The 27-year-old from Montebelluna touched home at the Foro Italico in 2min 07.13sec, with Britain’s Katie Shanahan taking silver in 2:09.26 from Hungary’s Dora Molnar, who clocked 2:09.73 for bronze.

The men's 50m butterfly yielded another Italian gold as Thomas Ceccon came home in 22.89sec, from France's Maxime Grousset, who clocked 22.97, and Portugal's Diogo Ribeiro, who finished in 23.07.

Nicolo Martinenghi earned the third home victory on the night as he clocked 58.26sec in the men's 100m breaststroke final, with compatriot Federico Poggio taking silver in 58.98 and bronze being claimed by Lithuania's Andrius Sidlauskas, who recorded 59.50.

Britain's Commonwealth champion James Wilby just missed another podium appearance as he finished joint fourth with Austria's Valentin Bayer on 59.54.

Simona Quadarella added a fourth home gold as she won the women's 800m freestyle in 8min 20.54sec from Germany’s Isabel Gose on 8:22.01 and Turkey’s Merve Tuncel, who clocked 8:24.33 for bronze.

The other two golds on offer tonight went to The Netherlands as Marrit Steenbergen won the women's 100m freestyle and then swam the concluding leg to see her country home first in the mixed 4x100m relay.

Steenbergen won her individual title in 53.24sec from France’s Charlotte Bonnet, who took silver in 53.62, one hundredth of a second ahead of Britain’s Freya Anderson.

The Netherlands clocked 3min 41.73sec in the mixed relay, with Italy finishing second on 3:43.61 and bronze going to Britain on 3:44.69.