{"id":628123,"date":"2025-12-03T12:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=628123"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:51:22","slug":"european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back\/","title":{"rendered":"European S\/C Championships, Day 2 Finals: John Shortt Blasts World Junior Record to Win 200 Backstroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>European S\/C Championships, Day 2 Finals: John Shortt Blasts World Junior Record to Win 200 Back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Irish swimming renaissance has had plenty of contributors in the last 18 months. Add <strong>John Shortt<\/strong> to the not-so-short(t) list of them.<\/p>\n<p>Shortt won gold at the 2025 European Short-Course Championships in the men\u2019s 200 backstroke Wednesday, his time of 1:47.89 setting a world junior record and the meet record.<\/p>\n<p>His record swim highlighted a busy second night of finals in Lublin, Poland. All the action:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/eurovision\">Link to Eurovision\/live coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2025\/european-aquatics-short-course-swimming-championships-live-results\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/entry-lists-published-for-european-short-course-championships-russians-belarussians-absent\/\/\">Entry Lists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-1-prelims-women-isabel-gose-simona-quadarella-get-meet-underway\/\">Day 1 Prelims Recap: Women<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-1-prelims-men-daniel-wiffen-enjoys-emphatic-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Prelims Recap: Men<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-1-isabel-gose-downs-european-record-in-400-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-prelims-jack-mcmillan-isabel-gose-return-after-400-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 50 butterfly final<\/h4>\n<p>A quarter-second blanketed the nine semifinalists on Tuesday and required a swim-off for eighth place. Replace the two swim-offers with their swim-off times and the spread was 0.16 seconds for nine finishers.<\/p>\n<p>So a close race had to be in the offing Wednesday night, right?<\/p>\n<p>Nope, said <strong>Martine Dambourg.<\/strong> The Danish junior swimmer absolutely blasted the final 25 meters to go from sixth to the win in 24.61, her margin of victory .23 seconds. For the third straight swim, she lowered her European Junior record, this one clubbing .45 seconds off the time she set in semifinals. And she made a decent run at <strong>Claire Curzan\u2019s<\/strong> world junior record of 24.55. It\u2019s also the Danish senior record.<\/p>\n<p>Second place went to <strong>Ross Vanotterdijk<\/strong> of Belgium in 24.84. It took breaking 25 seconds to get on the podium, with <strong>Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> third in 24.93, .04 up on <strong>Maaike de Waard<\/strong> for bronze.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628129\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back\/w50flyfinal-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W50flyfinal.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1222,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"W50flyfinal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W50flyfinal-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W50flyfinal-1024x670.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628129\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W50flyfinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W50flyfinal.jpg 1222w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W50flyfinal-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W50flyfinal-280x183.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W50flyfinal-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W50flyfinal-450x295.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W50flyfinal-1200x786.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W50flyfinal-533x349.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 butterfly final<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Noe Ponti<\/strong> remains the king of the 50 fly short-course, his time of 21.54 besting the field by three tenths. Ponti didn\u2019t quite match his world record of 21.32 or his meet record of 21.51 from semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Second was longtime stalwart <strong>Szebastian Szabo,<\/strong> whose meet record Ponti took a day earlier. The Hungarian added a silver medal in 21.89 for his eighth career Euros Short-Course medal. <strong>Maxime Grousset<\/strong> grabbed third with a time of 21.99, his second trip sub-22 in as many days.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth was <strong>Simone Stefani<\/strong> in 22.13.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628128\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back\/m50flyfinal-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M50flyfinal.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1211,763\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"M50flyfinal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M50flyfinal-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M50flyfinal-1024x645.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628128\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M50flyfinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M50flyfinal.jpg 1211w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M50flyfinal-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M50flyfinal-280x176.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M50flyfinal-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M50flyfinal-450x284.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M50flyfinal-1200x756.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M50flyfinal-533x336.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 backstroke final<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s a Spanish gold in the 200 backstroke thanks to <strong>Carmen Weiler Sastre.<\/strong> The 21-year-old pulled away steadily for the biggest accolade of her individual career, winning in 2:01.66. She was more than a second clear of semis pace-setter <strong>Katie Shanahan,<\/strong> who grabbed silver in 2:02.79.<\/p>\n<p>The British swimmer jumped from third to second on the final 25 meters, getting .23 seconds ahead of France\u2019s <strong>Pauline Mahieu<\/strong> to swap medal colors. Portugal\u2019s <strong>Camila Rodrigues Rebelo<\/strong> was fourth in 2:03.51.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628127\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back\/w200backfinal-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200backfinal.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1128,744\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"W200backfinal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200backfinal-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200backfinal-1024x675.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628127\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200backfinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200backfinal.