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Mary-Ambre Moluh Downs European 100 Back Record To Lead Home French 1-3<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Mary-Ambre Moluh<\/strong> took down her European 100 back record in 57.94 as she clinched the title in front of a jubilant home crowd in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old was the first European woman to break 58secs when she went 57.99 on the leadoff as the French quartet won the mixed medley relay on the second night of competition in the French capital.<\/p>\n<p>Moluh was 0.31 inside at the halfway mark in 27.73 before coming home in 30.21 for a record-breaking gold ahead of <strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> (58.46) with <strong>Pauline Mahieu<\/strong> making it a France 1-3 in 58.77.<\/p>\n<p>It was a third trip to the podium for Moluh, who swims with Cal in the US collegiate system, following her relay gold and 50 back silver.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651352\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-mary-ambre-moluh-downs-european-100-back-record-to-lead-home-french-1-3\/women-100-back-er-final-parais\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-ER-final-parais.png\" data-orig-size=\"786,365\" 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 ER final parais\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-ER-final-parais-700x365.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-ER-final-parais.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-651352 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/women-100-back-ER-final-parais-700x365.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLASH! 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