Second world record for Kornev, second European record for Steenbergen as Tashkent World Cup concludes
Two of Europe’s top performers played it again at the second World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Tashkent as Russia’s Egor Kornev set a men’s 50m butterfly world record of 21.28 and Marrit Steenbergen of The Netherlands lowered her own women’s 100m freestyle European record to 50.32. Kornev, who equalled the world 100m freestyle record […]
Paris 2026: “Superwoman” Curtis strikes again with second world record as super-fast Milak reclaims golden standing
“Superwoman” Sara Curtis, Italy’s 19-year-old swimming sensation, struck again at a packed Olympic Aquatic Centre, following up her previous night’s women’s 50m backstroke world record with another – 26.56 – as she earned her first senior European gold. Shortly beforehand home swimmer Maxime Grousset was beaten to men’s 100m butterfly gold over the last few […]
Sjostrom gets Paris 2026 boost in Rome behind 50m freestyle world record-breaker Walsh
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, on the comeback trail after giving birth to a son last August, clocked 23.86 for the women’s 50m freestyle at the Sette Colli International in Rome as she finished second to Gretchen Walsh, who swam 23.55 to take 0.40 off the world record set by fellow American Kate Douglass nine days earlier. […]
Hungary’s Kos sets men’s 200m backstroke world record as he maintains unbeaten run in final World Cup in Toronto
Hungary’s Hubert Kos set a men’s 200m backstroke world record of 1:45.12 in the final leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup leg in Toronto. The 24-year-old world and Olympic champion – who missed the short course record by 0.02 at last year’s WA Swimming Championships (25m) in his home city of Budapest – […]
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, […]
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 […]
