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2026 European Swimming Championships
August 10-16, 2026 Paris, France – Olympic Aquatics Centre LCM (50 Meters) Meet Information Meet Central Entries Results Live Results SwimSwam Preview Index Live Stream Recaps: Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5| Day 6 | Day 7Women’s 4x100m Medley — Final
World Record: 3:49.34 – USA (Smith, Douglass, Walsh, Huske) (2025) European Record: 3:53.38 (Fesikova, Efimova, Chimrova, Popova) – Russia (2017) Championship Record: 3:54.01 – Great Britain (Dawson, Renshaw, Stephens, Hopkin) (2021) 2025 World Champion: USA (Smith, Douglass, Walsh, Huske) — 3:49.34 2024 European Champion: Poland (Piskorska, Sztandera, Peda, Fiedkiewicz) — 3:58.71Final:
Great Britain (Cox, Evans, Macinnes, Colbert) — 3:53.50 *Championship Record* Italy (Curtis, Pilato, Gastaldi, Menicucci) — 3:53.60 NAB (Gaifutdinova, Chikunova, Klepikova, Manokhina) — 3:53.79 Germany — 3:56.21 France — 3:56.63 Ireland — 3:57.26 Netherlands — 3:59.33 Spain — 4:00.25In what has been the best meet of her international career, Italian teenager Sara Curtis had one more trick up her sleeve in the women’s 4×100 medley relay final.
Curtis led off in a 58.42 100 back to not only give the Azzurri an early lead but also break her own national record in the event. The previous record comes from her lead-off in this morning’s prelims, in which she posted a 58.75. Margherita Panziera held the national mark prior to today at 58.92
The Charslottesville-trained star improved on but the front end and the tail end of her race compared to her record from this morning as well as her pb before coming into the meet. The newly-minted 50 backstroke world record holder was able to get under 28 to the feet this evening.
Split Comparison
4×100 medley relay finals (Sara Curtis), 2026 – 58.43 4×100 Medley Relay Prelims (Sara Curtis), 2026 – 58.75 Sara Curtis‘ Previous PB, 2026 – 1:00.35 50 27.95 28.07 29.00 100 58.43 (30.48) 58.75 (30.68) 1:00.35 (31.35)Though Curtis scratched the individual 100 backstroke, her time from the relay would’ve earned her silver behind France’s Mary-Ambre Moluh. Notably, Moluh was in the same relay final and trailed Curtis, hitting 58.62 to the Italian’s 58.43. In the all-time continental rankings, Curtis climbs up to #6, surpassing the iconic Katinka Hosszu who won the 100 back at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 58.45.
Women’s 100 Backstroke, European All-Time Top Ten
Mary-Ambre Moluh (FRA), 2026 – 57.94 Kathleen Dawson (GBR), 2021 – 58.08 Gemma Spofforth (GBR), 2009 – 58.12 Anastasia Fesikova (RUS), 2009 – 58.18 Marrit Steenbergen (NED), 2026 – 58.33 Sara Curtis (ITA), 2026 – 58.43 Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2016 – 58.45 Kira Toussaint (NED), 2021 – 58.64 Mie Nelson (DEN), 2016 – 58.73 Pauline Mahieu (FRA), 2026 – 58.77Curtis also creeps up the seasonal world rankings to #8, granting her a spot in a hypothetical 2026 Worlds final.
2025-2026 LCM Women 100 BACK
Regan USASmith 05/0257.492IsabelleStaddenUSA57.5505/023KayleeMCKEOWNAUS57.7706/094Katharine BerkoffUSA57.9308/125Mary-AmbreMoluhFRA57.9408/156MarritSTEENBERGEN NED58.3307/027TaylorRUCKCAN58.3707/058SaraCURTISITA58.4308/169IonaANDERSONAUS58.6006/0910MollieO'CALLAGHANAUS58.6403/22View Top 27»Italy would go on to place 2nd overall in the 400 medley relay. Curtis leaves the European Championships with six medals, including an individual gold in the 50 back and bronzes in both the 50 and 100 free. She handily downed the 50 back world record twice from an original mark of 26.83 to 26.56. She became the sixth ever Italian world record holder and first Black swimmer to hold an individual LCM world record. Curtis will soon return stateside for her sophomore year at the University of Virginia, the women’s sprint capital of the world.
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