Second world record for Kornev, second European record for Steenbergen as Tashkent World Cup concludes
Two of Europe’s top performers played it again at the second World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Tashkent as Russia’s Egor Kornev set a men’s 50m butterfly world record of 21.28 and Marrit Steenbergen of The Netherlands lowered her own women’s 100m freestyle European record to 50.32. Kornev, who equalled the world 100m freestyle record […]
Steenbergen betters her own European record at Tashkent World Cup and Coetze sets world record
Marrit Steenbergen has carried on where she left off at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in the Uzbekistan capital of Tashkent, maintaining her win streak from the first stop in Baku with three more victories – and a European record. The 26-year-old Dutch swimmer began day one by earning victory in the 50m backstroke […]
Italy’s 19-year-old Curtis sets European women’s 50m backstroke record at Sette Colli in Rome
Home swimmer Sara Curtis set a European women’s 50m backstroke record of 27.07 at the 67th Sette Colli International in Rome. The 19-year-old Italian, who rounded off 2025 by claiming seven medals at the EA Short Course Championships in Lublin, took 0.16 off the national record of 27.23 she had set in the day one […]
Lublin 2025: Two medals for hosts on day 1 as Gose clocks European record and McMillan earns first individual title
Germany’s Isabel Gose got the European Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships Lublin 2025 off to a dazzling start as she won the women’s 400m freestyle in a European record of 3:54.33 on an evening when Great Britain’s Jack McMillan – 4x200m Olympic and world gold medallist – earned his first individual title in the men’s […]
Singapore 2025: European record-breaker Kos, Steenbergen and Great Britain 4x200m freestyle relay team earn gold on swimming day six
Europeans secured three of the five available golds on day six of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships as Hungary’s Hubert Kos regained the men’s 200m backstroke title in a European record, Great Britain was victorious in the men’s 4x200m freestyle and Marrit Steenbergen of The Netherlands retained the women’s 100m freestyle title. Kos, the […]
Singapore 2025: Marchand takes world 200m IM gold as Popovici lowers his European record in regaining 100m freestyle title
France’s Leon Marchand followed up his monumental world record in the men’s 200m individual medley semi-finals by winning his sixth world gold on a day when Romania’s 20-year-old David Popovici regained the world 100m freestyle title, lowering his European record to 46.51 – just 0.11 off the world mark. Marchand, 23, who had clocked 1:52.69 […]
Samorin 2025: Popovici lowers his European record on pulsating final night at European Aquatics U23 Swimming Championships
Romania’s Olympic champion David Popovici shattered his own European record as he won the men’s 100m freestyle title in 46.71 to claim his second gold at the European Aquatics U23 Swimming Championships on the final night. The 20-year-old thus bettered the mark of 46.86 he set in winning the world title three years ago – […]
Budapest 2024: Heroic home relay silver rounds off another night of European success at World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
European swimmers made a further impact on the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest tonight as a hugely acclaimed performance in the Duna Arena by the home women’s 4x200m freestyle team rounded off the evening’s events with a third silver medal for the continent. Hungary’s last leg swimmer Lilla Minna Abraham, roared on by […]
