During the second evening of finals at the 2018 European Championships, Great Britain’s Adam Peaty set a world record in the men’s 100 breast, and Russian teenager Kliment Kolesnikov followed that up with another
The mixed 4×200 free relay made its debut at the European Championships, and Germany out-dueled Russia to take the gold medal. The team of Jacob Heidtmann (1:46.52), Henning Muehlleitner (1:47.32), Reva Foos (1:58.25) and Annika Bruhn (1:56.34)
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom and Denmark’s Pernille Blume went head to head down the entire length of the pool, and just when it looked like Blume, the Olympic gold medalist in the event, Sjostrom fought
Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov took down the world record in the men’s 50 back, touching in 24.00 to erase the 24.04 set by Great Britain’s Liam Tancock in 2009. Kolesnikov, 18, also smashed his own
After setting a European record in prelims with a lightning-quick time of 27.21, Great Britain’s Georgia Davies did what she needed to do to claim lane four for Sunday’s final, touching in
Hungary’s Tamas Kenderesi and Kristof Milak claimed the top two seeds for the men’s 200 fly final as Kenderesi won the first semi-final in 1:55.16, and Milak claimed semi-final No. 2 in 1:55.38.
Russia’s Yulia Efimova used her typical go-out-slow, come-back-fast strategy in the women’s 100 breast European semi-finals, and she turned in the top time with a 1:05.77. She broke the championship record of
The top three times in the men’s 100 free semi-finals and four of the top five came out of the first of two heats. Italy’s Alessandro Miressi led the way in 48.11,
Swedish superstar Sarah Sjostrom went out under world record-pace for the first 50 meters of her 100 fly, but she couldn’t quite hang on to that sizzling pace. Sjostrom ended up
Great Britain’s Adam Peaty took down his own world record in the men’s 100 breast on his way to a dominant performance at the European Championships. After a stunning 0.47 reaction
