{"id":649996,"date":"2026-08-10T12:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=649996"},"modified":"2026-08-10T15:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:45:38","slug":"european-championships-semifinals-marrit-steenbergen-lowers-100-free-cr-again-martinenghi-ramsay-peaty-set-for-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-semifinals-marrit-steenbergen-lowers-100-free-cr-again-martinenghi-ramsay-peaty-set-for-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships, Semifinals: Marrit Steenbergen Lowers 100 Free CR Again; Martinenghi &#038; Ramsay-Peaty Set For Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>European Championships, Semifinals: Marrit Steenbergen Lowers 100 Free CR Again; Martinenghi &amp; Ramsay-Peaty Set For Reunion<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2026\/european-aquatics-swimming-championships--live-results\">Results<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-marrit-steenbergen-stamps-100-free-cr-maxime-grousset-rattles-french-fly-mark\/\">Day 1 prelims report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-three-crowns-to-be-decided-in-day-one-finals\/\">Day 1 finals report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Marrit Steenbergen, Egor Kornev, Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> and <strong>Katie Shanahan<\/strong> all led their way into their respective finals following the first evening session in Paris.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Men\u2019s 50m Butterfly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>No\u00e8 Ponti<\/strong>\u00a0headed the first semi in 22.53, 0.02 off his Swiss record. When Grousset was introduced to the crowd at the Olympic Aquatic Centre, a deafening roar became a chorus of \u201cMaxime! Maxime!\u201d However, it was <strong>Egor Kornev<\/strong> who led the way in 22.36, a new championship record, ahead of Grousset who matched his 22.49 prelim time.<\/p>\n<p>It elevated Kornev to third man all-time behind <strong>Andrii Govorov&#8217;s<\/strong> 22.27 world record and the 22.35 posted by<strong> Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Ponti was third through to the final with Diogo Ribeiro, Luca Armbruster, Thomas Ceccon, Kristof Milak and Grigori Pekarski joining the Swiss.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"649999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-semifinals-marrit-steenbergen-lowers-100-free-cr-again-martinenghi-ramsay-peaty-set-for-reunion\/men-50-fly-semis-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-semis-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"755,390\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-semis-paris-280x145.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-semis-paris-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-semis-paris-450x232.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-semis-paris-533x275.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-semis-paris.png 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Women\u2019s 100m Freestyle<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> lowered <strong>Sarah<\/strong> <strong>Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m\u2019s <\/strong>long-standing world record to 51.68 at the Sette Colli in Rome in June.<\/p>\n<p>Steenbergen served notice of her intent in prelims where she took down Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m\u2019s championship record in 52.62 while looking as if she had plenty of reserve as she rolled into the wall.<\/p>\n<p>She was 0.08 off her WR at the turn before coming home in 52.44 for a new CR with <strong>Sara Curtis<\/strong> the other woman to break 53secs in 52.93.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barbora Janickova<\/strong> of Czechia clinched the eighth and last spot for the final in 53.62.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"649998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-semifinals-marrit-steenbergen-lowers-100-free-cr-again-martinenghi-ramsay-peaty-set-for-reunion\/women-100-free-semis-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-semis-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"876,454\" 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=\"women 100 free semis paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-semis-paris-700x454.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-semis-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-649998\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-semis-paris-700x454.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-semis-paris-280x145.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-semis-paris-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-semis-paris-450x233.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-semis-paris-533x276.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-semis-paris.png 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 100m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>Martinenghi has won a solitary European title in his 100m breaststroke locker which came in 2022 when he triumphed in front of a home crowd in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic champion booked lane four in 58.67 ahead of <strong>Jack Kelly<\/strong> who broke his Irish record for the second time in a day in 58.90.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Ramsay-Peaty<\/strong> has never lost a final at a European Championships with the Briton\u2019s record standing at 16 golds in 16 races. His four victories at Budapest in 2021 clinched an historic quadruple-quadruple, months before he won the title at the Tokyo Games. The two-time Olympic champion posted 58.94 and was a completely different man to the tearful one following his Commonwealth bronze a little over a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old is taking things one race at a time, saying: \u201cA bit of a non-negotiable with me is just to improve that process. And if I can do that process, that&#8217;ll give me a better time. Better time gives me a better position. So, the rest is out of my control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650001\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-semifinals-marrit-steenbergen-lowers-100-free-cr-again-martinenghi-ramsay-peaty-set-for-reunion\/men-100-br-semis-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-br-semis-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"785,559\" 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 100 br semis paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-br-semis-paris-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-br-semis-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650001\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-br-semis-paris-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-br-semis-paris-700x500.png 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-br-semis-paris-280x200.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-br-semis-paris-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-br-semis-paris-450x320.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-br-semis-paris-533x380.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-br-semis-paris.png 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 200m Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Katie Shanahan<\/strong> was well clear in booking lane four in 2:07.61, just 0.16 off her Scottish record at the 2023 worlds in Fukuoka where she finished fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning champion <strong>Camila Rebelo<\/strong> of Portugal will be alongside her in lane five after going 2:08.48.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650002\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-semifinals-marrit-steenbergen-lowers-100-free-cr-again-martinenghi-ramsay-peaty-set-for-reunion\/women-2-back-sesmis-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2-back-sesmis-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"743,527\" 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=\"women 2 back sesmis paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2-back-sesmis-paris-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2-back-sesmis-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650002\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2-back-sesmis-paris-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2-back-sesmis-paris-280x200.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2-back-sesmis-paris-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2-back-sesmis-paris-450x319.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2-back-sesmis-paris-533x378.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2-back-sesmis-paris.png 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Championships, Semifinals: Marrit Steenbergen Lowers 100 Free CR Again; Martinenghi &amp; Ramsay-Peaty Set For Reunion Results Watch the European Championships Live (And Free!) 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