{"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":"2026-08-14T04:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:37:16","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: Leon Marchand Eases Through as Adam Ramsay-Peaty Crashes Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>European Championships, Day Five Prelims: Leon Marchand Eases Through as Adam Ramsay-Peaty Crashes Out<\/h4>\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<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>Leon Marchand<\/strong> got his individual programme underway in the 200 fly on day five at the European Championships in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic champion eased through as the noise at the Olympic Aquatic Centre cranked up several notches.<\/p>\n<p>There was a seismic shock in the men&#8217;s 50 breaststroke where world record-holder <strong>Adam Ramsay-Peaty<\/strong> trailed in 20th to miss the semis.<\/p>\n<p>Milou van Wijk headed the women&#8217;s 50 free as <strong>Sarah Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m<\/strong> and <strong>Sara Curtis<\/strong> also safely navigated prelims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oliver Klemet<\/strong> and <strong>Johannes Liebmann<\/strong> booked the centre lanes for the 1500 free final.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Milou van Wijk<\/strong> \u2013 who won 100 free silver behind Dutch teammate <strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> \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 <strong>Valerie van Roon<\/strong> \u2013 ninth in 24.73 \u2013 and <strong>Tessa Giele<\/strong> \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><strong>Simone Cerasuolo\u00a0<\/strong>led the way in 26.20 as he cut 0.07 from the Italian record of 26.27 set by <strong>Ludovico Blu Art Viberti<\/strong> at the 2025 Sette Colli meet. It&#8217;s the joint second fastest in history matching <strong>Qin Haiyang&#8217;s<\/strong> 2023 effort at the 2023 worlds. <strong>N<\/strong><strong>icolo Martinenghi<\/strong> was second fastest with the 100m gold medallist going 26.65 meaning Viberti was eliminated under the two-per-nation rule despite posting the sixth-swiftest time of 26.90.<\/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><strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> and <strong>Mary-Ambre Moluh<\/strong> were the only women to break the minute mark with both hitting 59.66.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pauline Mahieu<\/strong> made it two Frenchwomen in the top three in 1:00.25.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650972\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-five-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-sara-curtis-line-up-in-free\/women-100-back-hts-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-hts-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"663,552\" 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 back hts paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-hts-paris-663x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-hts-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650972\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-hts-paris-663x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-hts-paris-240x200.png 240w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-hts-paris-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-hts-paris-450x375.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-hts-paris-533x444.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-hts-paris.png 663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/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 <strong>Leon Marchand<\/strong> 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><strong>Alberto Razzetti<\/strong> led the way in 1:54.64, 0.36 off <strong>Federico Burdisso&#8217;s<\/strong> Italian record of 1:54.28 dating back to the 2021 Europeans in Budapest. <strong>Arbidel Gonzalez Alvarez<\/strong> was 0.08 off his Spanish record in 1:55.07 ahead of <b id=\"mwCA\">Krzysztof Chmielewski\u00a0<\/b>(1:55.77) and Marchand. <strong>Andrea Cammozz<\/strong>i was the second Italian 1:55.95, two places and 0.13 ahead of Burdisso (1:56.08) who was eliminated under the two-per-nation rule.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-five-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-sara-curtis-line-up-in-free\/men-200-fly-heats-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-200-fly-heats-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"779,648\" 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 200 fly heats paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-200-fly-heats-paris-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-200-fly-heats-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650976\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-200-fly-heats-paris-450x374.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-200-fly-heats-paris-450x374.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-200-fly-heats-paris-240x200.png 240w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-200-fly-heats-paris-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-200-fly-heats-paris-533x443.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-200-fly-heats-paris.png 779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women 200IM<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Anastasia Gorbenko<\/strong> led the way in the defence of her title in 2:11.87 as she launched her bid for a four-peat. The Israeli won the short medley at Budapest 2021, Roma 2022 and Belgrade 2024 and was the only woman to break 2:12 this morning. <strong>Ellen Walshe<\/strong>, winner of the 400IM in Paris, was second through in 2:12.12 followed by British duo <strong>Abbie Wood<\/strong> (2:12.23) and <strong>Amalie Smith,<\/strong> the 16-year-old 4IM silver medallist posting 2:12.43.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650978\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-five-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-sara-curtis-line-up-in-free\/women-2im-hts-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2IM-hts-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"761,561\" 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 2IM hts paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2IM-hts-paris-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2IM-hts-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-650978\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2IM-hts-paris-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2IM-hts-paris-271x200.png 271w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2IM-hts-paris-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2IM-hts-paris-450x332.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2IM-hts-paris-533x393.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-2IM-hts-paris.png 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Mixed 4&#215;100 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Czechia &#8211; anchored by 200 free champion <strong>Barbora Seemanova<\/strong> in 52.69 &#8211; booked lane four in 3:23.41 ahead of the Netherlands, who posted 3:23.94 without the likes of Steenbergen and <strong>Milou van Wijk<\/strong>, the gold and silver medallists in the individual 100 free. 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