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European S/C Championships, Day 3 Finals: Marrit Steenbergen Sets ERs in 100 IM, 200 Free The finals of the 100 individual medley at the 2025 European Short-Course Championships didn’t disappoint Thursday, as an opener to the third night of the meet. Marrit Steenbergen set the European record in win...

Sara Curtis Fires Off Italian 50 Free Mark Of 24.52 To Continue Record-Breaking Form Sara Curtis continued her record-breaking streak as she fired off a 24.52 Italian 50 free standard in prelims at the national championships in Riccione. It was the 18-year-old's second national record in as many day...

Sarah Sjostrom unleashed an eye-watering 56.71secs in the 100m butterfly and Florent Manaudou hit the wall after just 21.56secs in the 50 free on the second day of the 22nd Euro Meet 2020 in Luxembourg. Both were meet records and Sjostrom, who had warmed up with second in the 50m backstroke, then re...

European S/C Championships, Day 2 Finals: John Shortt Blasts World Junior Record to Win 200 Back The Irish swimming renaissance has had plenty of contributors in the last 18 months. Add John Shortt to the not-so-short(t) list of them. Shortt won gold at the 2025 European Short-Course Championships i...

By Taylor Covington, Swimming World College Intern. The 2019 Italian Swimming Championships entered its fourth day of competition on Friday, but the athletes appeared fresher than ever. Delivering impressive performances across the board, the country's top swimmers made waves in Riccione despite the...

Italy Blasts World Record in Mixed 200 Freestyle Relay at European Championships Italy claimed its third relay title of the European Short Course Championships on Thursday, this latest crown captured via a world record. The Italians produced a time of 1:27.26 in the mixed 200-meter freestyle relay, ...

Sara Curtis 50 Free Record Highlights Four Wins at Italian Championships Sara Curtis set the Italian record in the women’s 50 freestyle on Sunday to cap a four-win performance at the Italian Short-Course Championships. Curtis’ started the final session of the three-day meet at the Swimming Stadium R...

By Taylor Covington, Swimming World College Intern.  The 2019 Italian Swimming Championships entered its last day of competition on Saturday, and its athletes gave spectators quite the finale. The country has shown depth in all events, with new stars surfacing each day. A dark horse in international...

The final day of the Hungary National Championships produced a variety of winners including Peter Bernek, Zsuzsanna Jakabos, Niccolo Bonacchi and Silvia Di Pietro, among others. Benjamin Gratz led the men through prelims of the men's 400-meter IM finishing with a time of 4:24.06. Peter Bernek snagge...

BOLZANO - The second day of race videos are now up for the Bolzano International Swim Meet.  This is the third year that Swimming World has partnered with the Bolzano International Swim Meet to bring you exclusive on-demand footage from the exciting meet. Men's 50 free Marco Orsi had a strong day, m...

Teen Star Lorenzo Galossi Unleashes Final-50 Blast For 1:47.42 Italian Junior Record In 200 Free Lorenzo Galossi followed up his 7:46.28 scorcher in the 800 free with a national junior record of 1:47.42 in the 200 at the Italian Summer Championships. Results The 16-year-old has cut a swathe through ...

Nicolo Martinenghi Wins 200 Breast at Italian Champs; Gregorio Paltrinieri Goes 14:45 in 1500 The last day of the Italian Championships in Riccione concluded on Saturday with Nicolo Martinenghi headlining the action with a victory in the 200-meter breaststroke. Martinenghi had no trouble prevailing ...

RICCIONE, Italy, April 9. A day after Federica Pellegrini demonstrated that she's still a legitimate threat in the middle distance events, Italy's Martina Rita Caramignoli inserted herself into the distance freestyle competition with a top-ranked swim in the 1500 at the Italian Spring Nationals. Car...

RICCIONE, Italy, April 10. A pair of spectacular swims headlined this evening's Italian Spring Nationals in Riccione. Stefanie Pirozzi put up a top-three time in the world in the women's 400-meter IM, while Federica Pellegrini followed up a 200 back win with an astonishing anchor in the 800 free rel...

BOLZANO - Marco Orsi had a strong day, moving to fifth in the world in the 50 free, as the highlight swim of day two at the Bolzano International Swim Meet. Orsi took down the men's 50-meter free title in 21.23.  That swim jumped him to fifth in the world rankings.  Steffen Deibler, who posted a 21....

Krisztian Takacs dashed to first in finals of the men's 50-meter free with a 21.89 during day seven of the Hungary National Championships, earning himself the fifth place ranking in the world for 2015. Richard Bohus took second with a 22.62, while Peter Holoda finished third overall with a 23.19. To...

Sara Curtis Rattles New Italian 50 Free Record; Carlos D'Ambrosio Clinches Freestyle Double Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Day 3 report Sara Curtis Takes Down Italian 50 Free Record In Prelims Sara Curtis and Carlos D’Ambrosio each paid another trip to the top of the podium on the penultimate nig...

European S/C Championships: Day 1 Prelims, Women: Isabel Gose & Simona Quadarella Get Meet Underway The European Short Course Championships got underway with the first session of prelims in Lublin, Poland. The six-day meet started with the women's 400 free featuring Isabel Gose and Simona Quadarella...

Gabriele Detti raced his way to second in the world in the men's 400-meter free at the 2016 City of Milan Trophy meet.  The event was a two-day timed final long course competition. Detti posted a 3:46.59 to move to second in the world behind only David McKeon's 3:46.48 from the NSW Championships. Di...

DEBRECEN, Hungary, July 19. TONIGHT was a true testament to just how tough the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu has become. At the Hungarian Open Nationals, Hosszu ran her total tally to eight individual titles with three more wins tonight. More impressive, it was part of an eight-swim evening. Win number s...