Great Britain struck gold for the first time at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in Rome on Friday night, after coming out on top of a thrilling final in the Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay.
Britain finished with a time of 3:36.47 seconds, nearly a second ahead of Sweden, to successfully defend the title they won in Budapest last year.
The Netherlands took bronze. Ad “Moments like that make the pain worthwhile,” said Anna Hopkin. SwimmingCunningham: Summers-Newton has inspired a generationYESTERDAY AT 13:00 “Coming into our third major international meet, it is hard and you have to work that little bit harder to get yourself up for races and get yourself in prime condition.
But we all put together a really good race and I'm really proud of us.” Romanian teenager David Popovici stole the headlines in Rome by setting a new world record of 46.86 seconds in the men’s 100m freestyle.