Tag: London 2016
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 14
Two golds apiece for Hungary, GB, Italy clinches Championship Trophy Hungary finished atop in the swimming medal table, producing its best even European Championships run for the first time with double digits for gold medals. The hosts also had a great finish and with two titles in the medley relays they came first in the…
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 13
Hungary v GB 2-2 today, 8-5 in aggregate, one day to go The nations who topped the respective medal tables in the last two editions, Hungary in 2012 and Great Britain in 2014, kept their battle going on the penultimate racing day at the European Aquatics Championships in London. The Magyars managed to maintain the…
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 12
Italy: High five Italy enjoyed a 5-medal haul on Day 5, with a couple of outstanding freestyle swims in the mix, courtesy of Gregorio Paltrinieri (1500m) and Luca Dotto (100m). Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom returned to the throne in the 100m fly, while Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen retained her title in the 200m breast. One might…
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 11
Hungary’s best ever single-day performance: 7 medals, 4 golds Hungarian swimmers put together the nation’s best ever single day performance by amassing seven medals in less than two hours, winning four of the seven finals and runners-up by a finger-tip in two others. The Brits also enjoyed a fine day with five medals, including Ross…
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 10
Paltrinieri smashes the European record The first European record fell on the third day of the swimming competitions as Gregorio Paltrinieri reached an amazing speed in the 1500m free. Greece clinched a surprise gold in the men’s 200m (the third ever title of the nation), while the Netherlands had mixed fortunes in the free events,…
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 8
Italy, Hungary open strong, three medals apiece Italy and Hungary got a flying start on the opening day of the swimming competition at the European Aquatics Championships in the London Aquatics Centre by clinching three medals apiece. Gabriele Detti (ITA) and Katinka Hosszu (HUN) captured the individual golds on offer, and both nations got two…
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 7
Daley close to perfection, Cagnotto makes it 20 Tom Daley’s outstanding performance highlighted the last day of diving action in the London Aquatics Centre. The Briton won the 10m platform with a 570-point overall score, which is higher than what was required here to clinch the Olympic title four years ago. Italy’s Tania Cagnotto added…
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 6
Queen of Europe, Tania Cagnotto captures 19th gold Italy’s Tania Cagnotto took a 28-27 ‘lead’ on the all-time medal table at the Europeans over Germany’s Patrick Hausding by clinching the 3m title with ease on Saturday. Ukraine added another gold to their impressive tally in diving (3-2-3) by winning the mixed 10m synchro ahead of…
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 4
Hausding and Klein on Cloud 9 Russia made it 6 out of 6 in synchro so far. Again, no one could match the level of their performance, either with only one swimmer in the pool– as in the solo technical – or with 10, as in the free combination final. The Russian march continued in…