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2026 LAUSANNE SWIM CUP
Friday, March 13th – Sunday, March 15th Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne, Switzerland LCM (50m) Meet Central SwimSwam Preview Entries/Live Results Race Videos: Friday Saturday SundayThe 2026 Lausanne Swim Cup kicked off today from the Vaudoise Aréna with a host of top-tier talent taking to the long course pool. For some, the competition is an important milestone along the way to potential Commonwealth Games qualification, while for others it’s a chance to put up times worthy of this year’s European Championships.
Dutch Olympic medalist Caspar Corbeau wasted no time making his presence known, grabbing gold in the men’s 50m breaststroke.
Tonight, the former University of Texas Longhorn put up a super solid swim of 26.95 to beat the pack, establishing a season-best in the process.
Turkish swimmer Nusrat Allahverdi was next to the wall in 27.18, the 2nd-best time of his career, while Antoine Viquerat of the host nation checked in with 27.67 for the bronze.
As for 24-year-old Corbeau, tonight’s sub-27-second outing represented his 2nd-best ever performance, tying the same mark he produced in the semi-finals of the event at last year’s World Championships to place 12th overall. There in Singapore, Corbeau hit a slightly quicker personal best of 26.94 in the prelims. His effort this evening ranks him 6th in the world at the moment.
2025-2026 LCM Men 50 BREAST
VanUSAMATHIAS 01/1526.572Michael HoulieRSA26.7212/043HaiyangQIN CHN26.7511/124SimoneCERASUOLOITA26.7802/145Yan Zibei CHN26.8611/126Zheng Yinghao CHN26.9711/137Michael ANDREWUSA27.0003/078 SHINOHASHIJPN27.0111/299Finn Brooks USA27.0501/1510Campbell McKeanUSA27.1012/04View Top 26»While Italy’s Lisa Angiolini staked her claim early in the women’s edition of the 50m breast with a top-seeded swim of 30.83, it was Belgian Florine Gaspard who ultimately claimed the gold in tonight’s main event.
The national record holder stopped the clock at a speedy 30.55, only .02 shy of the 30.53 Belgian benchmark she put on the books in 2023.
Angiolini, a 30-year-old veteran, registered 30.80 as the silver medalist and Russian Nika Godun rounded out the podium in 31.13.
Gaspard now ranks 7th in the world on the season.
2025-2026 LCM Women 50 BREAST
Tang CHNQianting11/1730.002Yang ChangCHN30.1111/173Laravan NiekerkRSA30.2602/084SkylerSMITHUSA30.4301/165Benedetta PILATOITA30.4802/145MonaMCSHARRYIRL30.4812/047SatomiSuzukiJPN30.6611/298Siobhan HaugheyHKG30.7111/179MiaO'LEARYAUS30.7203/0810MackenzieLUNG USA30.7312/04View Top 26»The reigning men’s 200m backstroke Olympic bronze medalist, Roman Mityukov of Switzerland, crushed a winning result of 1:56.07 to take the decisive victory in the event tonight in front of a home crowd.
25-year-old Mityukov split 27.50/29.70/29.62/29.25 to get the job done, setting himself apart from minor medalists Mewen Tomac of France and 100m back world record holder Thomas Ceccon of Italy. The former logged 1:59.25 as the runner-up and the latter delivered 1:59.61 for a 3rd-place finish.
Mityukov’s lifetime best remains at the Swiss national record of 1:54.83 he notched in the semi-finals of last year’s World Championships. Prior to that, his outing of 1:54.85 garnered him the bronze in Paris behind winner Hubert Kos of Hungary (1:54.26) and silver medalist Apostolos Chrisou of Greece (1:54.85).
Mityukov now ranks fourth on this season’s top men’s 2back performers list.
2025-2026 LCM Men 200 BACK
Hubert HUNKos12/061:54.212Lee JuhoKOR1:55.3412/163Hidekazu TakeharaJPN1:55.5009/044KODAINISHIONO JPN1:56.4609/045Xu Jiayu CHN1:56.6311/15View Top 26»As part of her packed seven-event lineup at this three-day competition, Canada’s Mary-Sophie Harvey reaped double gold to kick off her Lausanne Cup campaign.
