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European Championships To Open With Leon Marchand Quest For Maiden Title The schedule for the European Aquatics Championships has been confirmed with the men’s 400IM and both 4x200m freestyle relays comprising the opening night’s finals of the swimming programme. The championships run from 31 July t...

Russians & Belarusians Eligible to Compete as Neutral Athletes At 2026 European Championships European Aquatics has confirmed that Russian and Belarusian athletes can apply to compete as neutral athletes at the European Championships in Paris this summer. It follows a statement from the governing bo...

Double World Junior Champion Filip Nowacki to Make Move to Loughborough Performance Centre Double world junior champion Filip Nowacki has committed to Loughborough Performance Centre from September 2026. The 18-year-old will join the likes of Freya Colbert, Luke Greenbank and Max and Joe Litchfield ...

Angharad Evans Selected to Team Scotland for Commonwealth Games; Ben Higson Named Head Coach Angharad Evans is the second swimmer to be pre-selected for Team Scotland for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Evans, who finished sixth in the 100m breaststroke on her Olympic debut at Paris 2024, jo...

John Shortt Sets 200 Back Meet Record En-Route to Double as Euro Meet Concludes Results Day 1 report Day 2 report John Shortt set a 200m backstroke meet record en-route to his second title as the 2026 Euro Meet wrapped up in Luxembourg. The Irishman dominated the race to take the title in 1:57.84 an...

Florine Gaspard Claims Sprint Double at Euro Meet in Luxembourg Results Day 1 report Florine Gaspard made two trips to the top of the podium on the second day of the Euro Meet Luxembourg. The Belgian swimmer edged victory in a tight 50m breaststroke in 31.00, 0.03 ahead of Kara Hanlon (31.03) whose ...

World Aquatics has announced the competition schedule for the 2027 World Aquatics Championships and World Masters in Budapest. The global governing body announced in December the World Aquatics Championships would be held from 26 June to 18 July 2027 with the World Masters Championships running para...

Helena Rosendahl Bach Takes Down 200 Fly Meet Record in Luxembourg Results Helena Rosendahl Bach downed the eight-year 200 fly championship record as the Euro Meet got underway in Luxembourg. The 2024 world silver medallist led throughout to touch in 2:08.03, slicing 0.15 from the standard of 2:08.1...

Anita Gastaldi Lowers 10-Year 200 Fly Meet Mark In Geneva; Clean Sweeps for Angiolini & Corbeau Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Anita Gastaldi lowered the 10-year meet record in the 200 fly as the Geneva International Challenge wrapped up. The Italian was neck and neck with Laura Cabanes Garzas at...

Lisa Angiolini Crushes 200 Breaststroke Meet Record En-Route To Double Gold In Geneva Results Day 1 report Lisa Angiolini set a meet record in the 200m breaststroke en-route to double gold on the second day of the Geneva International Challenge. First up was the 50m breaststroke in which she was the...

Caspar Corbeau Dominates 200m Breaststroke At Geneva International Challenge Results Caspar Corbeau dominated the 200m breaststroke before heading the 50 semis on day one of the Geneva International Challenge. The Netherlands swimmer was consistently top-tier in the closing months of 2025. He became...

David Popovici: Sprint With The Stars Was With And For The Children David Popovici’s Sprint with the Stars brought together hundreds of children from across Romania and beyond to swim against Olympic and world champions. It was the first time the competition has been held in Romania with the swimmin...

Florian Wellbrock & Bettina Fabian Named Top Open Water Swimmers At European Aquatics Awards Florian Wellbrock and Bettina Fabian have been named men’s and women’s top open water swimmers in the 2025 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards. Wellbrock secured 48.67% of the total vote to finish a...

David Popovici & Marrit Steenbergen Named European Aquatics Athletes of the Year David Popovici and Marrit Steenbergen have been voted male and female Athlete of the Year in the 2025 European Aquatics Awards. Popovici got 37.94% of the vote ahead of Leon Marchand (31.52%) and Hubert Kós (16.57%) fol...

Scottish Swimming Welcomes School Swimming Funding From Scottish Government Scottish Swimming has welcomed the news that primary schoolchildren will get access to swimming lessons with a universal learn to swim offer. The announcement was made in the Scottish budget on 13 January with the Scottish G...

Hubert Kós has been named male athlete of 2025 by Hungarian sportswriters after a swashbuckling year that included global titles and world records. Kós wasn’t able to accept the award in person at the gala dinner at the Opera House in Budapest as he’s in training in Texas. Instead, his mother Mária ...

Swim England Apologises For String Of Errors Over Ellesmere Titans Disaffiliation Swim England has apologised to Ellesmere Titans for errors it made in the disaffiliation of the club in 2022 which included acting on anonymous information that turned out to be false. The governing body, with CEO Andy...

Tyler Melbourne-Smith On His Record-Breaking Feats & Training Alongside Olympic Elite Tyler Melbourne-Smith rewrote the Welsh and British short-course record books at the recent Swim England Winter National Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. The 20-year-old posted a time of 3:36.09 in the 400m...

Adam Peaty & Holly Ramsay Tie The Knot At Bath Abbey Triple Olympic champion Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay got married at Bath Abbey on 27 December with many celebrities of sport and entertainment in attendance. The couple tied the knot in the historic city in south-west England with several of Peaty'...

Federica Pellegrini & Matteo Giunta Announce They Are Expecting Second Child Two-time Olympic medallist and Italian swimming legend Federica Pellegrini has announced that she and husband Matteo Giunta are expecting their second child. Pellegrini and Giunta welcomed first child Matilde in early Janua...