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Matt Richards Named British Swimming Athlete Of The Year Following Double Gold In Fukuoka Matt Richards has been named British Swimming Athlete of the Year with Ryan Livingstone winning the coaches' award after guiding the Millfield swimmer to the 200 free title at the World Championships. The 20-ye...

Amelie Blocksidge Among 28-Strong British Team For European Junior Championships A 28-strong British team has been announced for the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships which take place in July in Samorin, Slovakia. The six-day meet - for athletes born between 2007 and 2011 - will take p...

David Popovici returned to the water a fortnight after the nature of his double World Championship triumph evoked memories of Ian Thorpe to set the pace in the 200 free at the European Junior Championships in his native Romania. The 17-year-old went 1:43.21 in Budapest, a new world junior record but...

Petar Mitsin Lowers Bulgarian 200 Free Record To 1:47.41 As European Juniors Get Under Way In Belgrade Petar Mitsin lowered his Bulgarian 200 free record to 1:47.41 as the European Junior Championships got under way in Belgrade, Serbia. Link to results The event in the Serbian capital runs from 4-9 ...

Kuzey Tuncelli Sets Championship & Turkish Records In 800 Free; Receives Presidential Acclaim In Samorin Kuzey Tuncelli posted championship and national records of 7:46.01 en-route to the 800 free title before returning less than 15 minutes later to anchor the Turkish 4x2 relay to bronze on the penu...

Triple Olympian. World champion. Ten-time European champion. Commonwealth champion. British record holder. In her own words, 70% professional athlete, 20% krispy kreme addict, 10% rockstar. And one thing we can say with certainty is that Fran Halsall is 30 today! The sprint freestyler will be celebr...

European Championships: David Popovici Sets European Record Of 46.98 In 100 Free David Popovici set a European record of 46.98 in the 100 free to go within 0.07 of Cesar Cielo's world record at the European Championships in Rome. The Romanian split 22.93/24.05 in the second semi to eclipse Kliment K...

David Popovici set a new world junior 100 free record of 47.56 to go fourth in the rankings as the European Junior Championships got under way at the Foro Italico, Rome. Link to results Popovici, who doesn't turn 17 until September, set a Romanian record of 48.08 en-route to finishing sixth at the E...

European Juniors: Lithuanian Gold Rush, CRs And Titles For Sara Curtis There was a Lithuanian gold rush that had the Lazdynai Pool on its feet at day two of the European Junior Swimming Championships in Vilnius. Kristupas Trepočka got the Lithuanian ball rolling with victory in the men’s 200m freest...

Amelie Blocksidge Matches PB In Defence Of European Junior 1500 Title; Spain Set CR In Mixed 4×100 Free Amelie Blocksidge defended her European junior 1500 free title as she matched her winning time from Vilnius last year on day two in Samorin. Blocksidge went ahead after 300m and maintained her lea...

All European junior events in 2020 have been cancelled in the light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, governing body LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation) have announced. The announcement came shortly before a senior LEN source confirmed to Swimming World that the European Championships - due to ...

Roos Vanotterdijk set a Belgian record of 57.85 in the women's 100 fly, Nikoletta Padar claimed her third title and David Popovici went 22.17 in the 50 free semis at the European Junior Championships. Sixteen-year-old Vlad-Stefan Stancu lowered Dragos Coman's Romanian 1500 free standard to 15:05.47 ...

David Popovici Turns His Attention To A Hometown European Juniors In Bucharest David Popovici will command the spotlight at the European Junior Championships in Bucharest, a fortnight after the 17-year-old was crowned double world champion. David Popovici Evokes Memories Of Ian Thorpe European junio...

Amalie Smith Posts Meet Record En-Route To 400IM Gold At European Junior Championships British 15-year-old Amalie Smith set a 4:37.02 meet record en-route to 400IM gold on the opening night of the European Junior Championships in Samorin. Vivien Jackl of Hungary had booked lane four for the final in...

Filip Nowacki Wins Double Gold As Great Britain Tops Medal Table At European Juniors Four titles in a rain-interrupted final session at the European Junior Championships confirmed Great Britain’s position at the top of medals table, with Filip Nowacki bringing his personal total of golds to four. El...

Roos Vanotterdijk Rewrites History Books With Nine Belgian Records At Flemish Championships European junior champion Roos Vanotterdijk shredded the history books as she set nine Belgian records across three days at the Flemish Championships in Antwerp. The 18-year-old started her bull run on Friday ...

European Juniors: Robert-Andrei Badea Dominates 400IM To Clinch Medley Double Robert-Andrei Badea dominated the 400IM in Romanian and Championship records to complete the medley double at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania. The 16-year-old stopped the clock at 4:14.37 t...

Olympic finalist Mona McSharry spearheads a team of 18 named by Swim Ireland for the European Championships with the competition in Rome in August their benchmark meet of the season. The continental showcase, which runs from 11-21 August in the Italian capital, is the priority focus for their Republ...

David Popovici Propels Romania To 4x100 Free Gold With 47.54 Lead-Off; 50 Back CR For Mary-Ambre Moluh David Popovici led off the Romanian men's 4x100 free team in 47.54 as the quartet won gold in front of a home crowd on day one of the European Junior Championships in Bucharest. It was quicker than...

David Popovici won the 200 free in 1:45.95 to claim his second gold medal of the European Junior Championships at the Foro Italico in Rome. Link to results It came 10 minutes after he went in the second semi of the 50 free where he topped the qualifiers for Sunday's final in 22.75, conserving energy...