Samorin 2025: Tuncelli in frame for third title as Vojko raises home medal hopes on last day at EA Junior Swimming Championships
Kuzey Tuncelli will seek a third title in tonight’s concluding session of the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships after qualifying for the men’s 400m freestyle final. The 17-year-old Turkish athlete, who successfully defended his 800m and 1500m titles here, setting a Championship record in the former event, looked – understandably – a little weary as […]
Samorin 2025: Juska and Nowacki repeat the double gold trick on day four at the EA Junior Swimming Championships
Lithuania’s Tajus Juska and Filip Nowacki of Britain earned two golds each in a momentous day four evening session at the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships. Juska, 16, who won men’s 100m freestyle gold and 50m freestyle bronze at last year’s Championships in his native Vilnius, showed his versatility and strength as he secured the […]
Samorin 2025: More success for Damborg as Tuncelli nears second 800m freestyle title on day 4 of EA Junior Swimming Championships
Martine Damborg’s busy schedule in Samorin continued apace this morning as she qualified for tonight’s women’s 100m freestyle semi-finals and then helped Denmark qualify third fastest for the mixed 4×100 medley final – also tonight… Meanwhile Turkiye’s Kuzey Tuncelli, who won a third consecutive men’s 1500m freestyle title last night, moved closer to retaining his […]
Samorin 2025: Damborg’s golden double and Tuncelli hat-trick highlight day 3 at European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
Denmark’s Martine Damborg won two golds in less than an hour on day three of the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in a record-breaking session which also saw Turkiye’s Kuzey Tuncelli earn his third consecutive 1500m freestyle title in masterly fashion. Damborg, who had won women’s 50m backstroke silver on the previous night, earned the […]
Samorin 2025: Damborg’s golden double and Tuncelli hat-trick highlight day 3 at European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
Denmark’s Martine Damborg won two golds in less than an hour on day three of the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in a record-breaking session which also saw Turkiye’s Kuzey Tuncelli earn his third consecutive 1500m freestyle title in masterly fashion. Damborg, who had won women’s 50m backstroke silver on the previous night, earned the […]
Samorin 2025: Spanish flourish and Shortt stays cool on day 3 of EA Junior Swimming Championships
Spain, already a revelation in relay racing here, laid down a big marker in the women’s 200m backstroke heats on day three of the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships. Their defending champion Estella Tonrath produced an eye-catching opening time of 2:09.92 – not too far away from the Championship record of 2:08.97 – that was […]
Samorin 2025: Britons flourish on monumental night of racing at European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
Nine finals on day two of the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships produced gold medallists from eight different countries – with Great Britain claiming two titles thanks to Blythe Kinsman in the women’s 50m backstroke and 16-year-old Amelie Blocksidge in the women’s 1500m freestyle. A raucous session at the Slovakian Olympic Training Centre’s outdoor pool, […]
Samorin 2025: Turkiye’s Tuncelli in golden pursuit on second day of European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
Turkiye’s rising phenomenon Kuzey Tuncelli made a highly efficient start to his campaign here on day two of the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships by qualifying fastest for tomorrow’s men’s 1500m freestyle final. The 17-year-old -who is defending the 1500m and 800m titles in Samorin and seeking a third consecutive gold in the longer event […]
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 […]
Samorin 2025: Jackl homing in on third consecutive women’s 400m individual medley title at European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
Hungary’s 16-year-old Vivien Jackl laid down a big marker in her quest to win a third consecutive women’s 400m individual medley title in the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships as she qualified for tonight’s final in 4:42.49. Jackl, who picked up a 400m individual medley bronze in the 2022 edition aged 13, clocked 4:38.96 to […]
