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[Orangehair43 317]

Will any country boyfott the Europeans now Russia are back in full? 

[phelps 8,738]

 Spring Nationals, Day #1

 

men's 50m Back: Michele Lamberti, 24.38 (new NR)

women's 800m Free: Simona Quadarella, 8.21.01

men's 400m Free: Davide Marchello, 3.47.76

women's 100m Breast: Lisa Angiolini, 1.06.33; Benedetta Pilato, 1.06.39

men's 50m Fly: Lorenzo Gargani, 23.31

women's 400m IM: Giada Alzetta, 4.41.00

men's 50m Free: Leonardo Deplano, 21.64

women's 4*100m Free Relay: best splits: Sara Curtis, 53.53 (1st leg), Emma Virginia Menicucci, 54.02 (internal leg)

 

the individual champions are qualified to the European Championships per rule, but not a single second ranked swimmer did better than the qualifying time set by the federation, they all have to try again at the Settecolli meet in June (or get the pass in other races here in Riccione this week)

 

so, day 1 is over and the championship is already very disappointing, especially because none of the youngsters expected to make a step forward in the hyerarchy of our swimming did show any sign of improvement 

Edited Tuesday at 08:38 PM by phelps

[Rafa Maciel 1,716]

GB Aquatics Championships 2026 - Day 1 Finals

 

 

Men's 400m Freestyle: OQT - 3:45.46 GB European QT - 3:46.56 

1. James Guy: 3:44.04  

2. Jack McMillan: 3:46.82 (PB)

3. Tyler Melbourne-Smith: 3:47.17 (PB)

4. Luke Hornsey: 3:50.15

5.  Harry Wynne-Jones:  3:50.27

6. David Annis: 3:50.31

7. Sean McCann: 3:50.73

8. Kieran Bird: 3:50.95

 

Women's 50m Breaststroke: OQT - 31.33 GB European QT - 30.57

1. Imogen Clark: 30.69 

2. Anna Morgan: 30.83 

3. Gabrielle Idle-Beavers: 31.11 

4. Kara Hanlon: 31.25 

5. Theodora Taylor: 31.29 

6. Bethany Walker: 31.74

7. Imogen Myles: 31.77

8. Amelia Riggott: 31.83

 

Women's 200m Butterfly: OQT - 2:08.15 GB European QT - 2:07.96

1. Keanna Macinnes: 2:07.02  

2. Emily Richards: 2:07.70  

3. Ciara Schlosshan: 2:08.63

4. Lucy Fox: 2:08.90

5. Betsy Wizard: 2:09.92

6. Amalie Smith: 2:11.17

7. Shannon Stott: 2:11.36

8. Holly Hibbott: 2:13.62

 

Men's 100m Breaststroke: OQT - 59.27 European QT - 59.65

1. Adam Peaty: 58.97  

2. Filip Nowacki: 59.39 

3. Max Morgan: 59.56  (PB/NAGR)

4. Gregory Butler: 1:00.34

5. Christian Ryan: 1:01.02

6. Joshua Mitchell: 1:01.46

7. Rory Dickson: 1:01.50

8. Rafe Dobson: 1:01.56

 

Women's 100m Freestyle: OQT - 53.60 European QT - 53.62

1. Eva Okaro: 53.75 ( Relay)

2. Evelyn Davis: 53.99 ( Relay)

3. Freya Colbert: 54.02 ( Relay)

4. Freya Anderson: 54.19 ( Relay)

5. Theodora Taylor: 54.20

6. Leah Schlosshan: 54.33

7. Abbie Wood: 54.61

8. Erin Little: 55.05

 

 Time Within LA'28 Qualifying Standard

 Time Within GB Aquatics European Standard

[phelps 8,738]

 Spring Nationals, Day #2

 

women's 50m Back: Sara Curtis, 27.33 (new NR)

 

men's 200m Fly: Alberto Razzetti, 1.54.99; Andrea Camozzi, 1.55.54; Matteo Cristopher Palmisani, 1.56.00; Frederico Burdisso, 1.56.07, Alessandro Ragaini, 1.56.61 (Top 2 officially qualified to the European Champs, also 3rd and 4th ranked swimmers went below the NF qualifying time, but per rule they're not in the team yet)

 

women's 100m Fly: Anita Gastaldi, 58.10

 

men's 100m Back: Michele Lamberti, 53.79

 

women's 200m Breast: Lisa Angiolini, 2.22.28 (new NR)

 

men's 100m Breast: Simone Cerasuolo, 58.82 (huge PB for the 50m world champion, Olympic Champion Nicolò Martinenghi and his main rival in the last 2 years, Ludovico Viberti, were absent because of injuries)

