Benedetta Pilato and Chiara Tarantino have been fined after stealing two cosmetic products at Singapore airport.

Two Italian swimmers, including 2022 world champion Benedetta Pilato, were suspended for 90 days by their federation on Thursday for stealing cosmetics at Singapore airport upon returning from the 2025 World Championships.

"Taking into account the facts revealed by the investigation and the cooperation of the two athletes, who admitted their responsibilities, the Disciplinary Commission of the Italian Swimming Federation has decided to suspend them for 90 days from all activities starting today," the Italian Swimming Federation said in a statement.

The suspension will prevent Benedetta Pilato, 20, and Chiara Tarantino, 23, from competing in the European Short Course Championships, which will take place from December 2 to 7 in Lublin, Poland.

In a duty-free store

The two swimmers were arrested by Singaporean police on August 14 after stealing two cosmetic products from a duty-free store at Singapore airport.

They were able to return to Italy on August 20 after intervention by the Italian authorities.

Breaststroke specialist Benedetta Pilato won the bronze medal in the 50m at the 2025 World Championships.

His list of achievements also includes a world title in the long course, in the 100m breaststroke in 2022, for a total of six medals in the competition, and two European titles (50m breaststroke in 2021 and 100m breaststroke in 2022).

She failed to reach the podium (4th) in the 100m breaststroke at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In a statement on her social media after her return to Italy, Benedetta Pilato explained that she had been "involved (in this theft) independently of (her) will": "From this experience, I have learned great lessons about prudence, individual responsibility and the value of the people around me," she wrote.