Otopeni 2025: Shortt and D’Ambrosio complete world junior doubles as Turkiye takes two golds on final day
Ireland’s John Shortt and Italy’s Carlos D’Ambrosio earned second world junior titles on a final day of competition that saw Turkiye secure two golds through Kuzey Tuncelli and Nusrat Allahverdi. Turkiye’s late efforts saw them rise to seventh place in a final medals table headed by the United States, with Great Britain finishing top European […]
Otopeni 2025: GB’s Fearn earns world junior gold on world record night
Great Britain’s European junior 50m butterfly champion Dean Fearn added world junior gold in the same event on day five of the programme in the Romanian venue. Fearn, 17, who won bronze in the 100m butterfly, earned top spot on the podium with a time of 23.54, finishing just 0.10 ahead of Nigeria’s Abdul Adama, […]
Otopeni 2025: Britain’s Nowacki wins second world junior title, Ukraine’s Sheremet and Plytnykaite of Lithuania also top podium in Romania
Great Britain’s Filip Nowacki tonight added the world junior 200m breaststroke title to the 100m version he had claimed two days earlier – and European swimmers added further lustre to their reputation as Ukraine’s Nikita Sheremet and Smilte Plytnykaite of Lithuania also earned gold. The session’s concluding event of the men’s 4x200m freestyle went to […]
Otopeni 2025: Juska and Tuncelli are golden on day 3 of the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
European swimmers once again stepped up to the top of the podium on day three at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships as Lithuania’s Tajus Juska and Turkiye’s Kuzey Tuncelli claimed the men’s 100m butterfly and 800m freestyle titles respectively. Juska, 16, added world junior gold to the European junior version he won in Samorin […]
Otopeni 2025: Nowacki, Shortt and D’Ambrosio strike world junior gold as two Championship records are set on day 2
Britain’s Filip Nowacki and John Shortt of Ireland added world junior titles to their European versions in Otopeni today, with Italy’s Carlos D’Ambrosio securing a third gold for Europe in the same session in a men’s 200m freestyle Championship record of 1:45.15. Neutral athlete Mikhail Shcherbakov also set a Championship record, clocking 1:57.25 in the […]
Otopeni 2025: Day one at World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships produces world record, silver for GB’s Smith and two relay medals for Italy
Great Britain’s 15-year-old Amalie Smith, a double gold medallist on her debut at the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships last month, added further lustre to her career by taking women’s 400m medley silver on day one of the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships. Smith, who won the European 200m and 400m IM titles in Samorin, […]
Otopeni 2025: Nowacki and Tuncelli head European challenge at World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
European swimmers including Britain’s Filip Nowacki and Kuzey Tuncelli of Turkiye are set for podium appearances at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships that start in the Romanian venue of Otopeni tomorrow and run until August 24. Otopeni successfully hosted the 2023 European Aquatics Short Course Championships, where Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen won 800m freestyle in […]