 

women's 200m Free: Bianca Nannucci, 1.57.82 (PB, but still a disappointing small improvement for the 2025 junior european champion); Anna Chiara Mascolo, 1.58.09 (qualifying time for the European Champs); young sensation Alessandra Mao was absent because of sickness (gastroenteritis) 

 

men's 4*200m Free Relay: best splits: Carlos D'Ambrosio, 1.44.37 (internal leg), no other guy below the 1.46 mark in the internal legs (and no swimmers below the 1.47 mark in the 1st leg), which is a tragedy in the relay's perspective

 

 

better than Yesterday, but still nothing really exciting (and still too many expected youngsters flopping or improving only by little margin instead of having a real breakthrough performance)

Edited yesterday at 07:45 PM by phelps

[Rafa Maciel 1,716]

GB Aquatics Championships 2026 - Day 2 Finals

 

Women's 1500m Freestyle: OQT 16:08.65 European QT - 16:07.20

1. Amelie Blocksidge - 16:22.93

2. Abbie Roscoe - 16:32.58

3. Lucy Parsons - 16:36.79

4. Alexandra Bastone - 16:40.03

5. Emma Price - 16:43.79

6. Phoebe Arbuckle - 16:48.63

7. Madison Rens - 16:55.24

8. Lucy Charles Barclay - 17:03.73

9. Kerry Hennie - 17:04.20

10. Ava Cook - 17:07.33

 

 

Men's 50m Breaststroke Freestyle: OQT - 27.71 European QT - 27.13

1. Adam Peaty - 26.64  

2. Filip Nowacki - 27.10  

3. Archie Goodburn - 27.22 

4. Max Morgan - 27.22 

5. Gregory Butler - 27.53 

6. Charlie-Joe Hallett - 27.92

7. Kyle Booth - 28.00

8. Aran Bissett - 28.20

 

 

Women's 400m IM: OQT - 4:37.33 European QT 4:39.23

1. Amalie Smith - 4:35.46   (PB)

2. Suzie McNair - 4:47.32

3. Evi Mackie - 4:47.87

4. Ines Guimond-Beetham - 4:47.90

5. Abbie Roscoe - 4:49.78

6. Matilda Potter - 4:55.16

7. Petra Varga - 4:58.31

8. Holly Hopwood - 5:04.79

 

 

Men's 200m Butterfly: OQT - 1:54.69 European QT - 1:55.54

1. Duncan Scott - 1:54.97 

2. Edward Mildred - 1:55.03 

3. Luke Greenbank - 1:57.80

4. Joshua Gammon - 1:57.81

5. Thomas Beeley - 1:58.76

6. Hendrik Van Der Leest - 2:00.00

7. Antonio Rodriguez - 2:00.01

8. Andrew Bertoli - 2:00.30

 

 

Women's 100m Backstroke: OQT - 59.49 European QT - 59.76

1. Lauren Cox - 59.66 

2. Blythe Kinsman - 1:00.84

3. Katie Shanahan - 1:01.10

4. Niamh Ward - 1:01.25

5. Honey Osrin - 1:01.49

6. Katie Schillinger - 1:01.75

7. Fenella Wooddisse - 1:01.99

8. Rebecca Sutton - 1:02.04

 

 

Men's 400m IM: OQT - 4:11.52 European QT - 4:13.16

1. Max Litchfield - 4:11.69  

2. Charlie Hutchison - 4:15.79

3. George Smith - 4:18.39

4. David Annis - 4:18.54

5. Edward Marcal Whittles - 4:22.13

6. Cameron Wrapson - 4:25.45

7. Charles Kershaw  - 4:27.16 

- Daniel Ransom - 4:23.01 (DSQ)

 

 Time Within LA'28 Qualifying Standard

 Time Within GB Aquatics European Standard

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On 4/13/2026 at 6:39 PM, Orangehair43 said:

Will any country boyfott the Europeans now Russia are back in full? 

