Men’s U20 WP Europeans: Spain, Greece and Serbia join Italy in the quarters
Italy and Spain topped the respective groups in the first division and Greece and Serbia both pulled off a big win to advance to the quarter-finals in the second place, while the other four, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro and Germany need to play in the crossovers. From the lower division, Turkiye and the Netherlands emerged as […]
Paris 2026: World record for “Superwoman” Curtis on winning night for Sjostrom, Liebmann and – just – Popovici
Nineteen-year-old Sara Curtis of Italy, always likely to earn high honours at these European Aquatics Championships, peaked earlier than expected in the evening session of day three as she set a world record of 26.63 in the women’s 50m backstroke semi-finals. Curtis had hopes of a first European gold here having set a European record […]
Paris 2026: European Aquatics Integrity meeting brings national federations together
European Aquatics Integrity Unit brought together representatives of National Federations, the European Aquatics’ Bureau and members of the European and the World Aquatics’ Integrity Units on 12 August for a dedicated meeting focused on integrity, ethics and safeguarding across aquatic sports. Held at the Aquatics Olympic Centre in Paris, 50 participants had the possibility to […]
Paris 2026: Steenbergen advances on two fronts as Ponti and Curtis enjoy day 3 swimming heats
Marrit Steenbergen of The Netherlands, winner of the previous night’s 100m freestyle gold, qualified comfortably from the 200m freestyle and 50m backstroke heats in the day three morning session as she pursues her manifold ambitions at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026. Elsewhere there was a perky performance in the men’s 100m butterfly heats from […]
