2025 in review: women’s swimming
Marrit Steenbergen of The Netherlands, Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania and Germany’s Anna Elendt flew the banner for European women with gold medal-winning performances at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Steenbergen, 25, retained the 100m freestyle title she had won in Doha the previous year as she clocked 52.55 to hold off the challenge of […]
Lublin 2025: Hunter reviews a week of records, duels and teen success in Poland
The European Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships Lublin 2025 which concluded successfully last Sunday with two golds for the Polish hosts were compelling for a number of reasons. Craig Hunter, chair of the EA Technical Swimming Committee, officiated at the Aqua Lublin venue from December 2 to 7 and here he reviews some of the […]
Lublin 2025: Young talent turns golden on day 2 as Shortt, Damborg and Jefimova excel
Three super-talented 18-year-olds earned gold on day two of the European Aquatics Short Course Championships Lublin 2025, with John Shortt of Ireland and Denmark’s Martine Damborg securing first senior titles and Estonia’s Eneli Jefimova retaining the one she earned two years ago. Elsewhere on another evening of high excitement in the Aqua Lublin arena Switzerland’s […]
Vanotterdijk, Jefimova, Gose, Kohler, Tuncelli, Pou and Gorbenko in new wave of adds for Lublin 2025
With less than two weeks to go until the European Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships Lublin 2025 get underway another wave of top class participants has been confirmed. The latest tranche of team announcements for the event – which runs in Poland from December 2 to 7 – includes swimmers who have earned world and […]
Samorin 2025: Romania’s Olympic champion Popovici among entries for European Aquatics U23 Swimming Championships
Romania’s Olympic 200m freestyle champion David Popovici will make his debut in the European Aquatics U23 Swimming Championships that will take place from June 26 to 28 in Samorín, Slovakia. The 20-year-old from Bucharest, who also won Olympic 100m bronze in Paris, is one of a total entry of 373 athletes from 42 countries for the […]
2025 in prospect: Women’s swimming
Sarah Sjöström extended her record number of world titles to 23 last year. Will she further extend that figure in 2025, where another World Aquatics Championships is scheduled for Singapore from July 11 to August 3? The 31-year-old Swede, who set her World Championship record at the Fukuoka edition of 2023 -where she surpassed the […]
