Nowacki makes golden history for Jersey and England’s Smith earns second medal on day 5 at Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
Two teenaged Britons heading for the European Aquatics Championships in Paris next month laid down huge markers on day five of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games as Filip Nowacki earned a first ever swimming gold for Jersey and Amalie Smith added bronze to her previous day’s silver. Nowacki, 18, who won double gold last year […]
Munich 2026: Two British golds and two neutral athlete world records on day one at European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
A tumultuous opening day at the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships produced two titles for Great Britain and two world junior records for the neutral athletes (NA) in the men’s 4x100m freestyle. Sixteen-year-old Amalie Smith won the first gold of an event being held in the uniquely beautiful swoops and curves of the futuristic Munich […]
Munich 2026: Juska and Smith gearing up for European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships that could boost Germany’s Olympic ambitions
The European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships that get underway here tomorrow at Munich’s Olympic pool are a key part of the host nation’s plans to bid for a future Games according to Jan Pommer, chief executive officer of the German Swimming Federation. Speaking at a press conference on the eve of competition, Pommer reflected on […]
Munich 2026: Rich talent gathering for European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships at the 1972 Olympic pool
The Olympic pool created for the Munich 1972 Games will teem with talent this week as Germany hosts its first European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships for 40 years. A total of 599 athletes are set to compete at the 52nd staging of this event, which will start on Tuesday July 7 and conclude on Sunday […]
Otopeni 2025: Day one at World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships produces world record, silver for GB’s Smith and two relay medals for Italy
Great Britain’s 15-year-old Amalie Smith, a double gold medallist on her debut at the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships last month, added further lustre to her career by taking women’s 400m medley silver on day one of the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships. Smith, who won the European 200m and 400m IM titles in Samorin, […]
Samorin 2025: Britain’s Smith wows opening day crowd with 400m individual medley Championship record
Britain’s 15-year-old Amalie Smith brought the wow factor to the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships on day one as she won women’s 400m individual medley gold in a Championship record of 4:37.02. Elsewhere on the first night of finals there was 4x100m freestyle gold for the Spanish women’s team, while Italy successfully defended their men’s […]
