Europe

Swim Ireland Appoints Andy Reid as National Performance Director Swim Ireland has announced the appointment of Andy Reid as National Performance Director. Reid has been in the role on an interim basis since May 2025 following the departure of former incumbent Jon Rudd to take up a role at the head o...

European Championships To Open With Leon Marchand Quest For Maiden Title The schedule for the European Aquatics Championships has been confirmed with the men’s 400IM and both 4x200m freestyle relays comprising the opening night’s finals of the swimming programme. The championships run from 31 July t...

Russians & Belarusians Eligible to Compete as Neutral Athletes At 2026 European Championships European Aquatics has confirmed that Russian and Belarusian athletes can apply to compete as neutral athletes at the European Championships in Paris this summer. It follows a statement from the governing bo...

Double World Junior Champion Filip Nowacki to Make Move to Loughborough Performance Centre Double world junior champion Filip Nowacki has committed to Loughborough Performance Centre from September 2026. The 18-year-old will join the likes of Freya Colbert, Luke Greenbank and Max and Joe Litchfield ...

Poll: What New Event Would You Most Like to See Leon Marchand Attack? (VOTE HERE!) Over the past several years, fans of the sport have been treated to the talent of Leon Marchand. The Frenchman has established himself as future Hall of Famer, with four Olympic titles earned at the 2024 Olympic Games...

Angharad Evans Selected to Team Scotland for Commonwealth Games; Ben Higson Named Head Coach Angharad Evans is the second swimmer to be pre-selected for Team Scotland for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Evans, who finished sixth in the 100m breaststroke on her Olympic debut at Paris 2024, jo...

John Shortt Sets 200 Back Meet Record En-Route to Double as Euro Meet Concludes Results Day 1 report Day 2 report John Shortt set a 200m backstroke meet record en-route to his second title as the 2026 Euro Meet wrapped up in Luxembourg. The Irishman dominated the race to take the title in 1:57.84 an...

Florine Gaspard Claims Sprint Double at Euro Meet in Luxembourg Results Day 1 report Florine Gaspard made two trips to the top of the podium on the second day of the Euro Meet Luxembourg. The Belgian swimmer edged victory in a tight 50m breaststroke in 31.00, 0.03 ahead of Kara Hanlon (31.03) whose ...

Helena Rosendahl Bach Takes Down 200 Fly Meet Record in Luxembourg Results Helena Rosendahl Bach downed the eight-year 200 fly championship record as the Euro Meet got underway in Luxembourg. The 2024 world silver medallist led throughout to touch in 2:08.03, slicing 0.15 from the standard of 2:08.1...

Unheralded as a Multi-Event Star: How Thomas Ceccon Ranks Among the Sport's Most Versatile Swimmers As the reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder, Thomas Ceccon is best known for his achievements in the 100-meter backstroke. The 24-year-old Italian, whose global mark stands at 51.60, also...

Anita Gastaldi Lowers 10-Year 200 Fly Meet Mark In Geneva; Clean Sweeps for Angiolini & Corbeau Results Day 1 report Day 2 report Anita Gastaldi lowered the 10-year meet record in the 200 fly as the Geneva International Challenge wrapped up. The Italian was neck and neck with Laura Cabanes Garzas at...

World Champs Medalist Ksawery Masiuk Makes Texas Debut Just a couple of weeks after Louisville received an instant spark with the addition of Israel's Anastasia Gorbenko to the Cardinals' roster, Polish star Ksawery Masiuk made his debut for the University of Texas over the weekend. Gorbenko and Mas...

Lisa Angiolini Crushes 200 Breaststroke Meet Record En-Route To Double Gold In Geneva Results Day 1 report Lisa Angiolini set a meet record in the 200m breaststroke en-route to double gold on the second day of the Geneva International Challenge. First up was the 50m breaststroke in which she was the...

Caspar Corbeau Dominates 200m Breaststroke At Geneva International Challenge Results Caspar Corbeau dominated the 200m breaststroke before heading the 50 semis on day one of the Geneva International Challenge. The Netherlands swimmer was consistently top-tier in the closing months of 2025. He became...

Kasia Wasick: Retired, Returned, and Racing to Gold Kasia Wasick’s comeback is one of the most remarkable stories in modern swimming. She retired. She came back. Now she’s beating swimmers half her age. The oldest swimmer at the European Aquatics Championships, Kasia Wasick won gold and broke master...

David Popovici: Sprint With The Stars Was With And For The Children David Popovici’s Sprint with the Stars brought together hundreds of children from across Romania and beyond to swim against Olympic and world champions. It was the first time the competition has been held in Romania with the swimmin...

Florian Wellbrock & Bettina Fabian Named Top Open Water Swimmers At European Aquatics Awards Florian Wellbrock and Bettina Fabian have been named men’s and women’s top open water swimmers in the 2025 European Aquatics Athlete of the Year Awards. Wellbrock secured 48.67% of the total vote to finish a...

International Trio Has Brought Scene-Shifting Influence to NCAA Women's Swimming In the current era of college swimming, the dominant men’s programs blend domestic and international talent to assemble their rosters. Last season, seven out of 13 individual titles at the NCAA Championships went to swi...

Olympic Gold Medalist Yannick Agnel to Face Trial for Sexual Assault Olympic gold medalist Yannick Angel will face trial for sexual assault in his native France after an appeal was rejected on Thursday. Agnel, 33, had appealed an order to go to trial in a 2025 court appearance, but a court in Colmar...

David Popovici & Marrit Steenbergen Named European Aquatics Athletes of the Year David Popovici and Marrit Steenbergen have been voted male and female Athlete of the Year in the 2025 European Aquatics Awards. Popovici got 37.94% of the vote ahead of Leon Marchand (31.52%) and Hubert Kós (16.57%) fol...