where is the taxpayers' money that was donated to the event in Rome partly for a big upgrade of the Foro Italico facility, much of which has not taken place, according to politicians and others reported in the Italian media today.

The Salaria Sport Village complex, to be used for the world championships, was seized by police working on orders from the public prosecutor earlier this week.

FINA's executive meets in emergency session in Lausanne on Friday to discuss suits and concerns over what events in Rome mean for the world championships in July.