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 […]
Stari Grad 2025: Hungary crowned best team as they round-off European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Championships with relay victory
Hungary took the final gold medal of the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Championships Stari Grad 2025 – overcoming the Italian and French teams in a thrilling finish. The group also took the Best Team Award trophy, with one of the most dominant performances in the competition’s history. The only race of the day […]
Stari Grad 2025: New knockout sprints provide spectacle for fans as Rasovszky and Fabian crowned inaugural champions
Hungary continued their impressive series of performances at the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Championships Stari Grad 2025 with two more gold medals as Kristof Rasovszky and Bettina Fabian became the inaugural 3km knockout sprint champions on a thrilling day three on the Croatian island of Hvar. The 3km knockout events are making their debut […]
Stari Grad 2025: Incredible Italians Taddeucci and Paltrinieri headline 5km races on day two
Following Kristof Rasovszky and Viktoria Mihalyvari’s Hungarian double in the 10km events on day one, there was a positive atmosphere in the air in the bay of the Croatian island of Hvar that lent itself to those aspiring for the medals in the shorter three-lap race. Once again, it was the women who kicked off […]
Stari Grad 2025: Rasovszky completes 10km collection as Mihalyvari adds to Hungarian dominance on day one
The first day of competition at the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Championships Stari Grad 2025 saw Kristof Rasovszky earn his first 10km European title, with his compatriot Viktoria Mihalyvari making it a Hungarian clean sweep of golds across both the men’s and women’s events. Rasovszky has now taken World Championship, European Championship and Olympic […]
Stari Grad 2025: Rasovszky, Paltrinieri and Taddeucci set for European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Championships
Olympic champions, world medallists and Europe’s brightest young talents will gather in the historic coastal town of Stari Grad next week for the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Championships Stari Grad 2025, with racing set to begin on Wednesday, May 28. Hungary’s Kristof Rasovszky leads the men’s entries as the reigning Olympic and world champion […]
2025 in prospect: Men’s open water swimming
At last year’s World Championships European male open water swimmers occupied the first nine places in the 5km race and the first four in the 10km event. At the Paris 2024 Olympics they secured the top 10 places in the 10km. And in a coming season involving world and European championships they are set to make […]
European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards 2024: Kristof Rasovszky voted best male open water swimmer
Kristof Rasovszky has been named best male open water swimmer in the 2024 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards. The 27-year-old Hungarian known as the “Balaton Shark” – after the name of his swimming club – proved an irresistible predator in the water as he won the world and Olympic 10km titles, spearheading Europe’s […]