Nordic countries confirmed - they will not host event with russians

Edited 14 hours ago by avlar

[phelps 8,738]

 Spring Nationals, Day #3

 

men's 800m Free: Luca De Tullio, 7.47.60

 

women's 200m IM: Anita Gastaldi, 2.11.06; Chiara Della Corte, 2.11.58 (European Champs QT)

 

men's 200m IM: Jacopo Barbotti, 1.57.75; Alberto Razzetti, 1.57.76 (European Champs QT)

 

women's 100m Free: Sara Curtis, 53.40; Emma Virginia Menicucci, 53.75 (PB, European Champs QT)

 

men's 100m Free: Carlos D'Ambrosio, 47.83; Alessandro Miressi, 48.46 (European Champs QT)

as usual, the most expected and at the same time, the most disappointing race of the championship

only 1 man below the 48-sec mark (and by not so much, after a letargic 1st split, 22.76 at the 50m turn), all the other guys well above the 48-sec mark...but we know that they will perform differently when it really matters

 

women's 1500m Free: Simona Quadarella, 15.55.89; Ginevra Taddeucci, 16.08.35 (European Champs QT)

 

men's 4*100m Medley Relay: best splits: Thomas Ceccon, 53.17 and Michele Lamberti, 53.74 (Backstroke leg at the start); Simone Cerasuolo, 58.93 and Christian Mantegazza, 59.19 (Breaststroke leg, internal); Alberto Razzetti, 51.10 (Fly leg, internal); Carlos D'Ambrosio, 48.08 (Freestyle leg, internal)

 

women's 4*100m Medley Relay: best splits: Sara Curtis, 1.00.35 (Backstroke leg at the start); Benedetta Pilato, 1.05.42, Anita Bottazzo, 1.06.18 and Lisa Angiolini, 1.06.84 (Breaststroke leg, internal); Anita Gastaldi, 58.65 (Fly leg, internal); Emma Virginia Menicucci, 53.37 and Chiara Tarantino, 53.98 (Freestyle leg, internal)

 

 

not the session I expected 

only positive notes by Jacopo Barbotti in the men's 200 IM and by Emma Virginia Menicucci (improving herself twice in a day after a few tough months, following a bad car accident last December) in the women's 100m Free

Edited 1 hour ago by phelps

[Rafa Maciel 1,716]

GB Aquatics Championships 2026 - Day 3 Finals

 

Men's 1500m Freestyle: OQT - 14:51.62 European QT - 14:58.76

1. Reece Grady - 15:14.76

2. Alexander Sargeant - 15:20.49

3. Luke Hornsey - 15:23.73

4. Sean McCann - 15:25.18

5. James Froggatt - 15:27.70

6. Ethan Kelly - 15:27.90

7. Harry Wynne-Jones - 15:49.76

8. Thomas Trebilcock - 15:40.68

9. Luke McGee - 15:47.73

10. Samuel Sterry - 16:05.40

 

Women's 50m Backstroke: OQT - 28.59 European QT - 27.66

1. Lauren Cox - 27.39  

2. Blythe Kinsman - 28.10 

3. Medi Harris - 28.67

4. Niamh Ward - 28.79

5. Scarlett Ferris - 28.89

6. Isabelle Leigh - 28.93

7. Isabelle Price - 29.00

8. Halle Harris - 29.24

 

Women's 200m Breaststroke: OQT - 2:23.49 European QT - 2:23.76

1. Angharad Evans - 2:19.70   (NR)

2. Abbie Wood - 2:24.72

3. Anna Morgan 2:26.40

4. Imogen Myles - 2:26.56

5. Kara Hanlon - 2:27.79

6. Charlotte Bianchi - 2:28.52

7. Sophie Brassington - 2:29.70

8. Sienna Robinson - 2:32.21

 

Men's 100m Backstroke: OQT - 53.00 European QT - 53.47

1. Oliver Morgan - 52.41  

2. Matthew Ward - 53.58

3. Cameron Brooker - 53.69

4. Jack Skerry - 54.07

5. Luke Greenbank - 54.32

6. David Annis - 55.03

7. Dean Fearn - 55.37

8. Jamie Ferguson - 55.46

 

Women's 200m Freestyle: OQT - 1:56.43 European QT - 1:56.89

1. Freya Colbert - 1:54.34   (NR)

2. Freya Anderson - 1:57.00

3. Leah Schlosshan - 1:57.49

4. Theodora Taylor - 1:58.31

5. Erin Little - 1:58.47

6. Evelyn Davis - 1:59.75

7. Emily Richards - 2:00.03

8. Megan Barnes - 2:01.58

 

Men's 100m Freestyle: OQT - 47.86 European QT - 48.06

1. Matt Richards - 47.53  

2. Jacob Mills - 48.09

3. Jacob Whittle - 48.52

4. Gabriel Shepherd - 48.53

5. Jack McMillan - 48.61

5. James Guy - 48.61

7. Rio Daodu - 48.75

8. Alexander Painter - 48.81

 

 Time Within LA'28 Qualifying Standard

 Time Within GB Aquatics European Standard