Oeiras 2026: Hungary, Italy, Spain and Netherlands surge through to semifinals
Hungary roared back to beat Neutral Athletes B in the opening quarterfinal of the Women’s U20 European Water Polo Championships in Portugal on Wednesday. The Magyars were later joined in the semis by the Netherlands, who shut Greece out in the third quarter to help seal a narrow victory. Italy took a while to overcome […]
Paris 2026: Wesemann in wonderland after stunning 3m springboard win as Ukraine earn first diving gold in mixed 10m platform
European divers produced a contest of pulverising world class quality in the men’s 3m springboard final here at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. And just as he had done to retain his 1m title four days earlier, Germany’s Moritz Wesemann produced a huge and dramatic final flourish, earning gold with a score of 95.55. Earlier in […]
Paris 2026: Wellbrock and Taddeucci complete the double with 5km open water swimming gold
Florian Wellbrock and Ginevra Taddeucci followed up their 10km victories with further gold in the 5km events on day two of open water competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, though both had to work hard for it, with Wellbrock seeing off a resurgent David Betlehem, while Taddeucci had to come from behind after […]
Paris 2026: NAB complete team hat-trick in artistic swimming as Spain claim Championship trophy
The spectacular team acrobatic final brought the artistic swimming competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 to a thrilling close on Tuesday evening, as a packed Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis witnessed one final showdown between Europe’s two dominant powers. After another breathtaking battle, the Neutral Athletes B edged Spain to claim their third […]
Paris 2026: Seven swimming storylines to watch out for at the European Aquatics Championships
Will Marchand march on after injury? Leon Marchand is the central poster boy for the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026. A French sporting icon after winning four golds at the Paris 2024 Olympics. But he pulled out of the French Championships at the end of June after straining his right adductor during the 200m breaststroke […]
