Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent - (Author)

Bettina Fabian Fires Back at European Aquatics Statement after Open Water DQs European Aquatics Statement & Rulings European Aquatics has released a statement following the DQs of David Betlehem and Bettina Fabian at the Open Water Swimming Cup at Razanac, Croatia, which had seen the latter rebuke t...

Ellen Walshe Talks Paris 2026 & Reaping Rewards In and Out of the Pool at the World Cup Ellen Walshe will return to competition at the Baku stop of the World Cup seven weeks after capturing the IM double at the European Championships in Paris. The Irishwoman delivered lessons in underwaters when mon...

Results Dario Verani surged through in the last 10 metres to clinch his second straight win and Klaudia Tarasiewicz broke clear in the final stages to win their respective 10k races at the Razanac stop of the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup 2026. However, there was controversy in both rac...

British Team Fall Just Shy of English Channel Relay World Record; Raise Vital Funds For Water Safety Education Donate here A six-strong British team featuring three-time Olympic champion Tom Dean has raised more than £8,000 for the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS) while falling just three minutes...

Duncan Scott on the Challenge that Lies Ahead for 4x200 Squad Come LA 2028 When the British men added the European 4x200 free title to their Olympic and world crowns, victory was met with quiet satisfaction as well as a recognition the winning time fell short of what’ll be needed to retain their glo...

Two-Time Olympic Champion Tatjana Smith Confirms Return to Swimming With Eyes On The 50 Breaststroke At La 2028 Two-time Olympic champion Tatjana Smith has officially confirmed her return to competitive swimming and has her eyes on the 50m breaststroke at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. The South ...

Angharad Evans Named Swimmer of the Year at Scottish Awards Angharad Evans was named Swimmer of the Year at the Scottish Swimming Awards in Glasgow. Archie Goodburn, Brad Hay, Dean Fearn, Emma Wood and Stephen Clegg were also among the winners at the ceremony held at the Marriott Hotel. Evans has ha...

Seven swimmers have been pre-nominated for the Sweden team for the World Short-Course Championships in Beijing in December. Sara Junevik, Victor Johansson and Robin Hanson are among the swimmers put forward for the event which runs from 1-6 December in the Chinese capital. The selection was based on...

Kyle Chalmers Has Renewed Love of Racing After Mexico Meet With Adam Ramsay-Peaty & Thomas Ceccon Adam Ramsay-Peaty, Thomas Ceccon and Kyle Chalmers shared the insight that comes with a combined five Olympic titles at a meet in Mexico. The trio headlined the Copa Internacional meet which ran from Se...

Results Italy’s Dario Verani pulled away on the final lap and Louna Kasvio of Finland edged a photo finish to clinch their respective 10k races as the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup 2026 finally got underway in Tenero, Switzerland. The stop in Tenero effectively became the season opener ...

Olympic Silver Medallist Mehdy Metella Retires At 34 Mehdy Metella has retired at the age of 34 after winning Olympic silver and clinching world and European titles. The Frenchman shared the news on social media, 10 years after he led off the French quartet that won 4x100m freestyle silver at Rio 20...

Commonwealth Medallist Ciara Schlosshan Announces Retirement Ciara Schlosshan has retired weeks after she won medley relay silver for Team Scotland at a home Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The fly specialist, who trained at the University of Edinburgh, shared her decision weeks after she reached the...

Tom Dean Among Team Setting Sights on English Channel Relay Record for RLSS Fundraising Tom Dean, Dan Jervis and Hector Pardoe are among a team of six British swimmers that will attempt to break the English Channel relay world record later this month. The squad will take on the 33km challenge from t...

Double Olympic Champion Matt Richards Driven by Paris Pain in Pursuit of LA 2028 Gold Matt Richards is doing everything in his power to avoid a repeat of his crushing disappointment of Paris 2024 where he missed 200m freestyle gold by 0.02secs. Swimming out of lane one as David Popovici, Duncan Scot...

Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Day 3 report Apostolos Christou blazed to a 100m backstroke championship record as he added the Mediterranean Games title to his European gold in Taranto. The Greek swimmer was out in 25.34 and back in 26.91 to post 52.34, 0.07 off the time in which he won gold in ...

Lisa Angiolini Makes it a Golden Double at the Mediterranean Games Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Lisa Angiolini made it two titles and three pieces of solo silverware after winning the 50m breaststroke at the Mediterranean Games. The Italian headed prelims in a 30.45 championship record before r...

Leonie Beck has retired from open water swimming after a career in which she won world and European titles. The German competed at three Olympics across pool and marathon swimming with fifth in the open water at the Tokyo Olympics the closest she came to the podium. The 29-year-old posted her announ...

Results Day 1 report Luca De Tullio led throughout to win the men’s 800 free at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto as world champion Ahmed Jaouadi finished third. De Tullio was dominant, finishing around eight and a half seconds ahead of Dimitrios Markos who took silver in 7:55.05. It was the Greek...

Benedetta Pilato Adds 100 Breaststroke Gold to European Bronze at Mediterranean Games Results Benedetta Pilato twice lowered the 100m breaststroke championship record to clinch the Mediterranean Games title a week after European bronze. Pilato went 1:06.64 in prelims before returning to the Taranto ...

James and Courtney Guy have shared that they are expecting their first child. The couple, who got married in Mallorca in August 2025, posted the news on social media. The post read “Time has flown by 🥺💕” accompanied by a picture of Courtney Guy. There were messages of congratulations from many peo...