Underwater overview: spectacular new swimming images from Paris and Samorin
Photographic coverage at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 and the European Aquatics Masters Championships 2026 took on a new angle thanks to the installation of underwater cameras. This additional facility provided swimming images of startling clarity and novelty from the Olympic Aquatics Centre and the X-Bionic Sphere in Samorin. The pictures selected here were […]
Paris 2026: Latest European Aquatics Championships set new benchmark for success on all fronts
Paris 2026 was a major success for European Aquatics and a new benchmark for the organisation of our flagship Championships, which involved 1,268 athletes – including, for the first time, para swimmers – and 615 volunteers. Diving, artistic swimming and swimming took place in the Paris 2024 legacy venue of the Olympic Aquatic Centre, while open […]
Paris 2026: Marchand signs off with second gold as Kos, Quadarella and Meilutyte secure landmark wins
Leon Marchand earned an audacious victory in the men’s 400m freestyle before helping France secure bronze in the men’s 4x100m medley as the hugely successful European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 came to an end. Huge cheers of “Leon, Leon, Leon” rang out once again from the packed stands in the Olympic Aquatic Centre as the […]
Paris 2026: Marchand marches on into stacked 400m freestyle final as Quadarella closes on triple triple
Leon Marchand, seeking further success at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 after winning his first title in the previous night’s men’s 200m butterfly, qualified fourth fastest for what promises to be an epic 400m freestyle final in tonight’s closing swimming session. In what is for him a relatively new event, the 24-year-old quadruple Paris […]
Paris 2026: Marchand delivers gold and Liebmann crushes men’s 1500m world record on day six
Leon Marchand delivered the result that France has been expecting for two years to earn his first European title on a night when Germany’s 19-year-old Johannes Liebmann pulverised the men’s 1500m freestyle world record, becoming the first man under 14.30 with a time of 14.26.79. The 24-year-old French sporting icon, whose preparations for the European […]
Paris 2026: Popovici and Quadarella complete European Aquatics Championship doubles as Marchand reaches new level
On a night when French icon Leon Marchand raised home hopes sky high by qualifying fastest into tomorrow night’s men’s 200m butterfly final, Romania’s 21-year-old David Popovici secured his third consecutive European 100m/200m freestyle double as he dominated the longer distance final in which he holds Olympic and world titles. Popovici was not the only […]
Paris 2026: Marchand makes winning start to individual quest as Sjostrom and Curtis progress on day five at European Aquatics Championships
France’s swimming icon Leon Marchand began his pursuit of individual honours in encouraging fashion at the European Aquatics Championships this morning. Having dropped any breaststroke racing from his programme because of the hip adductor injury he is still carrying, the 24-year-old four-time Paris 2024 champion received predictably massive support in the Olympic Aquatic Arena as […]
Paris 2026: Marchand speaks about “hard decision” to drop two events but is “excited” about home EA Championships
Leon Marchand today spoke about the “hard decision” not to compete in breaststroke or individual medley events at his home European Aquatics Championships. At a crowded press conference at the Olympic Aquatic Centre, where the seven-day swimming programme starts tomorrow, the 24-year-old four-times Paris 2024 champion explained how he had been dealing with the adductor […]
Paris 2026: Men’s swimming preview – Marchand drops to two events
Leon Marchand, named yesterday for four events in the swimming which starts tomorrow at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, has reduced his programme to two events. The 24-year-old French sporting icon has withdrawn from the 200m and 400m individual medley, two of the four individual events he won at Paris 2024, but remains on […]
Paris 2026: Marchand and Grousset named in entry list for European Aquatics Championships swimming programme just released
French swimming icon Leon Marchand, who has been nursing an injured right adductor since pulling out of the national championships in June, has been named in four events at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 swimming programme, which will run from August 10 to 16 in the Olympic Aquatic Centre. The 24-year-old quadruple Olympic champion […]
