Velly’s historic gold headlines dominant European display at Golfo Aranci Open Water Swimming World Cup
European athletes produced another commanding weekend of open water racing at the third leg of the 2026 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Golfo Aranci, with France’s Sacha Velly claiming the standout result of the meet by winning his first ever 10km World Cup title. Building on the momentum generated at the second […]
Betlehem’s golden double headlines European success in Ibiza
European athletes put in another commanding set of performances at the second leg of the 2026 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Ibiza, with Hungary’s David Betlehem emerging as the standout performer. Backing up his status as one of the circuit’s stand-out figures from the past 12 months, the 22-year-old claimed a commanding […]
Wellbrock maintains gold standard as Europeans gleam in opening WA Open Water Swimming World Cup at Somabay
Florian Wellbrock maintained his tip-top status at the opening World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup of the season at Somabay in Egypt. The 28-year-old German, who left last year’s World Aquatics Championships in Singapore with four gold medals, secured victory in the men’s 10km. Global form was also maintained in the women’s 10km, which […]
2025 in review: women’s open water swimming
European women once again played a defining role in open water swimming during 2025, producing a season marked by emerging young talent, resurgent veterans, and a broad spread of success across several nations. From a humid and tactical World Championships in Singapore to the sunlit bay of Stari Grad for the European Championships, the continent’s […]
Europeans take lion’s share of medals at final stop of Open Water Swimming World Cup 2025
A bright Sardinian crowd and a weekend of close, tactical racing provided a fitting end to stop four of the 2025 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Golfo Aranci. European swimmers dominated the headlines across the 10km races, the mixed 4x1500m relay and the knockout sprints, with home favourites and rising stars both […]
Excellence on display at Open Water Swimming World Cup Leg 3 as Europeans lead charge
Europe’s open water swimmers held their course with poise and power as the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup touched down in Setubal, Portugal for its third leg of the 2025 season on 14 & 15 June, with both men’s races going to swimmers from the continent. France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier, one of the most […]
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 […]
European athletes take lion’s share of medals at Ibiza Open Water World Cup leg
European athletes produced a series of outstanding performances in the second leg of the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Ibiza, Spain, reinforcing the continent’s dominance across both the traditional 10km races and the new 3km knockout sprint event – which provided fans on the Spanish island with a spectacle of a showdown […]
Olivier leads European domination of final 2024 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup men’s rankings
France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier won the overall men’s title in the 2024 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup series after a grand finale in Neom, Saudi Arabia that left European male athletes filling the top 11 places in the overall standings. Third place in the Red Sea race was enough to secure the overall honours […]
