Return to Paris: Germany’s Olympic champion Lukas Martens seeking another gold in the French capital
Germany’s Lukas Martens, now 24, won 400m freestyle gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics. On April 12 last year in Stockholm he set a world 400m freestyle record of 3:39.96, bettering the 2009 mark of 3:40.07, and added world gold in Singapore. Four years after winning his first international title at the European Aquatics Championships […]
Singapore 2025: Germany’s Maertens wins first world gold – Italian and Dutch relay teams add silver and bronze as swimming gets underway
Germany’s 23-year-old Olympic champion Lukas Maertens earned his first world gold in the opening swimming final of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships as he won the men’s 400m freestyle despite heavy pressure from the Australia’s Samuel Short. European swimmers ended with a complete set of medals after the first evening of racing as Italy matched […]
