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John Shortt Wins Gold Medal in European Men’s 200m Backstroke and Sets New World Junior Record

Ireland’s rising swimming star John Shortt delivered a sensational performance today to claim gold in the men’s 200m backstroke at the European Aquatics Short Course Championships in Lublin, Poland.

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The 20-year-old Greek swimmer once again improved the Panhellenic Youth U23 record, which he had achieved in the morning (1:51.25) and with a performance of 1:50.99 he finished third in the second heat and moved up to sixth overall.

Swimmer Jan Čejka won bronze in the 200-meter backstroke at the European Short Course Championships. He improved his own Czech record from the semifinals at the championship in Lublin by another 34 hundredths of a second to 1:49.43. He became the first Czech man to win a medal at this event since 2003, when crawler Květoslav Svoboda won two valuable metals in Dublin. The final of the 200-meter backstroke was won by Irishman John Shortt in a juni…

Apostolos Siskos secured his participation in the 200m backstroke final for the second time in a row at the European Swimming Championships in a 25m pool. During the first day of the competition in Lublin, Poland, the 20-year-old Greek swimmer once again improved the Panhellenic Youth U23 record, which he had achieved in the morning (1:51.25), and with a performance of 1:50.99, he finished third in the second heat and sixth overall. Now, in tomo…

Apostolos Siskos will compete in the second final of his career in the competition, as he was 7th in 2023 in Otopeni.

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vienna.at broke the news in on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
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