European Aquatics Masters Championships 2026 reaches thrilling conclusion
The final days of the European Aquatics Masters Championships delivered a fitting conclusion to almost two weeks of competition, with diving reaching its climax in Graz, open water swimmers completing their programme in Samorín and Masters water polo producing a full slate of finals. Across the three disciplines, athletes from across Europe continued to demonstrate […]
Diving, open water swimming and water polo deliver drama across two venues as Masters Championships enter closing stages
The European Aquatics Masters Championships 2026 continued in Samorin and Graz over the past three days, with the open water swimming programme beginning and the diving programme continuing at the respective locations with a series of quality performances and memorable moments. The springboard programme in Graz produced tight finishes throughout the second day as it […]
Beck bids farewell to swimming – but she’ll be back
Leonie Beck has retired from competitive swimming after a 10-year top class career in which she took part at three Olympics and won world and European open water titles. The 29-year-old German athlete posted her announcement on social media, saying: “Swimming may no longer be my profession, but water and sport will always be part of […]
Paris 2026: Wellbrock and Fabian receive awards as best open water swimmers of 2025
Germany’s Florian Wellbrock and Hungary’s Bettina Fabian, who between them collected five medals across the open water swimming programme at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, received their awards on 7 August during the knockout sprint medal ceremony for being voted European Aquatics men’s and women’s open water swimmers of 2025. Wellbrock finished his Championships […]
Paris 2026: Italy crowned best team as Germany sign off open water programme with mixed relay gold
The four-day open water swimming programme at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 came to a close on the River Seine on Saturday, with Italy claiming the overall team trophy for the most successful nation across the Championships, while Germany brought the curtain down on the individual and relay action by winning the 4x1500m mixed […]
Paris 2026: Wellbrock and Taddeucci complete the double with 5km open water swimming gold
Florian Wellbrock and Ginevra Taddeucci followed up their 10km victories with further gold in the 5km events on day two of open water competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, though both had to work hard for it, with Wellbrock seeing off a resurgent David Betlehem, while Taddeucci had to come from behind after […]
Paris 2026: Wellbrock and Taddeucci take 10km titles as open water swimming programme begins with a bang
Florian Wellbrock and Ginevra Taddeucci were crowned European 10km open water swimming champions on a dramatic opening day of competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, as they both came through gripping late battles in the River Seine to take gold. Wellbrock survived a determined late assault from Hungary’s David Betlehem to win the […]
Paris 2026: Men’s open water swimming preview
In what is anticipated to be one of the closest fields in recent memory, 44 of the continent’s best male open water swimmers are preparing to take to the River Seine from 4-8 August to decide the European champions for 2026. Florian Wellbrock arrives on the Seine as the man to beat. Germany’s world champion […]
Paris 2026: Women’s open water swimming preview
A total of 46 women will take to the River Seine for four days of open water swimming action at the European Aquatics Championships 2026, with four gold medals up for grabs across as many days. In what looks to be one of the most open fields in recent years, there are medal shouts from […]
Paris 2026: Five European Aquatics Championships storylines to watch for in open water swimming
Hungary for success With Hungary’s junior open water swimmers fresh off the back of a series of dominant performances at a home European Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships last week, their senior counterparts have just as good a chance to do exactly the same in Paris. Kristof Rasovszky took three European titles at last […]
