Marchand Still the Home Hero in Paris as New Record Breakers Emerge
Sara Curtis and Johannes Liebmann set world marks as Leon Marchand kept his continental titles and Europe challenged swimming’s traditional powers.
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Marchand remains home hero as Curtis, Liebmann break world records at European Championships
Leon Marchand claimed two continental titles in Paris, while Italy’s Sara Curtis and Germany’s Johannes Liebmann emerged as new world record holders at the European Swimming Championships.
Marchand still the home hero in Paris as new record breakers emerge
PARIS, Aug 17 : Leon Marchand remained the home hero two years on from the Paris Olympics but swimming's European championships, which ended at the weekend, saw the emergence of new world record breakers to challenge the Americans and Australians.Italy's Sara Curtis, who turns 20 this week, twice smashed the
SAVIGLIANO – From Savigliano to the top of Europe. And, above all, to the top of the world. The 2026 European Swimming Championships in Paris definitively established Sara Curtis, the Piedmontese sprinter who, at 19, left the French capital with a champion's haul: six medals, a European title, two world records, and a flurry of Italian records. An extraordinary achievement that tells of much more than a perfect week. It reveals the definitive ex…
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