Budapest 2024: Home idol Kos earns gold in European record as World Aquatics Championships (25m) finish with another world record-fest
Hosts Hungary celebrated a second successive gold on the final night of the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest as Hubert Kos won the men’s 200m backstroke – at which he holds the Olympic title – in a European and Championship record of 1:45.65. Kos, 21, emulated the feat achieved by team-mate and contemporary […]
Budapest 2024: Ponti earns third title and world record as Sarkany claims first home gold and Crooks sets freestyle landmark
Switzerland’s Noe Ponti earned a third title and a third world record at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest in an evening session where Zalan Sarkany claimed the host’s first gold and Jordan Crooks of the Cayman Islands became the first swimmer to better 20sec for the 50m freestyle, clocking 19.90. Ponti was […]
Budapest 2024: Coll Marti makes history as Europeans take four gold medals on day four
Spain’s Carles Coll Marti took Spain’s first world short course title in 10 years as he headlined a night which saw European athletes take a total of four gold medals on a hugely emotional day four of competition in the Duna Arena, Coll Marti put in a huge performance to take the gold medal in […]
Budapest 2024: Heroic home relay silver rounds off another night of European success at World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
European swimmers made a further impact on the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest tonight as a hugely acclaimed performance in the Duna Arena by the home women’s 4x200m freestyle team rounded off the evening’s events with a third silver medal for the continent. Hungary’s last leg swimmer Lilla Minna Abraham, roared on by […]
Budapest 2024: Perfect Ponti sets another world record en route to 50m butterfly title
Noe Ponti lowered the men’s 50m butterfly world record for the fourth time in three months to spearhead the European effort on day two of the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) 2024 in Budapest. The Swiss athlete had qualified first for the final after setting the world record in the earlier stages, and he never […]
European Aquatics President Silva invites entries for next year’s European Short Course Swimming Championships in Poland in press event at Budapest 2024
European Aquatics President Antonio Silva welcomed the return of the European Short Course Swimming Championships to Poland next year as he officially invited swimmers to attend during a press conference at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) underway in Budapest. Standing alongside the Polish Swimming Federation President Otylia Jędrzejczak – who won world titles either […]
Ponti claims one of seven world records set on spectacular opening day of World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
Switzerland’s Noe Ponti set his third world record of 2024 on an opening day of the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest that produced a staggering total of seven new world marks. Ponti clocked a new best time of 21.43 in winning his men’s 50m butterfly semi-final in front of a large and appreciative […]
Budapest 2024: Europe’s female Olympic and world medallists ready to make their mark at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
Three of Europe’s Paris 2024 women’s medallists will return to global competition this week at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) which start in Budapest tomorrow. France’s Anastasiya Kirpichnikova, the Olympic 1500m freestyle silver medallist, Isabel Marie Gose of Germany, who took bronze behind her, and Dutch swimmer Tes Schouten, who finished third in the […]
Budapest 2024: Ponti leads charge as Europe’s men set to shine at World Swimming Championships (25m)
The World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) 2024 gets underway in the Hungarian capital on Tuesday (December 10), and Europe has a host of male athletes including Switzerland’s Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist and world record holder Noe Ponti ready to excel at the Duna Arena during six days of racing. Meanwhile home fans will be watching […]
