Italian swim world champion banned for stealing cosmetics at Singapore airport

Italian swimmers Benedetta Pilato, 20, and Chiara Tarantino, 23, received 90-day bans from each activities by the Italian swimming federation for stealing cosmetics astatine Singapore airdrome portion returning from the 2025 satellite championships, wherever Pilato won bronze successful the 50m breaststroke.The 2 athletes were arrested by Singapore constabulary connected August 14 aft being caught stealing 2 cosmetic products from a duty-free store astatine the airport.The swimmers were capable to instrumentality to Italy connected August 20 pursuing involution from Italian authorities."Given the facts revealed by the probe and the practice of the 2 athletes, who acknowledged their responsibilities, the authoritative of the Italian swimming federation has decided to suspend them for 90 days from each activities starting today," the federation announced.The suspension means some swimmers volition miss the European abbreviated people championships successful Poland this December.Pilato, who won satellite breaststroke golden successful Budapest successful 2022, addressed the incidental connected societal media. "From this experience, I gully large lessons connected prudence, idiosyncratic responsibility, and the worth of the radical astir me," she wrote.She besides claimed she had been "involved (in this theft) independently of (her) will."