Paris 2026: Women’s preview – Steenbergen set for five events
Marrit Steenbergen could make the same kind of impact at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 as she did last December at the EA Short Course Championships in Lublin, where she earned five golds and set five European records. The 26-year-old Dutch swimmer, who retained her world 100m freestyle title last year and set a […]
Paris 2026: Italy crowned best team as Germany sign off open water programme with mixed relay gold
The four-day open water swimming programme at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 came to a close on the River Seine on Saturday, with Italy claiming the overall team trophy for the most successful nation across the Championships, while Germany brought the curtain down on the individual and relay action by winning the 4x1500m mixed […]
Paris 2026: Knockout sprints deliver drama on third day of open water swimming as Gose and Betlehem take final individual titles
The third day of open water swimming action at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 played host to the relatively new 3km knockout sprint format, and it was Germany’s Isabel Gose and Hungary’s David Betlehem who emerged victorious in the respective women’s and men’s races following thrilling 500m showdowns. With the action on the River […]
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 […]
Return to Paris: Germany’s Gose ready to go the distance for golden opportunities
Two years after earning women’s 1500m bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Germany’s Isabel Gose is returning to the French capital in search of gold. Gose, 24, won the European 400m freestyle title in Rome four years ago, since when she has moved up the distance with similar success. In December 2024 she won 1500m […]
Re-focused Peaty, Liebmann and Gose shine at AP Race London International, Steenbergen and Milak dazzle in Monaco
The 2026 edition of the AP Race London International saw some of Europe’s leading swimmers lay down strong markers for the season, not least the event’s co-founder Adam Peaty, who won the 50m and 100m breaststroke double. Meanwhile Marrit Steenbergen of The Netherlands and Hungary’s Olympic 100m butterfly champion Kristof Milak sparkled in Monaco at […]
Gose glitters at German Championships; Popovici powers on in Romanian trials
Germany’s leading lights shone brightly at the national championships and trials in Berlin – none more so than Paris 2024 bronze medallist Isabel Gose, who finished with four golds. Meanwhile Olympic and double world champion David Popovici was dazzling at the Romanian Championships, where he booked his place for this summer’s European Aquatics Championships Paris […]
Lublin 2025: Grousset, Marti and Gose grab gold on a night of dramatic duels – as Damborg strikes again
Compelling duels were the main feature on day 4 of Lublin 2025 as France’s Maxime Grousset defeated Switzerland’s Noe Ponti – just – at the third time of asking, Spain’s Carles Coll Marti held off Caspar Corbeau of The Netherlands in the men’s 200m breaststroke and Germany’s Isabel Gose beat Simona Quadarella to the women’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
