2021 European Aquatics Championships - (Tag)

European Championships, Day 4 Finals: Hugo Gonzalez Takes Gold & Silver; Chupkov, Seemanova, Kapas Triumph Hugo Gonzalez dusted himself off after taking 100 back silver to return to the pool an hour later where he claimed gold in the 200IM at the European Championships in Budapest. The Spaniard came...

Adam Peaty went 58.26 with a long glide into the wall over 100 breaststroke, Antonio Djakovic set a Swiss 400 free record of 3:47.23 and Ranomi Kromowidjojo unleashed a 24.24 50 free heat as the European Championships got under way in Budapest. Ilya Shymanovich had posted the fastest swim of 58.46 -...

Kathleen Dawson won a re-swim of the 100 back in 58.49 after the race had to be swum for a second time following an official protest by Sweden over the starter signal in lane eight at the European Championships. The British woman had set a championship record of 58.18 in the first race - just 0.06 o...

The swimming programme gets under way at the 35th LEN European Championships on Monday with 26 defending champions among 726 athletes competing in Budapest. Adam Peaty, Federica Pellegrini, Katinka Hosszu and Kristof Milak are among several big names who will take their places on the blocks although...

Ukraine Wins Two Titles on Second Day of European Aquatic Championships in Budapest Ukraine clinched two titles on the second day in Budapest: one in artistic swimming and one in diving. Marta Fiedina won the solo technical, while Kseniia Bailo and Oleksii Sereda came first in the mixed 10m synchro ...

European Championships, Day 5 Semis: Greenbank Drops 1:54 200 Back Again; Gorbenko Leads Hosszu in 200 IM Luke Greenbank set his second British 200 back record of the day when he went 1:54.43 in the semi finals as he leads the qualifiers in tomorrow's final while France's Marie Wattel and Israel's A...

Kliment Kolesnikov Surges Toward Stardom at European Championships An observer following this week’s European Championships in Budapest who was mostly unfamiliar with elite-level swimming would probably assume that Kliment Kolesnikov is the best swimmer in the world, or at least a candidate for that...

European Championships, Day 3 Finals: Kliment Kolesnikov Wins 100 Free In CR 47.37; Gold For Romanchuk & Hansson Kliment Kolesnikov claimed his third gold of the meet in the 100 free in a championship record of 47.37 and Sophie Hansson won the 100 breaststroke as defending champion Yulia Efimova was...

David Verraszto headed the 400IM as he began his bid for a fourth straight title at the European Championships. The Hungarian has been on the podium at each edition since taking silver in Budapest in 2010, a feat he matched two years later in Debrecen and in the three subsequent championships Verras...

Benedetta Pilato set a world 50m breaststroke junior record of 29.50 and Kristof Milak matched the championship mark of 50.64 in the 100 fly at the penultimate heats session of the European Championships in Budapest. World silver medallist Pilato had set the previous WJR of 29.61 at the Italian Open...

Kathleen Dawson set a European 100m backstroke record of 58.08 on the lead-off as Great Britain won the women's 4x100m medley gold in a new championship mark in the final event of the European Championships in Budapest. The Scottish swimmer has been on superb form this week, claiming 100 back gold i...

Kristof Milak set a championship 100 fly record of 50.18 to go fourth all-time as he won his second title of the week in the final session of the European Championships in Budapest. Ari-Pekka Liukkonen of Finland won the men's 50 free ahead of defending champion Ben Proud with Kristian Gkolomeev thi...

European Championships: Kristof Milak Thunders To 200 Fly Gold In 1:51.10; 2nd Fastest In History Kristof Milak swam the second-fastest 200 fly in history as he thundered to gold in 1:51.10 at the European Championships in Budapest. Milak was in a world of his own as he claimed victory by 3.18secs a...

In the closing event in artistic swimming at the European Championships, Ukraine came closer to Russia in the gold medal race (6-4) as they won the Highlights Routine. Belarus finished second and host Hungary claimed its first-ever medal in artistic swimming, a bronze. With eight podium finishes in ...

Great Britain topped the medal table after winning both 4x100m medley relays in meet-record time as the European Championships concluded in Budapest. Britain won 11 gold, nine silver and six bronze medals for an overall total of 26 ahead of Russia with nine golds among 22 medals and Italy who claime...

Adam Peaty went inside the 58-second barrier for the 16th time in 57.67 at the European Championships in Budapest. That followed Kliment Kolesnikov's world record of 23.93 in the 50 back of which more here. Arno Kamminga is the only other man to have ever gone inside 58 but the Olympic champion's ti...

Kliment Kolesnikov once more demonstrated he has titles and records in his sights as he went 52.32 in the 100 back heats at the European Championships in Budapest. Arno Kamminga returned from his silver medal in the 100 breaststroke on Tuesday night to post 2:07.39 over 200, a time that would have s...

Flash! Italian Teen Benedetta Pilato Blasts World Record in 50 Breaststroke Call Italian teenager Benedetta Pilato the greedy type – at least when it comes to racing breaststroke. The 16-year-old, just hours removed from establishing a world junior record in the 50-meter breaststroke, clearly wanted...

Gregorio Paltrinieri brought his gold-medal tally to three in the space of four days as Italy won the 5k team event at the European Aquatics Championships at Lupa Beach. Paltrinieri swam an astonishing third 1.25k leg of 12:53.1 as Domenico Acerenza brought the Italian quartet home with a nine-secon...

European Championships, Day 6 Semis: Kristof Milak Chasing Sub-50 100 Butterfly; Kristian Gkolomeev Stalking Sprint Title The last session of semifinals at the European Championships in Budapest brought considerable speed, and set up several much-anticipated finals. Action featured the likes of Hung...