Great Britain win first gold and world record smashed on day 3 of European Aquatics Championships

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.

It was a stunning feat from the 17-year-old, who won gold in the 100m and 200m freestyle at the World Championships in Budapest in June. ‘Pain’ of silver will help us come back stronger for Paris 2024, says Peaty Olympic champion Goodhew on the coach who changed his life Eight Olympic champions in British squad for FINA World Aquatics Championships He broke the previous record set by Brazilian Cesar Cielo at the World Championships in 2009, also in Rome, by 0.05 seconds. «I wanted to go as fast as possible and it looks like I did it,» he told BBC TV.

«A fantasy now might be a 45 [second time]. Adam Peaty is a pioneer in terms of the goals he set. For others it was science fiction, but not for him.» In the women’s 4x100m relay, Britain’s team of Hopkin, Lucy Hope, Medi Harris and Freya Anderson had high hopes as they lined up for the final