Sarah Sjostrom

HardCore Swim of the Week: Sjostrom highlights range with rocketing 200 free split

Sarah Sjostrom was a sprint beast over last week, but her world-leading split on the 4×200 free relay shows she’s far more than a fly-and-die type.

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Great Britain powers away with 3 gold medals on final day of European Championships, Denmark second

Fran Halsall won gold in the women’s 50 free to cap off a dominating week for the Brits. Great Britain led all of Europe with 9 gold medals in the pool and 24 total pieces of hardware.

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2014 European Championships – Day 7 Finals Live Recap

Fran Halsall started off the final night of competition in Berlin by taking gold in the women’s 50 freestyle…

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9 Big Things from day 6 of the European Championships: No jet-lag for Ruta Meilutyte

Ruta Meilutyte was somehow faster in the 50 breaststroke after getting off of a trans-continental flight. That and more in our 9 Big Things.

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2014 European Championships – Day 6 Live Prelims Recap

Vlad Morozov won the 50 back already this week, and he’ll take to the pool for his signature 50 free for Russia this morning.

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WATCH: Race Videos From Friday At The 2014 European Championships

Florent Manaudou of France was the only swimmer under 48 seconds in the 100m freestyle final as he took home gold in the blue ribbon event.

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2014 European Championships Friday Finals Live Recap

Jeanette Ottesen took gold in the 100 butterfly finishing one one-hundredth of a second ahead of Sarah Sjostrom…

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10 Big Points from Day 4 of the 2014 European Championships

Katinka Hosszu’s triple, including two individual wins, was a big highlight of night 4 from Berlin.

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2014 European Championships – day 4 live finals recap

Mie Nielsen finished in a tie for the gold medal in the 100 back, coming home in a deadlock with Hungarian star Katinka Hosszu.

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WATCH: Race Videos From Wednesday at the 2014 European Championships

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom (above) won the women’s 100 free on Wednesday for her second individual title of the meet. Serbian Velimir Stjepanovic added his second gold as well.

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Medal Table: 2014 European Championships – GBR leads, Sweden on the rise after day 3

Sweden picked up three medals on day 3, including gold from Sarah Sjostrom in the 100 free.

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WATCH: Finals Race Videos from 2014 European Championships Day 2

France’s Florent Manaudou, tied for the win in the men’s 50 fly on day 2 at the 2014 European Championships.

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2014 European Championships – Brits rocket to top of medal table after day 2

Fran Halsall and the Brits scored seven total medals on day 2, three of them gold, to take the lead in the European Championships medal table.

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2014 European Championships Day 2 Prelims: Italy Heats Up on Meet’s Second Day

Yannick Agnel will try to put a tough day 1 at the 2014 European Championships behind him as he begins his best event with the prelims of the 200 free on Tuesday.

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10 Things We Noticed From The First Day of the 2014 European Championships

Katinka Hosszu was under World Record pace at the 300 meter mark of her 400 IM, but couldn’t hold on to the “yellow line” on the freestyle.

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