Britain’s Ben Proud delivered his third knockout of the summer in the 50m freestyle with a 21.58 blast into the pantheon of speedsters as the first man in history to claim the World, Commonwealth and European titles in one season. […]
400m Freestyle Day at Rome 2022 started with a 3:47.99 in heats for David Popovici (a target still ahead of him: Dragos Coman, 3:46.70, Romanian record, heats, World Championships, Montreal 2005) but the test set was parked there, which was […]
Ruta Meilutyte nailed her comeback to the mast with a 29.59 victory in the 50m breaststroke 10 years after she claimed Olympic gold in the 100m for Lithuania at 15 years of age. Italian hearts broke at the Stadio del […]
Sweden had twin missions in the women’s medley relay: gold for all, the gold standard of European medal tallies for Sarah Sjostrom. Missions accomplished: 3:55.25 for victory; which in turn delivered a 28th career medal at the continental showcase for […]
The Italian hosts dominated the closing medley relay with a championship record of 3:28.46 that topped a home European showcase that deserved a lap of honour for the Roman hosts. They took it, all of them together, parading round the […]
Thomas Ceccon claimed not one but two golds on the final night of action at the European. Championships in Rome, which witnessed debut senior crowns for Hubert Kos, of Hungary, and Laura Pudar, of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ceccon’s double came […]
Mykhaylo Romanchuk thumped his heart and chest with a clenched-fist message home to Ukraine: this, the only weapon I have in response to Putin’s ruinous, treacherous, illegal war, is for you, each and everyone – a 1500m freestyle title retained […]
Britain decided half way through the European Championships that switching the demands of a third major event in 6-7 weeks this summer to a relay focus would deliver remedy and relief requires to protect the physical and emotional wellbeing of […]
Sarah Sjostrom landed her second dash gold in Rome with a 23.91 victory over 50m freestyle that made her the most medalled swimmer in the history of European Championships. Having tied with Alexander Popov‘s record 26-medal tally yesterday, Sjostrom took […]
Kristof Milak, the Hungarian master of mariposa, flew to a 1:52.01 victory and third straight European 200m butterfly title that made him only the second swimmer after Michael ‘The Albatross’ Gross to claim the double-double of 100 and 200m crowns […]
By the time day 5 here at the European Championships was done, Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden mate Louise Hansson and France’s Marie Wattel had notched up five medals between them, Sjostrom’s making it an historic match with Alexander Popov at 21 […]
As if the Golden Madonna on one of the Seven Hills overlooking the European championships wasn’t enough, Simona Quadarella and the Italian team soaring atop the medals table in the grandest backyard pool in the world, the Stadio del Nuoto […]
James Wilby, the forgotten man of the Britain team at the Tokyo Olympics, lifted the European 200m breaststroke title here tonight as his national team’s fortunes turned in the wake of a decision to pull Olympic champion Tom Dean and […]
Each passing race writes several lines in history at the European Championships here in Rome, day 4 witnessing a French first when Analia Pigree took gold in the 50m backstroke, a fourth gold for Marrit Steenbergen in a tight fight […]
Majesty and might but not the peak speed flowing, Krístof Mílak retained the European 100m butterfly crown in 50.33, ahead of an Olympic podium order retained, Switzerland’s Noe Ponti taking silver in 50.87, the bronze to Poland’s Jakub Majerski in 51.22. […]
David Popovici, the 17-year-old Romanian swimming sensation, became the youngest World-record holder in the rich history of blue ribbon 100m freestyle with a 46.86 blast for a debut European title here in Rome 100 years after Johnny Weissmuller took the […]
You have to chug back to the Eindhoven Express to find an engine sprinting with balance at the helm of global 100 and 200m pace, with World records and Olympic titles in both distances – and David Popovici is not […]
Gregorio Paltrinieri, a golden World Championships of 1500m victory and marathon triumph in the mirror, stared down the lane at home in Rome with eyes on the prize in front of him: 800 freestyle gold, and a bonus of celebrating […]
