Europe

Was The Secret to Thomas Ceccon’s World Record Skipping the Pool for Warmup?

Thomas Ceccon speaks about his journey at World Champs where he took 2 gold medals and used a fully-dryland warmup to break a World Record.

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Kristof Milak’s 200 Fly World Record Was Far From A Lock In Budapest

Milak faced a tremendous amount of adversity in the lead-up to the 2022 World Championships, but still managed to break the world record in the 200 butterfly.

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Swedes Johansson & Junevik Clock European Championships-Worthy Times

Yesterday we saw Victor Johansson qualify for this summer’s European Championships in the men’s 400m free and today in Linköping he secured another event.

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2022 Golden Bear Meet: Djakovic Hits 400 Free Time Faster Than In Budapest

Swiss freestyle ace Antonio Djakovic put up a 400m freestyle performance at the Croatian Golden Bear meet that beat what he produced in Budapest.

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Victor Johansson Sets Swedish Championship Record, Qualifies for European Champs

Victor Johansson won the 400 free and 200 fly on day 1 of the Swedish Championships. His 400 free time was the best he’s been since 2018.

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2022 World Champs Water Polo: Greece Bests United States to Move on to Semi-Finals

Greece bested a strong American team by a score of 16-11 to move on to the men’s water polo semi-finals along with Italy, Croatia, and Spain.

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Top Belarus and Russian Swimmers Compete in Belarus Open Cup: Day 1

2016 Rio Bronze medalist and former world record holder in the 200 breaststroke Anton Chupkov won the event in Belarus earlier today with a 2:09.98.

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The Results Are In: Find Out Who Won SwimSwam’s 2022 World Champs Fantasy Draft

Find out whether Braden, Retta, Coleman, or Ben scored the most points in the fantasy draft (spoiler alert: it wasn’t Ben).

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Sarah Sjostrom, Kira Toussaint Join List of Post-Worlds COVID-19 Positives

Sarah Sjostrom and Kira Toussaint both attended an event sponsored by swimwear brand arena after Worlds. Noe Ponti, who also tested positive, was at that event too.

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High-Level International Meets for July 2022

Jacob Whittle (GBR) is tripling up, following the World Championships with a trip to the European Junior Championships and the Commonwealth Games.

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2022 Swammy Awards: World Championships — Women’s Edition

in this article, SwimSwam recognizes the best overall, breakout, relay, and junior female swimmers from this year’s world championship meet.

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Noe Ponti of Switzerland Tests Positive for COVID-19 43 Days before Euros

Ponti recently competed at the 2022 World Championships and announced he still plans to compete in the European Championships that begin in 43 days.

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Ranking The Top 15 Men Of The 2022 World Championships

In the wake of 8 days of fast racing, check out our rankings of the top 15 from the 2022 World Championships in Budapest.

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Thomas Ceccon Reveals World Record NFT from 2022 World Championships

Thomas Ceccon (above) was awarded a $50,000 check, plus an NFT and a print of the digital artwork behind the NFT, for his World Record in Budapest.

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Adam Peaty: “Broken Foot Is One Of The Best Things To Happen To Me”

“I am quite confident, with my training and team around me, that we will be there and able to put up a good fight,” Adam Peaty says of the Commonwealth Games.

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