Second Triple Crown for Steenbergen on day 2 of Astana World Cup – but even she can’t stop Wasick earning 50m freestyle “triple triple”
Marrit Steenbergen earned her second Triple Crown on day two of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Astana as she headed towards overall victory in the women’s competition – but even she could not prevent Poland’s Kasia Wasick earning a triple triple in the 50m freestyle. The 26-year-old from The Netherlands clocked 56.54 in […]
Another European record for Steenbergen and Triple Crowns for McSharry, Vanotterdijk and Henceau on day 1 of Astana World Cup
Marrit Steenbergen’s maintained her triumphant progress in this season’s World Aquatics Swimming World Cup as she set a European women’s 200m freestyle record and secured a Triple Crown in the 50m backstroke on day 1 of the concluding stop in the Kazakhstan capital of Astana. The 26-year-old Dutch athlete, whose eight previous victories in the […]
Steenbergen rounds off Baku World Cup with fourth win as Belgium earn two golds and Kornev tops podium again
Marrit Steenbergen rounded off the first of the three scheduled World Cups by winning a fourth title on the third day of action in Baku. The 26-year-old Dutch swimmer, who retained her world 100m freestyle title last year and broke the world record for that event this year, finished her work in the Azerbaijan capital […]
Kornev equals men’s 100m freestyle world record on day two of opening World Cup in Baku
Egor Kornev equalled the men’s 100m freestyle short course world record on day two of the opening 2026 World Cup in Baku, clocking 44.84 as he held off the challenge of Australia’s world and Olympic 50m freestyle champion Cameron McEvoy, who finished in 45.36. Kornev, who won 50m and 100m freestyle silver as well as […]
Steenbergen set for further glory as three-leg Swimming World Cup starts in Baku
Marrit Steenbergen will be one of the European swimmers from whom most will be expected when the three-leg World Aquatics Swimming World Cup starts in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku tomorrow and finishes on Saturday (October 3). The 26-year-old Dutch athlete, who retained her world 100m freestyle title last year before setting a world record […]
Paris 2026: Popovici and Quadarella complete European Aquatics Championship doubles as Marchand reaches new level
On a night when French icon Leon Marchand raised home hopes sky high by qualifying fastest into tomorrow night’s men’s 200m butterfly final, Romania’s 21-year-old David Popovici secured his third consecutive European 100m/200m freestyle double as he dominated the longer distance final in which he holds Olympic and world titles. Popovici was not the only […]
Paris 2026: Popovici and Evans power on in day four swimming heats
Romania’s David Popovici, already 100m freestyle champion here, moved through to tonight’s men’s 200m freestyle semi-finals with the ease of a basking shark as he lines up his third consecutive European double. On day four of the European Aquatics Championships swimming programme at the Olympic Aquatic Centre the 21-year-old world and Olympic champion qualified fourth […]
Return to Paris: Belgium’s Vanotterdijk preparing for a golden defence at the EA Championships
Belgium’s Roos Vanotterdijk, 21, will return to Paris two years after competing at the Olympics when she competes in the European Aquatics Championships. Recently recovered from a shoulder injury, she is set to be busy in the French capital, where she is entered in the 50m and 100m free, butterfly and backstroke as well as […]
Rising stars Vanotterdijk and van Wijk strike Mare Nostrum gold in Barcelona
Two of Europe’s most promising rising talents – Belgium’s Roos Vanotterdijk and Milou van Wijk of The Netherlands – moved into the spotlight on the second night of the concluding Mare Nostrum 2026 meeting in Barcelona. Vanotterdijk, 21, who won three titles at the European Aquatics U23 Championships last year before earning senior world silver […]
Steenbergen misses 100m freestyle world record at Barcelona Mare Nostrum stop but is first woman to set two sub-52 times
Marrit Steenbergen, whose outstanding form in the women’s 100m freestyle encouraged her to take a shot at the world record in Barcelona tonight, narrowly missed as she won in 51.97 – 0.26 off the 2017 mark set by Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom. Steenbergen’s performance in the third leg of this year’s Mare Nostrum series came just […]
