The top three swimmers in the men’s 50m butterfly were separated by just .03 seconds. Russia’s Aleksandr Popkov earned the gold with his time of 22.42. The silver was awarded to the

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom will take the middle lane in tomorrow’s finals heat with her top time from the semi-finals of 55.56. About a second behind Sjostrom was Denmark’s Emilie Beckmann with her 56.51 while

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty narrowly missed the World record in the 100m breaststroke on his way to lowering the European record with his time of 55.94. That time puts Peaty just behind Cameron Van

France’s Charolette Bonnet won gold here with a time of 1:52.19 while Dutchwoman Femke Heemskerk took the silver in 1:53.41. Russia’s Veronika Andrusenko took the bronze in a time of 1:53.75. Sweden’s Michelle Coleman was fourth in 1:54.27

Russia’s Sergei Fesikov earned the middle lane in the 100m IM final by posting the fastest time of the semi-final heats with a 51.45. Right behind Fesikov was Italy’s Marco Orsi in 52.10 while

Hungary completed a 1-2 sweep in the women’s 200 IM with Katinka Hosszu winning in a time of 2:04.43. Hosszu’s teammate Evelyn Verraszto earned the silver with her 2:08.09. Taking the bronze was Italy’s Ilaria Cusinato

Italy’s Luca Dotto topped both semi-final heats of the 100m freestyle with his time of 46.82. Belgium’s Pieter Timmers swam a 46.84 to take the second spot while Great Britain’s Duncan Scott swam a 46.92 to

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte earned gold in the women’s 100m breaststroke with her time of 1:03.79, which was just enough to edge silver-medalist Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen who swam a 1:04.25. The bronze went

Benjamin Proud out of Great Britain earned himself the middle lane in the 50m butterfly final after he posted a 22.18, ahead of Aleksandr Popkov who swam a 22.27 in the