{"id":650234,"date":"2026-08-12T00:37:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=650234"},"modified":"2026-08-12T01:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:57:51","slug":"european-championships-day-three-prelims-kristof-milak-starts-quest-for-fourth-straight-100-fly-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-three-prelims-kristof-milak-starts-quest-for-fourth-straight-100-fly-title\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships, Day Three Prelims: Kristof Milak Starts Quest for Fourth Straight 100 Fly Title"},"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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-two-finals-continental-glory-beckons-in-paris\/\">Day 2 finals report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The third day of prelims get underway with Kristof Milak and Marrit Steenbergen among the swimmers taking to the water at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Milak goes in the 100 fly &#8211; in which he won the Olympic title across the city at La Defense Arena in 2024 &#8211; where victory would bring a four-peat.<\/p>\n<p>Steenbergen returns after a showcase of speed on Tuesday evening with 100 free gold preceding a historic relay split, four years after the Netherlands swimmer won the 200 free title at Roma 2022.<\/p>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 200m Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Barbora Seemanova<\/strong> led the way as she launched the defence of the title she\u2019s won at two of the last editions.<\/p>\n<p>The Czechia athlete struck gold at Belgrade 2024, three years after victory at the 2021 edition in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>She posted 1:57.10 in Paris ahead of Lithuania\u2019s <strong>Ieva Jurkunaite<\/strong> (1:57.28) and <strong>Linda Roth<\/strong> (1:57.60). Steenbergen was fourth through in 1:58.00, conserving some energy with the 50 back prelims to come later in the session.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650238\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-three-prelims-kristof-milak-starts-quest-for-fourth-straight-100-fly-title\/women-200-free-hts-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-free-hts-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"784,627\" 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 200 free hts paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-free-hts-paris-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-free-hts-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650238 size-medium-small\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-free-hts-paris-450x360.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-free-hts-paris-450x360.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-free-hts-paris-250x200.png 250w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-free-hts-paris-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-free-hts-paris-533x426.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-free-hts-paris.png 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 100m Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p>This promises to be a ding-dong battle of the highest quality with the Olympic champion, world champion and world silver medallist among the field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No\u00e8 Ponti<\/strong>\u00a0had a goggles mishap in the 50 fly final on Tuesday which clearly affected his performance as he fell to eighth. The Swiss \u2013 second at the 2025 worlds in Singapore \u2013 posted 50.47 to lead the way.<\/p>\n<p>Milak has won the 100\/200 fly double at the last three editions although the Hungarian isn\u2019t entered into the longer race in the French capital.<\/p>\n<p>He won Olympic gold a few miles across the city at La Defense Arena two years ago and posted 50.81.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maxime Grousset\u2019s<\/strong> appearance for the seventh and final heat saw the crowd volume crank up a couple of notches with the Frenchman returning after relay gold and 50 fly silver on Tuesday.\u00a0The world champion and European record holder posted 51.03 with the three men leading the way into the semis.<\/p>\n<p>Among those progressing are <strong>Ed Mildred, Hubert Kos, Andrei Minakov<\/strong> and <strong>Alberto Razzetti<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Of note was <strong>Thomas Ceccon\u2019s<\/strong> absence. The Italian was due to go alongside Grousset in the final prelim but didn\u2019t appear.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650241\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-three-prelims-kristof-milak-starts-quest-for-fourth-straight-100-fly-title\/men-100-fly-hts-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-fly-hts-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"769,605\" 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 fly hts paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-fly-hts-paris-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-fly-hts-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650241 size-medium-small\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-fly-hts-paris-450x354.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-fly-hts-paris-450x354.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-fly-hts-paris-254x200.png 254w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-fly-hts-paris-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-fly-hts-paris-533x419.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-fly-hts-paris.png 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 50m Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sara Curtis<\/strong> was back in the water the morning after bronze in the 100 free behind a Dutch 1-2 of Steenbergen and <strong>Milou van Wijk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian arrived in Paris as the newly-minted European record holder following her 27.07 blast at the Sette Colli meet in Rome. She posted 27.31 to lead the way into the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary-Ambre Moluh<\/strong> set a European record over 100m on leadoff as France won the mixed medley relay on Tuesday and she sits second in 27.39.<\/p>\n<p>Steenbergen, <strong>Analia Pigree<\/strong> and <strong>Alina Gaifutdinova<\/strong> all posted 27.61 followed by the Netherlands\u2019 <strong>Tessa Giele<\/strong> (27.64).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> went 27.75 to make it three Frenchwomen in the top seven. However, the two-per-nation rule came into play with the three-time relay champion eliminated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650243\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-three-prelims-kristof-milak-starts-quest-for-fourth-straight-100-fly-title\/wom-50-back-paris-hts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-50-back-paris-hts.png\" data-orig-size=\"777,449\" 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 50 back paris hts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-50-back-paris-hts-700x449.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-50-back-paris-hts.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650243 size-medium-small\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-50-back-paris-hts-450x260.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-50-back-paris-hts-450x260.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-50-back-paris-hts-280x162.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-50-back-paris-hts-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-50-back-paris-hts-533x308.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wom-50-back-paris-hts.png 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Men 200m Breaststroke<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Kirill Prigoda led four men on 2:09 into the semis as the two-per-nation rule struck once more.<\/p>\n<p>Prigoda, representing the Neutral Athletes B team, posted 2:09.47 followed by world junior champion and Commonwealth gold medallist Filip Nowacki (2:09.47) and Olympic bronze medallist Caspar Corbeau (2:09.66).<\/p>\n<p>Aleksandr Zhigalov was the second NAB athlete home in 2:09.84 ahead of Ireland\u2019s Jack Kelly (2:10.14) with Daniil Pisetski making it three Neutral Athletes in the top six in 2:10.29. 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