Britain's 16-time European champion Adam Ramsay-Peaty could only finish fifth in the men's 100m ****** troke final on Tuesday, as Italian Nicolo Martinenghi stormed to victory in Paris.
Martinenghi was too strong for his rivals, winning in 58.58 seconds to add the European championship ****** le to the Olympic gold he won in Paris two years ago.
Russian Ivan Kozhakin was just 0.10sec behind in second, with Simone Cerasuolo ensuring a second Italian on the podium with a time of 58.90sec.
Ramsay-Peaty, a two-time Olympic gold-medal winner and three-time world champion in the event, could only manage 59.10sec.
It was an improvement of 0.55sec on the time which the 31-year-old posted in taking bronze at the recent Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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Martinenghi was too strong for his rivals, winning in 58.58 seconds to add the European championship ****** le to the Olympic gold he won in Paris two years ago.
Russian Ivan Kozhakin was just 0.10sec behind in second, with Simone Cerasuolo ensuring a second Italian on the podium with a time of 58.90sec.
Ramsay-Peaty, a two-time Olympic gold-medal winner and three-time world champion in the event, could only manage 59.10sec.
It was an improvement of 0.55sec on the time which the 31-year-old posted in taking bronze at the recent Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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