Munich 2026: Double gold for Spain as neutral athletes take overall trophy at EA Junior Swimming Championships
After golden nights for Italy and then France at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 it was Spain’s turn to shine in the final session as Irene Ciercoles and Luca Hoek earned their first titles. Elsewhere in a frantic closing burst of action at the Munich 1972 Olympic pool the neutral athletes confirmed their status […]
Munich 2026: Jackl regains gold standard and Mao takes first individual title with fast finish on day five
Hungary’s Vivien Jackl, whose last gold in the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships was earned in 2024, regained the top of the podium on day five in Munich, winning the women’s 200m butterfly and adding silver in the 800m freestyle. Elsewhere Italy’s Alessandro Mao produced an astonishing finish in the women’s 100m freestyle to earn […]
Munich 2026: Golden Roth earns first medal for hosts at EA Junior Swimming Championships as neutral athletes set another world junior record
Linda Roth earned the host nation its first medal at the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships Munich 2026, winning the women’s 200m freestyle at the start of a day two evening session which closed with neutral athletes setting a world junior record in the mixed 4x100m freestyle. Elsewhere in another raucous session at the Munich […]
Munich 2026: Two British golds and two neutral athlete world records on day one at European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
A tumultuous opening day at the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships produced two titles for Great Britain and two world junior records for the neutral athletes (NA) in the men’s 4x100m freestyle. Sixteen-year-old Amalie Smith won the first gold of an event being held in the uniquely beautiful swoops and curves of the futuristic Munich […]
Otopeni 2025: Day one at World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships produces world record, silver for GB’s Smith and two relay medals for Italy
Great Britain’s 15-year-old Amalie Smith, a double gold medallist on her debut at the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships last month, added further lustre to her career by taking women’s 400m medley silver on day one of the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships. Smith, who won the European 200m and 400m IM titles in Samorin, […]
