By David Rieder
Under world record-pace for much of swim, it was evident Gregorio Paltrinieri was on his way to a special performance in the 1500 free at the European Championships. Sure, he fell three seconds short of that mark‒Sun Yang’s blistering final 100 proved too much for the Italian‒but in the process Paltrinieri passed a legend on the all-time list.
It’s tough to argue that Grant Hackett is not the greatest distance swimmer of all-time. Hackett won gold in the 1500 at both the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and is one of just two men to win a single World title four consecutive times‒1500 free in 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2005. At that 2005 meet Hackett swept World titles in the 400, 800 and 1500 and finished second to Michael Phelps in the 200 on his way to being named Swimming World Swimmer of the Year.
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