2026 DUTCH EUROPEAN SWIMMING TRIALS
- July 2nd – July 5th
- Tongelreep National Swimming Centre, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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We saw the second national record bite the dust on day one of the 2026 Dutch European Swimming Trials, with 24-year-old Koen de Groot joining the party with a new lifetime best in the men’s 50m breaststroke.
Powering his way to the wall first, de Groot stopped the clock at a rapid result of 26.68 to take the gold ahead of two Olympic medalists.
Caspar Corbeau settled for silver well behind in 27.34, as Arno Kamminga bagged the bronze in 27.55.
De Groot’s performance overtook his own former Dutch benchmark of 26.71 he put on the books in the semi-final of the event at the 2025 World Championships. There in Singapore, the former University of Florida Gator ultimately placed 7th in the final in a slightly slower time of 26.81.
His time of 26.68 from tonight would have rendered him the 4th-place finisher in that final; however, it would have topped the podium at the 2024 European Championships.
De Groot now ranks 6th in the world on the season, tying Chris Smith of South Africa.
2025-2026 LCM Men 50 BREAST
MATHIAS
26.30
| 2 | Simone CERASUOLO | ITA | 26.51 | 04/18 |
| 3 | Ivan Kozhakin | RUS | 26.52 | 06/26 |
| 4 | Melvin IMOUDU | GER | 26.57 | 04/25 |
| 5 | Sam WILLIAMSON | AUS | 26.61 | 06/10 |
