Oeiras 2026: Hungary U20s crowned European champions after edging epic shootout with Spain
After an end-to-end, epic gold medal final, it took eleven rounds of penalties to separate Hungary and Spain. The Spaniards had two chances to seal a fourth consecutive crown in the shootout, but missed their fifth and ninth efforts to give the Magyars another chance – and they took it amidst dramatic scenes. Goalkeeper Luca […]
Oeiras 2026: Hungary, Italy, Spain and Netherlands surge through to semifinals
Hungary roared back to beat Neutral Athletes B in the opening quarterfinal of the Women’s U20 European Water Polo Championships in Portugal on Wednesday. The Magyars were later joined in the semis by the Netherlands, who shut Greece out in the third quarter to help seal a narrow victory. Italy took a while to overcome […]
Oeiras 2026: Hungary and Spain stay perfect as group stage action heats up on day two
A last-gasp equaliser and a shootout win sent hosts Portugal into the crossovers, alongside Neutral Athletes B, who demolished Malta on Day 2 of the Women’s U20 European Water Polo Championships in Oeiras. In the top division, Hungary secured top spot in Group B with another 12-goal victory, this time over Croatia, while Spain were […]
Paris 2026 New Wave: Ireland’s Shortt on the rise after breakthrough season
As he stood in the mixed zone at last year’s European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Samorin, sportingly saying all the right things after the unsuccessful defence of his 200m backstroke title, you would not have thought John Shortt was distraught. He was. With his parents Frank and Kara looking on from the stands, Ireland’s […]
Return to Paris: McSharry seeking European pinnacle in city where she hit the heights
Mona McSharry became only the second Irish swimmer to win an Olympic medal when she earned women’s 100m breaststroke bronze at the Paris 2024 Games. “I started crying on the podium and I haven’t really fully stopped crying yet,” she said at the time. “It’s just unbelievable. I think it’s just the pinnacle of sport […]
Return to Paris: Ireland’s Olympic champion Wiffen seeking first European long-course medal in his favourite city
Some time before swimming starts at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, Rachel and Jonathan Wiffen will seek out a church close to the competition venue and light a candle for their son Daniel. It is a pre-race ritual they have observed in the past with glowing results – not least in the same city […]
Great Britain, France, Ireland and The Netherlands name strong teams for European Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships Lublin 2025
Great Britain, which topped the medals table at the 2023 European Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships in Otopeni, has signalled its high ambitions for next month’s 2025 edition in Lublin by naming a team stacked with talent. Matt Richards, Duncan Scott and Tom Dean, Olympic men’s 4x200m freestyle champions at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 […]
10 questions: Daniel Wiffen on his proudest moment, the inspiration of Grant Hackett and the comfort of being a twin
Houdini said to get out of bed was the hardest thing he could do. What is the hardest thing about your day? The hardest thing for me about my day is when I must balance university with swimming. I swim for about five hours a day and on top of that I have about four […]
