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2026 European Swimming Championships
4x50m Freestyle “Fun” Relay
Top 3:
- L’ancienne (Stravius, Bonnet, Lazare, Heemskerk) – 1:44.03
- AUT Aquatics (Jaksche, Zimmerman, Maly, Wartner) – 1:44.47
- Team Veloce (Pinger, Chalmers, Beck, Maitre) – 1:47.11
One race that you’ll not have seen on the reside broadcast on the European Championships was the 4×50 “fun” relay held after the top of the prelims session in the present day, the ultimate day of racing right here in Paris. This relay is a chance for a few of the media and assist workers to dive in, and featured some well-known names.
Leonie Beck has been commentating for Eurovision alongside Andy Jameson this week, and teamed up with Australia’s 2016 Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers as a part of Team Veloce this morning.
Chalmers is in Paris watching spouse Ingeborg Loyning, who swam the 50 backstroke, the place she made the semi-finals, in addition to the ladies’s 4×100 medley relay, and the blended 4×100 medley relay for Norway. Also watching from the stands with Chalmers is their 11-month-old daughter Astrid with Loyning competing right here lower than a 12 months after giving delivery.
Team Veloce positioned third this morning, with Chalmers throwing down a 21.92 break up on the second leg with a 0.49 second response time. Beck swam third and clocked 28.87.
Taking the win tonight was a house group, with L’ancienne successful by half a second in a brand new meet file of 1:44.03. Jeremy Stravius led off in 24.59, Charlotte Bonnet then break up 25.71 earlier than handing over the Mylene Lazare (27.65), with Femke Heemskerk anchoring in 26.08 to carry off the problem from Daniel Warnter (25.59) from AUT Aquatics, who have been lower than half a second behind in 1:44.47.
The media relay usually takes place on the finish of main meets. Cate Campbell break up 24.78 on the Singapore World Championships final summer time, having not swum in 14 months main as much as that race.
Antonio Silva, the president of European Aquatics who revealed on commentary the opposite day that he swims each morning, break up 29.21 on his relay. Farouk Ben Jeddi, who received males’s 4×100 free relay gold with Tunisia on the 2008 African Championships, anchored Silva’s “BIG GUNS” relay residence in 24.66 as they completed seventh in 1:54.23.
Former SCM 100 fly world file holder Evgeniy Korotyshkin (25.26) teamed up with former SCM 100 IM world file holder Sergey Fesikov (24.66) on the “Minions Power” group, however may solely handle an Eighth-place end in 1:57.28.
Jeremy Stravius: 2026 EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP – PARIS
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Kyle Chalmers: 2026 EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP – PARIS
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Kyle Chalmers: 2026 EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP – PARIS
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Charlotte Bonnet: 2026 EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP – PARIS
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