2026 EUROPEAN JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, July 7 – Sunday, July 12, 2026
- Munich, Germany
- LCM (50 meters)
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- Live Results
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GIRLS 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY – FINAL
- World Junior Record: 3:58.38, Canada, 2017
- European Junior Record: 4:00.30, Russia, 2025
- Championship Record: 4:01.83, Russia, 2019
- 2025 European Junior Champion: Italy, 4:04.30
GOLD – Neutral Athletes, 4:01.83 *Championship Record*
SILVER – Italy, 4:02.75
BRONZE – Spain, 4:05.91
The Russian girls’ team, competing as Neutral Athletes, got the better of Italy in the women’s 4×100 medley relay tonight, winning by nearly a second as they matched the Championship Record set by Russia in 2019.
Varvara Filippova led off in 1:01.27, handing over to Sofia Anufrieva in the lead, and they never looked back as Anufrieva split 1:08.47 on the breaststroke leg, Serafima Fokina split 58.83 on fly, and Kira Manokhina roared home in a blistering 53.26.
It was Anufrieva and Manokhina’s splits which made the difference for the win tonight, with the former pulling out to a lead of 1.47 seconds and Manokhina going from nearly level with individual 100 free champion Alessandra Mao at the takeover to touch nine tenths of a second ahead at the finish.
Compared to the previous record, all of the first three legs were slower than in 2019, but Manokhina’s freestyle split was nearly two seconds faster than Ekaterina Nikonova‘s 55.20.
| Old Record – 2019 European Junior Championships (4:01.83) | New (tied) Record – 2026 European Junior Championships (4:01.83) | |
| Back | Daria Vaskina – 1:00.50 | Varvara Filippova – 1:01.27 |
| Breast | Anastasia Makarova – 1:07.86 | Sofia Anufrieva – 1:08.47 |
| Fly | Aleksandra Sabitova – 58.27 | Serafima Fokina – 58.83 |
| Free | Ekaterina Nikonova – 55.20 | Kira Manokhina – 53.26 |
Manokhina placed 2nd in the individual 100 free in 54.37, so was over a second faster on the anchor leg tonight. She was out in a sizzling 25.63, but showed strength on the second 50 to come home in a 27.63.
The world junior record stands at 3:58.38, set in 2017 by a Canadian team featuring 2016 Olympic silver medalist Penny Oleksiak and a 52.93 anchor by Taylor Ruck. The European Record was set at the 2019 World Junior Championships by Russia, who clocked 4:00.30.
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