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 van Katwijk receive 2025 High Diving Athlete of the Year trophies
Romania’s Constantin Popovici and the Netherlands’ Ginni van Katwijk received their trophies during the high diving medal ceremony on 8 August at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 for being voted European Aquatics’ best men’s and women’s high divers of 2025. Popovici had sat among the frontrunners through the opening two rounds on Friday before […]
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: Chukanivska and Preda claim high diving titles as fans flock to the Seine in the heat
The high diving competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 reached its conclusion on Saturday, with Ukraine’s Nelli Chukanivska and Romania’s Catalin Preda taking the women’s and men’s 20m platform titles respectively, in front of hundreds of fans who lined the banks of the Seine in baking heat to watch the action unfold. Having […]
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: high diving preview
15 men and 8 women are gearing up to take to the 20m platform on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim bridge in the French capital for the start of the high diving competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, which begin on 7 August and finish the following day. Romania’s Constantin Popovici arrives as one […]
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: Tio Casas ends Spain’s title drought as Neutral Athletes B take second team gold on penultimate day of artistic swimming programme
The wait for Spain’s first artistic swimming gold medal of the Championships came to an end on the fifth day of competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, as Iris Tio Casas edged out a thrilling women’s solo technical final before the Neutral Athletes B claimed their second European title of the competition in […]
Paris 2026: Terrific Tomblin wins fourth gold as neutral athletes take first titles
Ranjuo Tomblin continued his golden run in the artistic swimming competition at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026, claiming a fourth gold medal, while Neutral Athlete Vasilina Khandoshka captured her first European title in the women’s solo free. Later in the day, the Neutral Athletes B finally earned their first gold medal of the championships […]
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 […]
