At the Swimming World Cup 2023 , many staunch athletes are representing the United States. In the 4000m medley event, 17-year-old Katie Grimes stacked two golds for her team in two legs of the event. The water wizard Michael Andrews also surpassed his Australian rival Isaac Cooper in multiple 50-meter events to add more medals to his ever-growing hall of fame.

However, apart from these staunch athletes, a 22-year-old athlete not representing the U.S.A. in the waters was spotted using an American prop at the event. Amid this move, a silent controversy looks to haunt Thomas Ceccon’s swimming career. A tweet highlighting this news has left social media in a frenzy.

Thomas Ceccon uses American props at the Swimming World Cup 2023

Amid the ongoing Swimming World Cup 2023, Kyle Sockwell posted an intriguing video captioned “Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon is still wearing a Team USA cap at the World Cup” on X. In the video, 22-year-old Ceccon, after participating in the 100-meter freestyle, was spotted taking off his goggles and Team USA cap while looking over the scoreboard.

Nonetheless, apart from using the American prop for Italian glory at the event, the athlete won the 100-meter freestyle event. The swimmer finished the race in 48.36, while Dylan Carter and Zac Incerti secured the second and third positions after clocking in 48.62 and 48.88, respectively. The Italian athlete won the event after ranking third (49.14) in the qualifying event, as Popstar turned Swimmer Cody Simpson secured first place in 48.99.

Intriguingly, this is not the first time Ceccon has been spotted wearing a U.S. cap at the Swimming World Cup 2023. In the first leg of the Swimming World Cup 2023, the athlete was seen wearing the cap in a 200-meter backstroke event

Thomas Ceccon wears the cap in Berlin waters

In the 200-meter backstroke event, Thomas Ceccon blazed through the waters of Berlin to secure the win in 1:56.64. Amid the athlete’s staunch performance, his rivals Ryosuke Irie and Joshua Edwards had to settle for the second and third positions on the podium after finishing the race in 1:58.99 and 1:59.00, respectively. However, apart from the athlete’s win, Ceccon also hit the headlines for wearing the U.S.A. cap at the event. Amid this win, Kyle Sockwell also misinterpreted the athlete as “Team USA’s newest backstroker.”

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This move by Thomas Ceccon has undoubtedly raised a few questions in the swimming community. However, apart from this intriguing update, the athlete continues to showcase extraordinary performances at the Swimming World Cup 2023.

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