Paris 2026: Tio Casas ends Spain’s title drought as Neutral Athletes B take second team gold on penultimate day of artistic swimming programme
The wait for Spain’s first artistic swimming gold medal of the Championships came to an end on the fifth day of competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, as Iris Tio Casas edged out a thrilling women’s solo technical final before the Neutral Athletes B claimed their second European title of the competition in […]
Paris 2026: Terrific Tomblin wins fourth gold as neutral athletes take first titles
Ranjuo Tomblin continued his golden run in the artistic swimming competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, claiming a fourth gold medal, while Neutral Athlete Vasilina Khandoshka captured her first European title in the women’s solo free. Later in the day, the Neutral Athletes B finally earned their first gold medal of the championships […]
Paris 2026: Artistic swimming preview
The stage is set for a landmark European Aquatics Championships, as Paris prepares to welcome the continent’s best aquatic athletes for the 2026 edition, one that will mark the centenary of the competition. It will be the first time the European Championships have been held in France since Strasbourg hosted the event in 1987, while […]
Four golds for Britain’s Tomblin at WA Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final in Toronto
Ranjuo Tomblin produced a landmark performance at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final in Toronto as he earned four gold medals. Britain’s 20-year-old European champion won the men’s individual free and technical titles and also topped the podium along with Paris 2024 silver medallist Izzy Thorpe in the mixed duet free and […]
Golds for Bleyer, Tomblin and Thorpe at third WA Artistic Swimming World Cup in Xi’an
European athletes earned significant golds in the third leg of the 2026 World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup in Xi’an, with Germany’s Klara Bleyer winning the women’s solo free and Great Britain’s Ranjuo Tomblin and Izzy Thorpe taking the mixed duet technical title. Bleyer, overall World Cup winner in the women’s solo last year, produced […]
Germany’s Bleyer and Italy’s Ruggiero and Pelati golden at WA Artistic Swimming World Cup in Paris
Germany’s 21-year-old Klara Bleyer and Italy’s pairing of Lucrezia Ruggiero and Filippo Pelati secured impressive wins at the second leg of the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup in Paris. Bleyer, who had earned silver in the women’s solo technical event behind Vasilina Khandoshka of Neutral Athletes A, reversed that result in the women’s solo […]
Britain’s Tomblin starts 2026 with double gold at landmark World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup in Medellin
Great Britain’s Ranjuo Tomblin began his season in golden fashion at the opening leg of the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup in Medellin, Colombia, where European athletes earned numerous medals. In what was the first hosting of an Artistic Swimming World Cup stage in South America the 20-year-old European champion earned the men’s solo […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: Iris Tio Casas voted best women’s artistic swimmer
Spain’s Iris Tio Casas has been named the women’s artistic swimmer of the year at the 2025 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards after topping a competitive five-strong shortlist. Tio Casas secured 41.29% of the total vote, finishing well clear of Italy’s Enrica Piccoli, who took 22.48%, after a year that combined stand-out individual […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2025: women’s artistic swimming nominees
Italy’s Enrica Piccoli picked up the first international gold of her career at the European Aquatics Artistic Swimming Championships in Funchal as she combined with Lucrezia Ruggiero to win the women’s duet free routine. It was Italy’s first European duet title victory. The 26-year-old from Castelfranco Veneto added individual silver in the solo free routine. […]
Funchal 2025: Spain adds two more golds and Bleyer makes history for Germany on day two
Spain won the men’s solo free – thanks to debutant Jordi Caceres Iglesias – and team free titles at the European Aquatics Artistic Swimming Championships Funchal 2025, with Klara Bleyer also securing Germany’s first ever solo title in this competition. The second day of action at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Pools complex began with a […]
