Europe

2022 NCAA Champion Hugo Gonzalez Will Not Attend 2022 European Champs

Gonzalez was Spain’s only medalist at the European Championships in May 2021. Notably, he won gold in the men’s 200 IM.

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Nicholas Castella Clinches 100 Free Victory At EYOF

Denmark’s teen speedster Nicholas Casta took the boys’ 100m freestyle tonight in Slovakia on day three of the European Youth Olympic Festival.

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Andrei Minakov Expected To Race In Russia This Summer; Efimova Done For Season

All-Russian Swimming Federation President Vladimir Salnikov expects Minakov to be in attendance at next month’s Spartakiad in St. Petersburg.

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Norwegian Swimmer Knut Ivan Rasmussen Currently Swimming 700 km in Atlantic Ocean

Rasmussen began his swim at the beginning of the month and is currently at about the halfway mark in the southern part of Norway.

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Dutch Look To Fill Kromo & Heemskerk Void At 2022 European Championships

The Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB) has announced its roster for the 2022 European Championships taking place next month in Rome, Italy.

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2022 European Youth Olympic Festival Day 2 Results

Several nations got on the board through day two of the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival, filling out the early medal standings in Slovakia.

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14-Year Old Turkish Swimmer Demir Oezdemir Drops Record 52.68 in 100 Free

14-year old Turkish swimmer Demir Oezdemir is now the fastest European of his age in the 100 free this season, and the fastest-ever in Turkey.

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SwimSwam’s 2022 Commonwealth Games Fantasy Draft

Check out SwimSwam’s 2022 Commonwealth Games Fantasy Draft where we each drafted a team of 8 swimmers that we think will score big in Birmingham.

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Eva Okaro Brings The 50 Free Heat On Night 4 Of British Summer Championships

Eva Okaro highlighted day 4 of the 2022 British Summer Championships with the 15-year-old taking her age group’s 50m freestyle title handily.

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Hungary & Turkey Kick Off European Youth Olympic Festival With Victories

There were just 2 finals to kick things off at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival, as we saw the 400m IM and 400m free contested here in Slovakia.

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Ilya Borodin Blasts 4:08.05 400 IM For New Russian National Record

The 2022 Russian Solidarity Games concluded tonight in Kazan, with Ilya Borodin ripping a new lifetime best and Russian national record in the men’s 400m IM.

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Free Swimming Lessons Offer Haven for Ukrainian Refugee Children in Miami

Over the past few months, Nazarii Kosylo has seen his free swimming program’s benefits extend beyond just water safety for Ukrainian refugee children. 

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Spanish Swimmer Catalina Corro Retires

Catalina Corro, who returned to international competition even after undergoing three brain surgeries, swam her last races this weekend in Sabadell.

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Booker, Goodman Get It Done On Night 3 Of British Summer Championships

With the Commonwealth Games on the horizon, British swimmers not attending that event took to the Ponds Forge for the British Summer Championships.

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2022 European Youth Olympic Festival Kicks Off Monday

The XVI Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) is set to kick off in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Monday, July 25th.

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