{"id":650097,"date":"2026-08-11T10:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=650097"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:30:40","slug":"european-championships-day-two-finals-continental-glory-beckons-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-two-finals-continental-glory-beckons-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships, Day Two Finals: Continental Glory Beckons in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-two-prelims-nathan-muratory-blazes-200-back-wjr-as-ndoye-brouard-eliminated-sprint-queen-sjostrom-back-in-familiar-territory\/\">Day 2 prelims report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Destiny calls with legacies to be continued on the second evening of finals at the European Championships in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Ramsay-Peaty<\/strong> has 16 golds from as many races and completed the quadruple-quadruple at the 2021 edition in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>The Briton has won every European race he\u2019s contested and tonight he goes in the 100m breaststroke, where the likes of <strong>Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> \u2013 who succeeded him as Olympic champion two years ago \u2013 await.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> set 100 free championship records in the prelims and semis, weeks after taking ownership of the world record in Rome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Egor Kornev<\/strong> rattled the 50 fly WR in Monday\u2019s semifinals and will lock horns with French favourite <strong>Maxime Grousset.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s 800 free and 200 back crowns will also be decided with the mixed medley relay wrapping up night two at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n<h4>Women&#8217;s 200m Backstroke<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Katie Shanahan<\/strong> became the second British woman to win the title when she upgraded her 2022 silver to gold in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Second at the first turn, Shanahan dominated thereafter to take the title in a British record of 2:06.13, cutting 0.53 from <strong>Gemma Spofforth\u2019s<\/strong> 2009 standard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Camila Rebelo<\/strong> was second in 2:07.62 &#8211; two years after she became the first Portuguese European champion in the pool &#8211; with France\u2019s <strong>Pauline Mahieu<\/strong> third in 2:08.63.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lizzie Simmonds<\/strong> won Great Britain\u2019s solitary gold in the event at Budapest 2010 when she led home Spofforth for a British 1-2.<\/p>\n<p>However, Shanahan now joins her as a European champion, four years after silver behind <strong>Margherita Panziera<\/strong> at Roma 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Scot added European gold to the Commonwealth silver she won last month in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650108\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-two-finals-continental-glory-beckons-in-paris\/wom-2-back-final-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-2-back-final-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"768,366\" 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=\"wom 2 back final paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-2-back-final-paris-700x366.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-2-back-final-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650108\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-2-back-final-paris-700x366.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-2-back-final-paris-280x133.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-2-back-final-paris-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-2-back-final-paris-450x214.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-2-back-final-paris-533x254.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-2-back-final-paris.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men&#8217;s 50m Butterfly<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Egor Kornev<\/strong> blazed his way to the 50 fly title in Paris, 0.02 ahead of home favourite <strong>Maxime Grousset.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kornev, of the Neutral Athlete B squad, stopped the clock at 22.52 with Grousset going 22.54 and <strong>Grigori Pekarski<\/strong> taking bronze from lane one in 22.68.<\/p>\n<p>Kornev had rattled <strong>Andrii Govorov&#8217;s<\/strong> 22.27 WR in the semis in 22.36 but neither he nor Grousset looked likely to take ownership of the standard held by the Ukrainian since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Ceccon missed the podium by 0.04 while 2025 world silver medallist <b id=\"mwDA\">No\u00e8 Ponti\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; who qualified third in 22.53 &#8211; was eighth in 22.91.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650111\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-two-finals-continental-glory-beckons-in-paris\/men-50-fly-paris-final\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-final.png\" data-orig-size=\"762,304\" 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 final\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-final-700x304.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-final.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650111\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-final-700x304.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-final-280x112.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-final-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-final-450x180.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-final-533x213.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-fly-paris-final.png 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> pulled away on the second 50 to win the 100 free in a Dutch 1-2.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time world champion was second at halfway, 0.02 behind Italian <strong>Sara Curtis<\/strong>, but a 26.80 second 50 steered her into the wall in 51.90 as she claimed her third championship record in as many races. It was her seventh European title in al and came four years after she won the title at Roma 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Teammate <strong>Milou van Wijk<\/strong> was second in 52.71, 0.01 ahead of Curtis who took her first continental long-course medal in 52.72.<\/p>\n<p>Steenbergen is the sixth Dutchwoman to have won the title three of the last four crowns being placed on Netherlands&#8217; heads &#8211; Steenbergen in 2022 and 2026 and <strong>Femke Heemskerk<\/strong> in 2021.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650114\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-two-finals-continental-glory-beckons-in-paris\/women-100-free-final-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-final-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"775,388\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-final-paris-280x140.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-final-paris-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-final-paris-450x225.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-final-paris-533x267.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-free-final-paris.png 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Men&#8217;s 100m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>Nicolo Martinenghi came through on the second 50 to clinch the European title for the second time, four years after glory in front of a home crowd in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic champion was third at halfway but he moved through to win in 58.58 ahead of Ivan Kozhakin (58.68) with Simone Cerasuolo making it an Italy 1-3 in 58.90.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champion Melvin Imoudu was fourth (59.05) while Ramsay-Peaty had too much ground to make up after the start and was fifth in 59.10, 0.01 ahead of British teammate Filip Nowacki (59.11).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650116\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-two-finals-continental-glory-beckons-in-paris\/men-100-breast-final-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-breast-final-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"746,370\" 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 breast final paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-breast-final-paris-700x370.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-breast-final-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650116\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-breast-final-paris-700x370.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-breast-final-paris-280x139.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-breast-final-paris-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-breast-final-paris-450x223.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-breast-final-paris-533x264.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-breast-final-paris.png 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Mixed Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>A monster fly leg from Grousset powered France into the lead, a position they never relinquished as they won the title in front of a raucous crowd in 3:39.64.<\/p>\n<p>Steenbergen split 50.87 to anchor the Netherlands to silver in 3:40.92 with the NAB third in 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