Second Triple Crown for Steenbergen on day 2 of Astana World Cup – but even she can’t stop Wasick earning 50m freestyle “triple triple”
Marrit Steenbergen earned her second Triple Crown on day two of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Astana as she headed towards overall victory in the women’s competition – but even she could not prevent Poland’s Kasia Wasick earning a triple triple in the 50m freestyle. The 26-year-old from The Netherlands clocked 56.54 in […]
Tomblin and Pellacani crowned stars of Paris 2026 as European Aquatics Congress honours a record-breaking summer
European Aquatics Congress 2026, which took place last weekend in Baku, honoured Great Britain’s Ranjuo Tomblin and Italy’s Chiara Pellacani as the most successful athletes of the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, with world record breakers Sara Curtis of Italy and Johannes Liebmann of Germany also receiving awards for their achievements in the competition. Tomblin […]
Another European record for Steenbergen and Triple Crowns for McSharry, Vanotterdijk and Henceau on day 1 of Astana World Cup
Marrit Steenbergen’s maintained her triumphant progress in this season’s World Aquatics Swimming World Cup as she set a European women’s 200m freestyle record and secured a Triple Crown in the 50m backstroke on day 1 of the concluding stop in the Kazakhstan capital of Astana. The 26-year-old Dutch athlete, whose eight previous victories in the […]
Swiss head coach Meloni told Paris 2026 swimming clinic: “Programmes must be a guide, not a cage”
Building performance and the athlete/team/coach relationship were the two final facets addressed by leading Swiss coach Massimo Meloni during his elite swimming coach clinic at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026. Meloni, head coach at the Swiss Aquatics Training Base group – which includes Olympic medallist and multiple short course world record holder Noe Ponti […]
Second world record for Kornev, second European record for Steenbergen as Tashkent World Cup concludes
Two of Europe’s top performers played it again at the second World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Tashkent as Russia’s Egor Kornev set a men’s 50m butterfly world record of 21.28 and Marrit Steenbergen of The Netherlands lowered her own women’s 100m freestyle European record to 50.32. Kornev, who equalled the world 100m freestyle record […]
Steenbergen betters her own European record at Tashkent World Cup and Coetze sets world record
Marrit Steenbergen has carried on where she left off at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in the Uzbekistan capital of Tashkent, maintaining her win streak from the first stop in Baku with three more victories – and a European record. The 26-year-old Dutch swimmer began day one by earning victory in the 50m backstroke […]
Last chance to register for European Aquatics Swimming Coach Level 1 Practical Course in Malta
Swimming coaches can still take part in the second edition of the European Aquatics Swimming Coach Level 1 Practical Course, which will take place at the National Pool Complex in Il-Gzira, Malta, from Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October. The course is designed to equip coaches with the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to perform […]
Steenbergen rounds off Baku World Cup with fourth win as Belgium earn two golds and Kornev tops podium again
Marrit Steenbergen rounded off the first of the three scheduled World Cups by winning a fourth title on the third day of action in Baku. The 26-year-old Dutch swimmer, who retained her world 100m freestyle title last year and broke the world record for that event this year, finished her work in the Azerbaijan capital […]
Kornev equals men’s 100m freestyle world record on day two of opening World Cup in Baku
Egor Kornev equalled the men’s 100m freestyle short course world record on day two of the opening 2026 World Cup in Baku, clocking 44.84 as he held off the challenge of Australia’s world and Olympic 50m freestyle champion Cameron McEvoy, who finished in 45.36. Kornev, who won 50m and 100m freestyle silver as well as […]
Steenbergen starts 2026 World Cup with two golds in Baku as Wasick maintains winning run
Marrit Steenbergen got her 2026 World Cup campaign underway in Baku with double gold at the first of three scheduled stops on the Silk Road Tour. The 26-year-old Dutch swimmer won the 50m backstroke and 100m individual medley on the opening night of racing in the Azerbaijan capital, which also saw Poland’s 34-year-old Katarzyna Wasick […]
