Marchand handed extra events as France, Italy, Greece and Netherlands name swimming teams for European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026
Leon Marchand may have left the French Elite Championships with just one qualified event to his name, but the world record holder is on course to arrive at the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 with a considerably busier schedule. Marchand won the 400m individual medley on day one of the French Championships in Saint-Etienne in […]
2025 in review: men’s swimming
Europe’s male swimmers continued to make a huge global impact in a year featuring the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore and the European Short Course Swimming Championships Lublin 2025 as well as the usual World Cup racing programme. Of the 20 men’s events contested in Singapore, 12 were won by individuals or teams from Europe, […]
Switzerland’s Ponti targeting more short course medals at Lublin 2025 as Italian selection shows big ambitions
Noe Ponti will seek to add to his formidable collection of medals at the European Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships which start in Lublin, Poland on Tuesday week (December 2). The 24-year-old Swiss athlete ended 2024 on a high as he set five short course world records and earned three golds at December’s World Aquatics […]
Singapore 2025: Marchand obliterates 200m IM world record as Cerasuolo takes maiden title on day four
France’s Leon Marchand burst onto the scene at the World Aquatics Championships 2025 in Singapore, lowering the men’s 200m individual medley world record by 1.31 seconds in what was only the semi-final of the event. The 23-year-old four-time Paris 2024 champion looked determined to get the record as he went out with the leaders on […]
