Paris 2026: Five European Aquatics Championships storylines to watch for in open water swimming
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 week, their senior counterparts have just as good a chance to do exactly the same in Paris. Kristof Rasovszky took three European titles at last […]
Velly’s historic gold headlines dominant European display at Golfo Aranci Open Water Swimming World Cup
European athletes produced another commanding weekend of open water racing at the third leg of the 2026 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Golfo Aranci, with France’s Sacha Velly claiming the standout result of the meet by winning his first ever 10km World Cup title. Building on the momentum generated at the second […]
2025 in review: women’s open water swimming
European women once again played a defining role in open water swimming during 2025, producing a season marked by emerging young talent, resurgent veterans, and a broad spread of success across several nations. From a humid and tactical World Championships in Singapore to the sunlit bay of Stari Grad for the European Championships, the continent’s […]
Europeans take lion’s share of medals at final stop of Open Water Swimming World Cup 2025
A bright Sardinian crowd and a weekend of close, tactical racing provided a fitting end to stop four of the 2025 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Golfo Aranci. European swimmers dominated the headlines across the 10km races, the mixed 4x1500m relay and the knockout sprints, with home favourites and rising stars both […]
Barcelona delivers drama in penultimate leg of European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup
The European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup reached Barcelona on Saturday (September 20) for the penultimate leg of the 2025 series, and the Mediterranean city once again delivered a dramatic day of racing that may prove decisive in shaping the final outcome of the five-leg competition. Against the backdrop of Port Vell on the Spanish […]
Velly and Jouisse take Setubal crowns as Open Water Swimming Cup completes second stop
The second leg of the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup 2025 saw France’s Sacha Velly and Caroline Jouisse continue an impressive uptick in the nation’s form as they took the respective men’s and women’s titles at the Parque Urbano de Albarquel in Setubal, Portugal. Following the first leg in Cyprus last month, a total […]
Excellence on display at Open Water Swimming World Cup Leg 3 as Europeans lead charge
Europe’s open water swimmers held their course with poise and power as the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup touched down in Setubal, Portugal for its third leg of the 2025 season on 14 & 15 June, with both men’s races going to swimmers from the continent. France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier, one of the most […]
