{"id":650954,"date":"2026-08-14T00:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=650954"},"modified":"2026-08-14T01:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:45:17","slug":"european-championships-day-five-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-sara-curtis-line-up-in-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-five-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-sara-curtis-line-up-in-free\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships, Day Five Prelims: Sarah Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m &#038; Sara Curtis Line Up In 50 Free; Ramsay-Peaty 20th In 50 Breast"},"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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-three-prelims-kristof-milak-starts-quest-for-fourth-straight-100-fly-title\/\">Day 3 prelims report\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-three-finals-sarah-sjostrom-david-popovici-among-finalists\/\">Day 3 finals report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-four-prelims-david-popovici-launches-200-free-defence\/\">Day 4 prelims report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-four-finals-filip-nowacki-continues-british-breaststroke-tradition-with-200-victory\/\">Day 4 finals report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sarah<\/strong> <strong>Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m <\/strong>and <strong>Sara Curtis <\/strong>line up\u00a0for the 50 free prelims on day five of underway at the European Championships in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Leon Marchand takes to the water for his first individual event in the 200 fly in which the crowd will threaten to raise the roof at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n<p>World record-holder Adam Ramsay-Peaty locks horns with 100 and 200 winners Nicolo Martinenghi and Filip Nowacki in the 50 breaststroke; Mary-Ambre Moluh and Marrit Steenbergen meet in the 100 back in which the Frenchwoman set a 57.99 European record on the mixed medley relay leadoff; Ellen Walshe and Amalie Smith are reunited in the 200IM after gold and silver in the long medley; there are two sessions of the mixed 4&#215;100 free relay with the men&#8217;s 1500 free bringing the session to a close.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p>Milou van Wijk \u2013 who won 100 free silver behind Dutch teammate Marrit Steenbergen \u2013 led the way in 24.13.<\/p>\n<p>Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m launched her quest of a hat-trick of dash titles in 24.21 after winning her sixth straight 50 fly crown a year into motherhood following the arrival of son Adrian in August last year.<\/p>\n<p>Curtis posted 24.33 the morning after breaking her 50 back WR with Steenbergen making it two Dutchwomen in the top four in 24.34. However, the two-per-nation rule made its presence felt with Valerie van Roon \u2013 ninth in 24.73 \u2013 and Tessa Giele \u2013 11<sup>th<\/sup> in 24.85 \u2013 eliminated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650963\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-five-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-sara-curtis-line-up-in-free\/women-50-free-hts-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-free-hts-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"771,452\" 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 50 free hts paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-free-hts-paris-700x452.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-free-hts-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650963\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-free-hts-paris-700x452.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-free-hts-paris-280x164.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-free-hts-paris-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-free-hts-paris-450x264.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-free-hts-paris-533x312.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-free-hts-paris.png 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 50 Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>There was a jarring shock as <strong>Adam Ramsay-Peaty<\/strong> failed to make it through the prelims.<\/p>\n<p>The Briton \u2013 who won four straight one-length titles starting at Berlin 2014 \u2013 trailed in 20<sup>th<\/sup> in 27.34, after a poor start left him with far too much ground to make up.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsay-Peaty was at a loss to explain what had happened, saying: &#8220;These performances are not good enough at all. Even now I&#8217;m like it&#8217;s so bad that I&#8217;m confused.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Italian duo <strong>Simone Cerasuolo<\/strong> and <strong>Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> filled the top two slots in 26.20 and 26.65.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-five-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-sara-curtis-line-up-in-free\/50-breast-men-paris-hts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50-breast-men-paris-hts.png\" data-orig-size=\"762,405\" 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=\"50 breast men paris hts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50-breast-men-paris-hts-700x405.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50-breast-men-paris-hts.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650966\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50-breast-men-paris-hts-700x405.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50-breast-men-paris-hts-280x149.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50-breast-men-paris-hts-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50-breast-men-paris-hts-450x239.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50-breast-men-paris-hts-533x283.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50-breast-men-paris-hts.png 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100m Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p>Marrit Steenbergen and Mary-Ambre Moluh were the only women to break the minute mark with both hitting 59.66.<\/p>\n<p>Pauline Mahieu made it two Frenchwomen in the top three in 1:00.25.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200m Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p>The noise at the pool cranked up several notches ahead of heat four as a certain Leon Marchand walked out behind the blocks. The cheers intensified throughout the four laps of the pool, reaching a crescendo after the Olympic champion&#8217;s final turn. He came home first in 1:55.90 where cheers of &#8220;Leon! Leon!&#8221; greeted him on poolside.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Results Watch the European Championships Live (And Free!) 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