{"id":651255,"date":"2026-08-15T00:33:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=651255"},"modified":"2026-08-15T02:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:46:37","slug":"european-championships-day-six-prelims-olympic-world-champions-set-for-heats-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-six-prelims-olympic-world-champions-set-for-heats-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships, Day Six Prelims: Olympic &#038; World Champions Set For Heats Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>European Championships, Day Six Prelims: Olympic &amp; World Champions Set For Heats Battle<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-five-prelims-sarah-sjostrom-sara-curtis-line-up-in-free\/\/\">Day 5 prelims report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-five-finals-more-history-beckons-for-david-popovici\/\">Day 5 finals report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The penultimate day of prelims get underway at the Olympic Aquatic Centre with Olympic and world champions ready to do battle.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s 100 back includes the likes of world record-holder Thomas Ceccon, world bronze medallist and home favourite Yohann Ndoye Brouard and 200 back champion Hubert Kos.<\/p>\n<p>Ruta Meilutyte makes her first appearance in Paris with the Lithuanian already towing two 50 breast titles.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nikita Sheremet<\/strong> of Ukraine led the way in 21.56 ahead of Croatian <strong>Jere Hribar<\/strong> (21.62).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Egor Kornev<\/strong> \u2013 second in the 2026 rankings in 21.06 \u2013 was safely through in 21.67 with <strong>Kristof Milak<\/strong> and <strong>Vladyslav Bukhov<\/strong> making semis in 21.87.<\/p>\n<p>Home favourite <strong>Maxime Grousset<\/strong> also progressed in 21.91, the morning after his false start led to France&#8217;s DQ in the mixed free relay.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-six-prelims-olympic-world-champions-set-for-heats-battle\/men-50-free-prelims-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-free-prelims-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"771,411\" 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 free prelims paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-free-prelims-paris-700x411.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-free-prelims-paris.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-651262 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-50-free-prelims-paris-700x411.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Fly<\/h3>\n<p>Twenty-six women took to the water across three prelims with <strong>Helena Rosendahl Bach<\/strong> leading the way in the defence of her title in 2:08.42 ahead of Italy\u2019s Paola Borrelli (2:08.89).<\/p>\n<p>Lana Pudar, the silver medallist last time out at Belgrade 2024, navigated her way through to post 2:10.92 for sixth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-six-prelims-olympic-world-champions-set-for-heats-battle\/women-200-fly-paris-prelims\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-fly-paris-prelims.png\" data-orig-size=\"778,610\" 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 fly paris prelims\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-fly-paris-prelims-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-fly-paris-prelims.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-651265 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-200-fly-paris-prelims-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Back<\/h3>\n<p>Apostolos Christou led three men through the 53-second barrier as the Greek launched the defence of the title he won at Belgrade 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Christou posted 52.73 in the final prelim with Frenchman Mewen Tomac going 52.94 and Pavel Samusenko (52.96).<\/p>\n<p>World bronze medallist Yohann Ndoye Brouard \u2013 who missed out in the 200 back because of the two-per-nation rule \u2013 made sure of his semi spot in the shorter race in 53.05.<\/p>\n<p>Georgii Iakovlev became the second Neutral Athlete to progress with Samusenko in 53.15, 0.01 ahead of Kliment Kolesnikov who was eliminated under the two-per-nation rule.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Ceccon and Roman Mityukov progressed but Ollie Morgan \u2013 triple silver medallist at the Commonwealth Games \u2013 misses out as third Briton behind Matthew Ward and Jack Skerry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651269\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-six-prelims-olympic-world-champions-set-for-heats-battle\/men-100-back-paris-prelims\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-back-paris-prelims.png\" data-orig-size=\"781,765\" 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 back paris prelims\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-back-paris-prelims-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-back-paris-prelims.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-651269\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-back-paris-prelims-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-back-paris-prelims-204x200.png 204w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-back-paris-prelims-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-back-paris-prelims-450x441.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-back-paris-prelims-533x522.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-100-back-paris-prelims.png 781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>Benedetta Pilato was the only woman inside 30secs with the Italian posting 29.86 despite a long glide into the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Pilato won this title at Budapest 2021 and in Rome a year later and is back in international competition after missing last year\u2019s short-course Europeans because of her ban for a shoplifting incident with Chiara Tarantino at the Singapore worlds.<\/p>\n<p>NAB swimmer Veera Kivirinta was next through in 30.17 followed by Ruta Meilutyte (30.21) and <strong>Mona McSharry<\/strong> \u2013 already the owner of a silver and bronze this week \u2013 who went 30.27 to take 0.02 off her Irish record of 30.29 that has stood since 2023. It&#8217;s McSharry&#8217;s second national standard in the French capital after she went 1:05.41 en-route to 100 breast silver.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651274\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-six-prelims-olympic-world-champions-set-for-heats-battle\/women-50-breaset-paris-prelims\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-breaset-paris-prelims.png\" data-orig-size=\"781,429\" 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 breaset paris prelims\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-breaset-paris-prelims-700x429.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-breaset-paris-prelims.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-651274 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-50-breaset-paris-prelims-700x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"429\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 200IM<\/h3>\n<p>The two-per-nation rule made its presence felt with British swimmers occupying three of the top five places after prelims.<\/p>\n<p>Duncan Scott, who\u2019s won silver in the event at the last two Olympic Games, led the field in 1:57.51 with Max Litchfield going 1:58.43.<\/p>\n<p>He had to watch as Evan Jones led the final heat in 1:58.71 with the three-time Olympian making it through in third place, Mikhail Shcherbakov splitting the two fastest Britons in 1:58.16.<\/p>\n<p>Ilia Borodin, winner of the 400IM, progressed in 1:58.58 with Hugo Gonzalez and Hubert Kos also booking a spot for tonight\u2019s semi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651276\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-six-prelims-olympic-world-champions-set-for-heats-battle\/men-2im-prelims-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-2IM-prelims-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"773,683\" 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 2IM prelims paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-2IM-prelims-paris-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-2IM-prelims-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-651276\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-2IM-prelims-paris-450x398.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-2IM-prelims-paris-450x398.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-2IM-prelims-paris-226x200.png 226w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-2IM-prelims-paris-300x265.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-2IM-prelims-paris-533x471.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/men-2IM-prelims-paris.png 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Mixed 4x200m Freestyle Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Given Great Britain won both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 4&#215;200 free relays, it wouldn\u2019t be a stretch to think they\u2019d be title contenders in the mixed event.<\/p>\n<p>The quartet of <strong>Tyler Melbourne-Smith<\/strong> (1:46.97), <strong>Jack McMillan<\/strong> (1:47.18), <strong>Leah Schlosshan<\/strong> (1:59.19) and <strong>Freya Anderson<\/strong> (1:58.05) posted 7:31.30 to book lane four for tonight\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<p>They have the likes of <strong>James Guy, Matt Richards<\/strong> and <strong>Freya Colbert<\/strong> to call on although it\u2019d be a tough proposition for <strong>Abbie Wood<\/strong> and <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> who have the 200IM finals and semis in the same session.<\/p>\n<p>Lithuania will be alongside the British after going 7:31.97 with Germany, Italy, France, NAB, Sweden and Spain all booking a place in the final event of the penultimate day in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Greece, Switzerland and Armenia were the teams to miss out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-six-prelims-olympic-world-champions-set-for-heats-battle\/mixed-4x2-preims-paris\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixed-4x2-preims-paris.png\" data-orig-size=\"780,723\" 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=\"mixed 4&#215;2 preims paris\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixed-4x2-preims-paris-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mixed-4x2-preims-paris.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-651279 size-medium\" 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