The 26-year-old started tonight with the women’s 400m free final, where she earned the gold narrowly ahead of Russia’s Anna Egorova,
The pair was separated by just .29, with Harvey nabbing a result of 4:10.09 ahead of Egorova’s time of 4:10.38. Italy’s Noemi Cesarano also landed on the podium, with her mark of 4:11.51 good enough for bronze.
According to the Swimming Canada results database, Harvey is the nation’s #3 performer of all time in this event, courtesy of the 4:05.42 notched last year in France.
Harvey’s next victim was the 400m IM, where she nabbed gold in 4:40.77 to get to the wall about two seconds ahead of the pack.
Behind her were a pair of Italians led by Anna Pirovano, who produced 4:42.78, followed by teammate Giada Alzetta, who clocked 4:43.18.
Harvey has been as speedy as the 4:35.56 she put up last year to rank as Canada’s 4th-swiftest woman in history.
Finally, the men’s and women’s 50m freestyle races took to the stage with multiple performances turning heads to wrap up day one’s final session.
French world champion Maxime Grousset powered his way to a time of 21.78 for the men, hitting one of two sub-22-second efforts of the main event.
Joining him under the barrier was Israeli Meiron Cheruti who logged 21.91 and American Patrick Sammon was also in the mix at a bronze medal-worthy swim of 22.14.
Grousset’s performance checked in just outside the list of his top 10 performances in this splash n’ dash. The 26-year-old has already posted a time of 21.51 this season, the lifetime best he registered last December.
2025-2026 LCM Men 50 FREE
CameronAUS McEvoy11/3021.382ChrisGUILIANO USA21.4303/073MaximeGROUSSETFRA21.5112/204AndrejBARNASRB21.5812/045Nikita SheremetUKR21.6203/07View Top 27»It was Belgium’s Gaspard who doubled up on the 50m breast she won earlier tonight, supplying a time of 24.61 to lead a trio of sub-25-second women in their edition of the 50m free.
Her time was within striking distance of the national record of 24.42 put on the books at last year’s Swim Open Stockholm.
French racing mainstay Beryl Gastaldello settled for silver tonight in 24.74 and teammate Marie Wattel posted 24.77 to round out the podium.
Additional Notes
Italy’s Davide Marchello was too quick to catch in the men’s 400m free, turning in a time of 3:53.23 for the top spot. That narrowly defeated Turkey’s Ahmet Boylu‘s time of 3:53.61 while Italy’s Tommaso Griffante finished behind the tight pair in 3:54.05. The women’s 200m back saw French swimmer Lou-Anne Guiton get it done for gold in 2:12.40. That held a fingernail-sized advantage over Israeli Aviv Barzelay who secured silver in 2:12.46. Pauline Mahieu of France touched in 2:12.54 for bronze. Italian national record holder Alberto Razzetti topped the men’s 400m IM field, a subdued affair which saw only Razzetti clear the 4:20 barrier. 26-year-old Razzetti produced 4:19.49 ahead of Swiss swimmer Marius Toscan‘s silver medal-worthy swim of 4:20.12. Nicola Furlani of Italy bagged the bronze in 4:20.12. Olympic medalist Federico Burdisso of Italy delivered a time of 1:57.26 to grab the gold in the men’s 200m fly. Razzetti was back in the water in this race, providing a time of 1:59.18. Gianmarco Foglia made it an all-Italian podium with a bronze medal-garnering swim of 1:59.65. The women’s 200m fly saw Anita Gastaldi‘s outing of 2:09.94 earn her the gold. Hungary got on the board with Boroka Kertesz‘s time of 2:11.44 for the silver and Alzetta claimed another piece of hardware as her mark of 2:12.50 reaped the bronze.Read the full story on SwimSwam: Corbeau Puts Up Season-Best 50 Breast To Begin 2026 Lausanne Cup
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