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200backfinal-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200backfinal-280x185.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200backfinal-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200backfinal-450x297.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200backfinal-533x352.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 backstroke final<\/h4>\n<p><strong>John Shortt<\/strong> made short work of the field in the 200 back, his time of 1:47.89 landing him seventh tenths up on France\u2019s <strong>Mewen Tomac.<\/strong> Tomac had led at the 150-meter mark, but Shortt rallied home in 27.67 to Tomac\u2019s 28.99 to get the gold.<\/p>\n<p>It completes a monstrous two days for Short, who entered with a best time of 1:51.60 from the 2024 World Championships that had been the Irish record. He lowered it to 1:50.65 in prelims, then hopscotched past 1:49 altogether to 1:48.84 in semifinals. Down into the 1:47s it goes. With it, he downs <strong>Kliment Kolesnikov\u2019<\/strong>s meet record\/European junior record\/world junior record, set at 1:48.02 in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Behind Tomac was <strong>Jan Cejka,<\/strong> who went 1:49.43 to hold off a crowd for bronze. It\u2019s the first male medal at this meet for Czechia\/the Czech Republic since 200 medley relay bronze in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Cejka finished .05 seconds up on <strong>Luke Greenbank<\/strong> for bronze. Lorenzo Mora was fifth in 1:49.74.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back\/m200backfinal-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200backfinal.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1160,751\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"M200backfinal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200backfinal-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200backfinal-1024x663.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628126\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200backfinal.jpg\" alt=\"John Shortt\" width=\"650\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200backfinal.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200backfinal-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200backfinal-280x181.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200backfinal-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200backfinal-450x291.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200backfinal-533x345.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 freestyle semifinals<\/h4>\n<p>The 200 free events were all about the British swimmers. On the women\u2019s side, that means Team Freya.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Freya Colbert<\/strong> finished first in semifinals in 1:51.94, with <strong>Freya Anderson<\/strong> fourth in 1:53.69. Between were <strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> of the Netherlands in 1:53.35. Third place went to <strong>Minna Abraham<\/strong> in 1:53.50.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary, which had three of the top four in prelims, gets two into the final, Abraham joined by <strong>Nikolett Padar<\/strong> in sixth. Those two American collegians are joined by another in Poland\u2019s <strong>Justina Kozan<\/strong> in eighth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628133\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back\/w200freesemis-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200freesemis.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"780,854\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"W200freesemis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200freesemis-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200freesemis.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628133\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200freesemis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200freesemis.jpg 780w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200freesemis-183x200.jpg 183w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200freesemis-300x328.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200freesemis-450x493.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W200freesemis-533x584.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 freestyle semifinals<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> and <strong>Lucas Henveaux<\/strong> tied for the win in semifinals in 1:41.56. Scott\u2019s fellow British swimmer <strong>Jack McMillan<\/strong> was third in 1:41.69, making good on the 1-2-3 finish in prelims that left hard-luck third-place finisher <strong>Matt Richards<\/strong> out of semifinals thanks to the two-per-nation limit.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth was Poland\u2019s <strong>Kamil Sieradzki.<\/strong> Lithuania has two in the final, with <strong>Thomas Lukminas<\/strong> sixth and the ageless <strong>Danas Rapsys<\/strong> eighth. That leaves no room for <strong>Lukas Martens,<\/strong> eliminated in 10th.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628132\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back\/m200freesemis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200freesemis.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"787,846\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"M200freesemis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200freesemis-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200freesemis.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628132\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200freesemis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200freesemis.jpg 787w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200freesemis-186x200.jpg 186w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200freesemis-300x322.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200freesemis-450x484.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M200freesemis-533x573.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 breaststroke final<\/h4>\n<p>Call it an early birthday present for <strong>Eneli Jefimova,<\/strong> who turns 19 at the end of the month. She\u2019s now a two-time European Short-Course champion in this event, defending her title in 1:02.82 to augment the long-course 100 breast title. The Estonian added the meet record, taking down the 2013 time set by Lithuania\u2019s <strong>Ruta Meilutyte<\/strong> at 1:02.92.<\/p>\n<p>Jefimova left no doubt in the final, nearly a second ahead of the chasers. <strong>Florine Gaspard<\/strong> held off the field with a time of 1:03.73 and a silver medal for Belgium. Israel\u2019s <strong>Anastasia Gorbenko<\/strong> finished third in 1:03.90, rallying in the final 25 meters to nip German long-course World Champion <strong>Anna Elendt<\/strong> by .01 seconds. Hungary\u2019s <strong>Dominika Sztandera<\/strong> was a further .06 back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628136\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back\/w100breastfinal-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100breastfinal.