Second world record for Kornev, second European record for Steenbergen as Tashkent World Cup concludes
Two of Europe’s top performers played it again at the second World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Tashkent as Russia’s Egor Kornev set a men’s 50m butterfly world record of 21.28 and Marrit Steenbergen of The Netherlands lowered her own women’s 100m freestyle European record to 50.32. Kornev, who equalled the world 100m freestyle record […]
Steenbergen betters her own European record at Tashkent World Cup and Coetze sets world record
Marrit Steenbergen has carried on where she left off at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in the Uzbekistan capital of Tashkent, maintaining her win streak from the first stop in Baku with three more victories – and a European record. The 26-year-old Dutch swimmer began day one by earning victory in the 50m backstroke […]
Steenbergen rounds off Baku World Cup with fourth win as Belgium earn two golds and Kornev tops podium again
Marrit Steenbergen rounded off the first of the three scheduled World Cups by winning a fourth title on the third day of action in Baku. The 26-year-old Dutch swimmer, who retained her world 100m freestyle title last year and broke the world record for that event this year, finished her work in the Azerbaijan capital […]
Kornev equals men’s 100m freestyle world record on day two of opening World Cup in Baku
Egor Kornev equalled the men’s 100m freestyle short course world record on day two of the opening 2026 World Cup in Baku, clocking 44.84 as he held off the challenge of Australia’s world and Olympic 50m freestyle champion Cameron McEvoy, who finished in 45.36. Kornev, who won 50m and 100m freestyle silver as well as […]
Steenbergen starts 2026 World Cup with two golds in Baku as Wasick maintains winning run
Marrit Steenbergen got her 2026 World Cup campaign underway in Baku with double gold at the first of three scheduled stops on the Silk Road Tour. The 26-year-old Dutch swimmer won the 50m backstroke and 100m individual medley on the opening night of racing in the Azerbaijan capital, which also saw Poland’s 34-year-old Katarzyna Wasick […]
Steenbergen set for further glory as three-leg Swimming World Cup starts in Baku
Marrit Steenbergen will be one of the European swimmers from whom most will be expected when the three-leg World Aquatics Swimming World Cup starts in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku tomorrow and finishes on Saturday (October 3). The 26-year-old Dutch athlete, who retained her world 100m freestyle title last year before setting a world record […]
Paris 2026: Records re-written at momentous European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026
As the last ripples flow from an outstanding European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 its legacy in terms of world and continental swimming can be partly expressed by the list of records broken during the seven-day programme at the Olympic Aquatic Centre. A total of 33 records were set and one equalled, with the list being […]
Paris 2026: Popovici and Steenbergen receive 2025 Swimming Athlete of the Year trophies
Romania’s David Popovici and the Netherlands’ Marrit Steenbergen, who between them have collected three individual gold medals so far in the pool at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, received their trophies at the end of the medal ceremonies on 14 August for being voted European Aquatics men’s and women’s swimmers of 2025. The presentation […]
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 […]
