This week’s Performance Of The Week, sponsored by LumaLanes, goes to Ariarne Titmus for her Australian record performance in the 400 free at the Queensland State Championships in Brisbane. The
During the first night of finals at the 2017 European Short Course Championships in Copenhagen, the European record was tied in the men’s 50 breast semi-finals, and then three men broke
The Russian men won gold in the men’s 200 free relay to round out the first night of the European short course meet. Kliment Kolesnikov (21.24), Vladimir Morozov (20.59), Sergei Fesikov (20.59) and Mikhail Vekovishchev (20.91) combined to
After Kirill Prigoda tied Fabio Scozzoli’s European record in the men’s 50 breast semi-finals, Scozzoli came back just an hour later to lower the record and win a European title. Italy’s Scozzoli won the
Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte won the European title in the women’s 50 breast in a time of 29.36, having just enough in the tank to get by Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen at the finish. Meilutyte
Italy’s Matteo Rivolta came out on top of a deep field full of more established stars to earn the top seed for the men’s 100 fly final at the European Short Course
The Netherlands’ Kira Toussaint posted the top seed in the semi-finals of the women’s 100 back, stopping the clock at 56.80 in semi-final No. 1. That was good enough to beat out
Russia’s Aleksandr Krasnykh pulled away from the field and ended up winning a comfortable victory in the men’s 400 free final in Copenhagen. Krasnykh touched in 3:35.51, less than a second
The start of the LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships began off with a solemn candle parade led by a beautiful all-girls choir and was followed by flag-holders from 45 countries.
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu led wire-to-wire on her way to a European title in one of her signature events, the 400 IM. Even without approaching top form, she was still by far the class
