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: Day two of EA Swim Safe Conference highlights key funding challenges and smart breakthroughs
Speaking on day two of the European Swim Safe Conference, Jan Pommer, chief executive officer of the German Swimming Federation (DSV) highlighted a range of challenges that are being addressed in the establishment of his country’s learn-to-swim programme. According to DSV research, 60 per cent of 10-year-olds in Germany cannot swim safely, and 20 per […]
Paris 2026: Day one of EA Swim Safe Conference offers tales of survival, strategy and standards
Day one of the European Aquatics Swim Safe Conference offered a huge range of different voices and advice on the key topic of broadening the teaching of swimming and reducing the number of drownings across the continent. Welcoming guests to the Conference, European Aquatics President Antonio Silva said: “This is a very important milestone for […]
Paris 2026: Seven swimming storylines to watch out for at the European Aquatics Championships
Will Marchand march on after injury? Leon Marchand is the central poster boy for the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026. A French sporting icon after winning four golds at the Paris 2024 Olympics. But he pulled out of the French Championships at the end of June after straining his right adductor during the 200m breaststroke […]
Paris 2026: Six European Aquatics Championships storylines to watch for in diving and high diving
Pellacani pushing for more gold Chiara Pellacani became the first person to win five diving medals at a single European Aquatics Championships, doing so on in her home city of Rome in 2022. That total of European medals has since grown to 19, including eight golds. And as she heads towards Paris 2026 in search […]
European Aquatics makes history with major expansion of Para Sports across Europe
European Aquatics is taking another major step forward in its commitment to inclusion, placing Para aquatic sports at the heart of its future development across Europe. As part of this vision, inclusion is becoming an increasingly important part of the European Aquatics strategy, with new initiatives and opportunities being introduced across its competitions and programmes. […]
European Aquatics request delay on implementation of new AQUA bylaw on athlete participation
Following a meeting of the Bureau on 30 April 2026, it was agreed to request a delay of implementation of the recently approved AQUA bylaw concerning the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in international aquatic competitions. The request asks that the bylaw, which permits the return of these athletes to full participation across […]
Registrations open today for Swim Safe Europe Conference 2026 as Information Bulletin is published
European Aquatics has published the official Information Bulletin for the Swim Safe Europe Conference 2026, with registrations opening today, 29 April. The conference will take place on 7–8 August 2026 in Paris, France, at the Courtyard by Marriott Paris Saint Denis, in a hybrid format combining in-person and online participation. The newly released bulletin provides […]
Total of 14 successful NFs will collect Swim Safe Europe certificates during EA Championships in Paris – and 2026 applications are invited
Fourteen successful national federations will receive their Swim Safe Europe (SSE) certificates in Paris during this summer’s European Aquatics Championships. Meanwhile the application process for 2026 certification is now open for all national federations wishing to submit their programmes ahead of the presentation of certificates at the SSE Annual Conference at St Denis from August […]
D-200 press conference for European Aquatics Championships – Paris 2026 will confirm new wave of ticket sales
European Aquatics and the Fédération Française de Natation (FFN) are pleased to announce that a press conference will take place on 21 January 2026 at the Centre Aquatique Olympique in Paris, marking D-200 to the start of the European Aquatics Championships – Paris 2026. The press conference will bring together leading figures of French and European Aquatics. […]
