{"id":650255,"date":"2026-08-12T09:52:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=650255"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:27:51","slug":"european-championships-day-three-semifinals-sara-curtis-pops-wr-mens-100-fly-showdown-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-three-semifinals-sara-curtis-pops-wr-mens-100-fly-showdown-set\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships, Day Three Semifinals: Sara Curtis Pops WR; Men’s 100 Fly Showdown Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Championships, Day Three Semifinals: Sara Curtis Pops WR; Men’s 100 Fly Showdown Set<\/strong><\/p>\n

It will be another fast-paced session on Night Three of the European Championships in Paris, as four semifinals will complement seven finals. The semifinals of the women’s 200-meter freestyle will open the action, with the Netherlands’ Marrit Steenbergen as the headliner. Steenbergen was sensational on Night Two, where she won gold in the 100 freestyle and anchored the Dutch to a silver medal in the mixed 400 medley relay.<\/p>\n

Semifinals will also be conducted in the men’s 200 breaststroke, women’s 50 backstroke and men’s 100 butterfly. That men’s 100 fly is loaded with big names, including Switzerland’s Noe Ponti, who went 50.47 in prelims to secure the top seed for the semifinals. He will be joined in the battle for a finals slot by the likes of France’s Maxime Grousset and the Hungarian duo of Kristof Milak and Hubert Kos.<\/p>\n

In the women’s 50 backstroke, Italian Sara Curtis and France’s Mary-Ambre Moluh are the top seeds, followed by Steenbergen in the No. 3 position. As for the men’s 200 breaststroke, Russia’s Kirill Prigoda was quickest in the morning, going 2:09.33, just .14 ahead of Great Britain’s Filip Nowacki.<\/p>\n

Here is an event-by-event recap of the Night Three semifinals:<\/p>\n