Europe

Spain Hires Cati Arasa As Assistant To Vergnoux

The Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN) has announced that former junior international swimmer Cati Arasa will be joining the organization as an assistant to Head Coach Fred Vergnoux as of September 1st.

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Greece wins gold at 2018 FINA World Youth Championships

The Greek youth water polo team won their first FINA World Youth Championships 2018 title on Sunday August 19 in Szombathely, Hungary, beating Spain 9-8 (3-3, 4-1, 2-3, 0-1) in the final.

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Kolesnikov Speaks On WR, Euros Drug Testing, Efimova/King, & More

Russian star backstroker Kliment Kolesnikov speaks on a wide variety of topics following a World Record in the 50 back at the 2018 European Championships.

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Tamas Gyarfas Ordered to Pay 200 Million Forint Bond in Murder Case

Gyarfas, a former Hungarian Swimming Federation president and current LEN treasurer, was detained in April in connection with the late 1990s murder of a Hungarian media rival.

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Italy Claims European Open Water Trophy Over French, Dutch

The Italians won the Open Water Trophy at the European Championships with 175 points.

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Russia Moves to Top of All-Time European Aquatics Championships Medals

Thanks to 23 gold medals in Glasgow, including 10 earned in pool swimming, Russia has passed Germany for the top of the all-time medals table across disciplines, based on a traditional Gold-Silver-Bronze sort.

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Comparing the Medalists from Euros and Pan Pacs (Full-Meet Breakdown)

In a postal meet scenario, American Katie Ledecky would have been the big winner with 3 individual gold medals.

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2018 European Championships: Official SwimSwam Awards

We have named our official awards for the 2018 European Championships.

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Dutch Win Relay, Rasovszky, Bridi Win 25k To Close Euros Open Water

Hungarian Kristof Rasovszky won the men’s 25k to give him two gold and three total medals for the Open Water competition at the European Championships.

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Bondar Wins Two Golds As Russia Tops Euro Diving Medal Table

Aleksandr Bondar won a pair of golds on the 10-meter platform events to push Russia to the medal table victory in diving at the 2018 European Championships.

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Alessandro Miressi Breaks Italian Record in 100 Free 3 Days After Euro

European gold wasn’t enough for Alessandro Miressi. He was back in the water racing this week, and broke an Italian National Record less than 72 hours after the last swims of the European Championships.

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Sarah Sjostrom Now Leads All Women With 23 European LC Medals

Sarah Sjostrom’s 23 medals are the most-ever by a woman at the European Aquatics Championships. Her 14 golds are the 2nd-most ever.

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European Championships 2018 Performance Breakdown

European Championships wrapped up this last week. There were many impressive swims. We’ve covered the team trophy, and the medal table, but there is more performance information that we can look at.

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After Day 2 of Pan Pacs How Do European Championships Stack Up?

Adam Peaty and the European breaststrokers would’ve swept the Pan Pacs in a dual meet scenario.

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Five-Time Olympic Champ Svetlana Romashina to Come Out of Retirement

Svetlana Romashina, four-time FINA synchronized swimmer of the year, plans to come out of retirement to buoy Russia’s already-dominant synchronized swimming program.

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