OPEN WATER NEWS
Florian Wellbrock and Ginevra Taddeucci were crowned European 10km open water swimming champions on a dramatic opening day of competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, as they...
In what is anticipated to be one of the closest fields in recent memory, 44 of the continent’s best male open water swimmers are preparing to take to the River Seine from 4-8 August to decide...
A total of 46 women will take to the River Seine for four days of open water swimming action at the European Aquatics Championships 2026, with four gold medals up for grabs across as many days. In...
Hungary for success With Hungary’s junior open water swimmers fresh off the back of a series of dominant performances at a home European Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships last...
Two years after the Olympic Aquatic Centre hosted Paris 2024 competition the vice-president of the French Swimming Federation, Lazreg Benelhadj, is anticipating another “historic moment” when the...
As part of its ongoing dialogue with the athlete community ahead of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships in Paris, European Aquatics President António Silva and Sports Director Apostolos...
Germany’s Oliver Klemet earned his first senior international medal in 2023 when he finished third in the men’s 10km open water event at the Fukuoka World Championships. A year later, at the age of...
The European Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships Hungary 2026 came to a close at Lake Velence on Sunday with the mixed team relays, and it was fitting that the host nation should end the...
Day three of the European Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships Hungary 2026 brought the 3km Knockout events to Lake Velence on Saturday, with four fiercely contested finals across two age...