Steenbergen beats Sjostrom’s women’s 100m freestyle world record with 51.68 clocking in Rome – as Marchand swims season’s world best in St Etienne
Marrit Steenbergen set a women’s 100m freestyle world record of 51.68 tonight at the Sette Colli International in Rome. The 26-year-old Dutch athlete was out in 24.98 and home in 26.70 to better the record of 51.71 set by Sweden’s Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom at the 2017 World Championships. Meanwhile France’s quadruple Paris 2024 champion […]
Hungary 2026: Germany strikes gold again as Bollmann edges Kiselev in thriller, while Kuvshinova rules the platform
Germany continued its outstanding performance in Budapest with another gold medal on the penultimate day of the European Aquatics Junior Diving Championships Hungary 2026 as Hannes-Hermann-Rudi Bollmann produced a composed display to win the boys B 3m springboard title by the narrowest of margins. The German diver led throughout a captivating final and ultimately finished […]
Italy’s 19-year-old Curtis sets European women’s 50m backstroke record at Sette Colli in Rome
Home swimmer Sara Curtis set a European women’s 50m backstroke record of 27.07 at the 67th Sette Colli International in Rome. The 19-year-old Italian, who rounded off 2025 by claiming seven medals at the EA Short Course Championships in Lublin, took 0.16 off the national record of 27.23 she had set in the day one […]
Return to Paris: Paltrinieri restored and ready for Olympic marker in city of the “electric vibe”
It is 14 years since Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri earned his first European long-course gold, taking the 1500m freestyle title at the 2012 Debrecen Championships as a 17-year-old. Since then this athletic phenomenon from Carpi has won a wealth of continental, world and Olympic medals in the pool and in open water swimming. His collection already […]
