2025 EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL
- Monday, July 21st – Friday, July 25th
- Skopje, Macedonia
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- SwimSwam Preview
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
- Results
A sprinkling of different nations found themselves atop the podium on day three of the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival being held in Skopje, Macedonia.
For the boys’ 200m fly, it was Turkish swimmer Arel Gultekin who got it done for gold, handily defeating the field in a time of 2:00.33.
The next-closest swimmer to the wall was represented by runner-up Alberto Madrid Prado of Spain who touched in 2:04.01 followed closely by Greek athlete Marios Vlachakis who hit 2:04.33.
As for 16-year-old Gultekin, his time this evening checked in as a near-lifetime best, falling just shy of the 1:59.83 put up during the prelims of the event at this year’s European Junior Championships. There in Slovakia, the Turk finished 11th overall with a 2fly semi-final time of 2:00.60.
Next up was the girls’ 200m breast which saw Hungary’s Petra Puzsa earn the top spot with a result of 2:30.75.
That narrowly defeated Turkey’s Ela Iscan who settled for silver only a fingernail back in 2:30.80 while Lilli Paier of Austria claimed her nation’s first medal here in 2:31.22.
Italy got on the board, courtesy of Daniele Fiorelli in the boys’ 100m freestyle.
Fiorelli produced a result of 51.89 as the sole sub-52-second performer of the field.
Belarus’ Mikita Liakh reaped silver in 52.18 followed by Portuguese swimmer Rodolfo Alecrim who rounded out the podium in 52.43.
For winner Fiorelli, his performance easily overtook his previous career-swiftest mark of 52.98, a time he logged just earlier this month.
In the final individual event, Great Britain’s Austyn Manley found success, grabbing 200m IM gold in 2:07.23.
Romania also earned hardware, with Cezar Stoica claiming silver in 2:07.60 ahead of Spain’s Sergio Villen Moreno who bagged the bronze in 2:08.88.
In relay action, the nation of Italy notched a winning effort of 3:29.12 to clear the field by nearly 2 seconds.
Great Britain and Germany earned respective silver and bronze, withre former turning in a time of 3:31.16 to the latter’s 3:31.23.
The girls’ 4x100m free relay saw Spain do the most damage, earning gold in 3:47.18.
That held off Italy who nabbed runner-up status in 3:47.45 as Hungary placed 3rd in 3:49.60 to close out the session.
Splits and relay members were not available at the time of publishing.
