Olympic champion Federica Pellegrini has named Federico Bonifacenti as her new coach following her split from Frenchman Philippe Lucas.
The 23-year-old, who won the 200m freestyle in Beijing in 2008, had caused a stir in January by linking up with Lucas, ex-coach of her former French rival Laure Manaudou.
But the arrangement lasted just over six months and now Bonifacenti will coach her up to the Olympic Games in London next year.
Pellegrini also dated Manaudou's ex-boyfriend Luca Marin, an Italian swimmer, before splitting from him and dating another member of the national team, Filippo Magnini.
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