{"id":649900,"date":"2026-08-10T00:31:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=649900"},"modified":"2026-08-10T02:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:39:47","slug":"european-championships-day-1-prelims-get-underway-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-1-prelims-get-underway-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships: Day 1 Prelims Get Underway in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2026\/european-aquatics-swimming-championships--live-results\">Start Lists\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/eurovision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the European Championships Live (And Free!)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Maxime Grousset<\/strong> and <strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> are among the swimmers taking to the water as the pool programme begins at the European Championships in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Grousset is among a high-quality field in the men\u2019s 50 fly while Steenbergen heads the 100 free field, weeks after setting a world record of 51.68 at the Sette Colli meet in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>The prelims were scheduled to begin with <strong>Leon Marchand\u2019s<\/strong> quest for a maiden European title in the 400IM but the four-time Olympic champion has dropped the IM events following injury and restricted his programme to the 200 fly and 400 free.<\/p>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 400m Individual Medley<\/h3>\n<p>Marchand opened his programme at the national championships in Saint-Etienne at the end of June\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/leon-marchand-soars-to-fifth-fastest-400im-in-history-at-french-championships\/\">with a 4:04.56 400IM<\/a>, the fifth-fastest performance in history and fourth among his own pantheon.<\/p>\n<p>However, he felt a sharp pain in his right adductor muscle in the 200m breaststroke prelims which led to him withdrawing from the meet.<\/p>\n<p>He was entered in four events \u2013 including the IM double \u2013 but restricted his programme to the 200 fly and 400 free after aggravating the injury.<\/p>\n<p>However, the show must go on and the home crowd must wait until they see their hero who entered sporting immortality at La Defense Arena.<\/p>\n<p>There were three prelims with the first three men home in the first seeded heat separated by just 0.24 led by <strong>Finn Hammer<\/strong> of Germany (4:13.45), <strong>Alberto Razzetti<\/strong> (4:13.54) and <strong>Max Litchfield<\/strong> (4:13.69). <strong>Robert-Andrei Badea <\/strong>was disqualified for using an alternating leg kick rather than a dolphin kick after finishing fourth in a time that would have seen him progress to the final. The Romanian &#8211; who turns 19 next month &#8211; won the title at two straight European junior championships in 2024\/25.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ilia Borodin<\/strong> took control on the breaststroke leg of the final prelim and pulled away to touch clear in 4:13.10, the only man to break 4:14 in his race.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"649911\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-1-prelims-get-underway-in-paris\/men-4im-paris-hts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-4IM-paris-hts.png\" data-orig-size=\"892,598\" 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=\"men 4IM paris hts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-4IM-paris-hts-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-4IM-paris-hts.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-649911 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-4IM-paris-hts-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 100m Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p>The French crowd gave a loud ovation to <strong>Marie Wattel<\/strong> before the first seeded heat, a cheer that grew in volume when she turned second before coming home third as <strong>Milou van Wijk<\/strong> touched first in 53.00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sara Curtis<\/strong> led the way in the penultimate heat in 53.76 ahead of <strong>Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> (54.03).<\/p>\n<p>Steenbergen went in the final heat and she dominated, coming home more than a body length ahead in 52.62, a new championship record 0.05 inside <strong>Sarah Sjostrom\u2019s<\/strong> 52.67 mark that had stood since Berlin 2014.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"649915\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-1-prelims-get-underway-in-paris\/w-100-free-paris-hts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-100-free-paris-hts.png\" data-orig-size=\"787,749\" 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=\"w 100 free paris hts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-100-free-paris-hts-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-100-free-paris-hts.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-649915 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-100-free-paris-hts-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 100m Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p>Maxime Grousset\u2019s participation had also been in doubt after he fractured his foot during training.\u00a0The world champion\u2019s presence behind the starting blocks of the final prelim was greeted by a roar at the Olympic Aquatic Centre that grew in volume and duration.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d seen <strong>No\u00e8 Ponti <\/strong>go 22.69 after <strong>Egor Kornev<\/strong> had posted 22.70. Grousset though looked superb and controlled, speeding into the wall in 22.49. That was 0.01 off his own French record and <strong>Andrii Govorov\u2019s<\/strong> CR of 22.48 that has stood since Glasgow 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"649921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-1-prelims-get-underway-in-paris\/men-50-fly-paris-hts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-hts.png\" data-orig-size=\"869,475\" 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=\"men 50 fly paris hts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-hts-700x475.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-hts.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-649921\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-hts-450x246.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-hts-450x246.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-hts-280x153.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-hts-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-hts-533x291.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-hts.png 869w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 200m Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p>Neutral Athlete\u00a0<strong>Anastasiya Shkurdai<\/strong>\u00a0was the only woman with an entry time inside 2:08 in the field of 29 women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katie Shanahan<\/strong> won silver at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and she led the way as the only woman inside 2:10 in 2:09.29.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"649925\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-1-prelims-get-underway-in-paris\/w-200-back-hts-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-200-back-hts-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"788,638\" 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=\"w 200 back hts paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-200-back-hts-paris-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-200-back-hts-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-649925\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-200-back-hts-paris-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-200-back-hts-paris-247x200.png 247w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-200-back-hts-paris-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-200-back-hts-paris-450x364.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-200-back-hts-paris-533x432.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/w-200-back-hts-paris.png 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 100m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Adam Ramsay-Peaty<\/strong> has found himself in the spotlight in the last fortnight after a tearful mixed zone interview following his bronze at the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p>The double Olympic champion went in the final heat in Paris after Paris 2024 gold medallist <strong>Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> had posted 59.11 to lead the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The Briton had to play catch-up after he emerged from his start well short but he looked good through the water and turned in second, although he again lost time there. A 31.49 second 50 guided him into the wall in top spot as he posted 59.08, the fastest of the field and swifter than the 59.17 in which <strong>Sam Williamson<\/strong> won the Commonwealth title.<\/p>\n<p>Martinenghi and fellow Italian <strong>Simone Cerasuolo<\/strong> each progressed in 59.11 ahead of Ireland\u2019s <strong>Jack Kelly<\/strong> (59.27), <strong>Melvin Imoudu<\/strong> (59.31) and <strong>Kirill Prigoda<\/strong> (59.38).<\/p>\n<p>Filip Nowacki \u2013 who won silver ahead of Ramsay-Peaty in Glasgow \u2013 was the second Briton through in 59.39.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"649930\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-1-prelims-get-underway-in-paris\/m-100-br-paris-hyts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m-100-br-paris-hyts.png\" data-orig-size=\"776,598\" 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=\"m 100 br paris hyts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m-100-br-paris-hyts-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m-100-br-paris-hyts.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-649930\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m-100-br-paris-hyts-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m-100-br-paris-hyts-260x200.png 260w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m-100-br-paris-hyts-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m-100-br-paris-hyts-450x347.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m-100-br-paris-hyts-533x411.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m-100-br-paris-hyts.png 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start Lists\u00a0 Watch the European Championships Live (And Free!) 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