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1259,783\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"W100breastfinal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100breastfinal-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100breastfinal-1024x637.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628136\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100breastfinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100breastfinal.jpg 1259w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100breastfinal-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100breastfinal-280x174.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100breastfinal-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100breastfinal-450x280.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100breastfinal-1200x746.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100breastfinal-533x331.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 breaststroke final<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Caspar Corbeau<\/strong> completed two days of domination by taking home gold in 55.85, fourth tents off the meet record. He was .37 seconds ahead of <strong>Emre Sakci<\/strong> of Hungary, using a superior third 25 to surge to the front.<\/p>\n<p>Sakci picked up silver in 56.22, rallying from fifth at the 75 to first. He dragged <strong>Luka Mladenovic<\/strong> with him, the Michigan swimmer from Austria going from seventh to third at the final wall in 56.27.<\/p>\n<p>It came at the expense of Italian <strong>Simone Cerasuolo.<\/strong> He touched at 75 meters even with Corbeau but faded to fourth in 56.33, .06 off the medal stand. <strong>Carles Coll Marti<\/strong> of Spain was fifth in 56.42. <strong>Koen de Groot<\/strong> was in position to add a second Dutchman to the podium in third at the turn for home, but he settled for sixth, a spot ahead of <strong>Nicolo Martinenghi,<\/strong> a non-factor in the race.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back\/m100breastfinal-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100breastfinal-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1276,741\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"M100breastfinal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100breastfinal-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100breastfinal-1-1024x595.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628137\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100breastfinal-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100breastfinal-1.jpg 1276w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100breastfinal-1-1024x595.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100breastfinal-1-280x163.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100breastfinal-1-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100breastfinal-1-450x261.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100breastfinal-1-1200x697.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100breastfinal-1-533x310.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 IM semifinals<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> set the pace in a semifinals full of people pulling doubles, with enough left after the 200 free semis to get the top seed in 57.96. She was .01 ahead of <strong>Barbora Janickova<\/strong> of Czechia and .06 up on <strong>Roose Vanotterdijk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Steenbergen, Vanotterdijk, <strong>Martine Dambourg<\/strong> (sixth), <strong>Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> (seventh) and <strong>Anastasia Gorbenko<\/strong> (eighth) all successfully navigated doubles to make the final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628140\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back\/w100imsemis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100IMsemis.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"917,790\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"W100IMsemis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100IMsemis-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100IMsemis.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628140\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100IMsemis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100IMsemis.jpg 917w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100IMsemis-232x200.jpg 232w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100IMsemis-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100IMsemis-450x388.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/W100IMsemis-533x459.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 IM semifinals<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Noe Ponti<\/strong> is again the man to beat, and <strong>Maxime Grousset<\/strong> is again the man chasing him.<\/p>\n<p>In a replay of the 50 fly, Ponti led the pace in 51.24. He had Grousset in his heat in second in 51.37. They\u2019ll be in adjacent lanes in the final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luka Mladenovic,<\/strong> not weighed down by his new medal or the lactic acid, was third in 51.57. He\u2019s got fellow Austrian <strong>Heiko Gigler<\/strong> in the final with him. <strong>Miroslav Knedla<\/strong> was fourth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"628139\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-s-c-championships-day-2-finals-john-shortt-blasts-world-junior-record-to-win-200-back\/m100imsemifinal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100IMsemifinal.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"917,784\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"M100IMsemifinal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100IMsemifinal-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100IMsemifinal.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-628139\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100IMsemifinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100IMsemifinal.jpg 917w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100IMsemifinal-234x200.jpg 234w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100IMsemifinal-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100IMsemifinal-450x385.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M100IMsemifinal-533x456.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Mixed 200 medley relay final<\/h4>\n<p>Euros is three relays old, and the Italians have started it gold-silver-gold. The quartet of <strong>Francesco Lazzari, Simone Cerasuolo, Silvia Di Pietro <\/strong>and <strong>Sara Curtis<\/strong> went 1:36.09 to win and set a meet record, clipping .09 seconds off the 2021 mark set by the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch quartet exactly matched that time, but it was good only for silver. They were one of only two teams to opt for a female backstroker in <strong>Maaike de Waard,<\/strong> joining <strong>Caspar Corbeau, Sean Niewold<\/strong> and <strong>Marrit Steenbergen.<\/strong> The Dutch took the lead with Niewold over Di Pietro. But Curtis split 22.92 on the anchor to wrest the lead away from Steenbergen (23.11).<\/p>\n<p>Poland gave the home fans a thrill in third, <strong>Kasia Wasick<\/strong> helping them jump past Estonia and into third in 1:36.98. 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