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  • Russia marches on, this day in Edinburgh

    The only day at the European Championships, which saw competition in one discipline only, brought a Russian double in the diving pool. They won the men’s 3m synchro and made a 1-2 in the women’s 1m, and this three medal-haul rocketed the team to the top of the discipline’s ranks.

    Bazhina Nadezhda RUS awarded as LEN diver of the year 2017 Edinburgh 10/08/18 Diving Royal Commonwealth Pool LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    Bazhina Nadezhda RUS Women’s 1m springboard preliminary Edinburgh 10/08/18 Diving Royal Commonwealth Pool LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    Laugher Jack GBR Mears Christopher GBR silver medal Men’s 3m synchronized springboard final Edinburgh 10/08/18 Diving Royal Commonwealth Pool LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    Podium : Kuznetsov Evgenii RUS Zakharov Ilia RUS gold medal, Laugher Jack GBR Mears Christopher GBR silver medal, Hausding Patrick GER Ruediger Lars GER bronze medal Men’s 3m synchronized springboard final Edinburgh 10/08/18 Diving Royal Commonwealth Pool LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    Podium : Poliakova Mariia RUS gold medal, Bazhina Nadezhda RUS silver medal, Bertocchi Elena ITA bronze medal Women’s 1m springboard final Edinburgh 10/08/18 Diving Royal Commonwealth Pool LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto

    Once the first gold arrived yesterday, the Russian divers found their winning form and they added two more titles to their tally in Edinburgh on Day 8.

    The men’s 3m synchro final was a brilliant duel between the Olympic champion Brits and the world champion Russians. Jack Laugher and Chris Mears led before the last round but a mistake cost them the title. Ilya Zakharov and Evgenii Kuznetsov managed to put them under pressure with their last dive which earned the highest score of the afternoon, 94.62 points. At the end only 0.54 points separated the two great pairs but the Russians finished atop.

    The women’s 1m turned into a Russian in-house battle between Mariia Poliakova and Nadezhda Bazhina. After the third round Bazhina, silver medallist at last year’s World Championships, led and Poliakova sat in the third position. But the latter one kept her best for the last two rounds, produced two great dives both scoring 61.10 alike and that secured her the title since Bazhina’s points stayed in the mid 50s in each round.

    Bazhina, though, got some consolation as she received the 2017 LEN Award (the best female diver in the previous year) from LEN President Paolo Barelli, a fine bonus to her silver medal.

    Aquatics action at the European Championships will continue tomorrow as open water swimming resumes with the team relay in Loch Lomond and diving also offers two finals.

    For detailed results, medal tables, visit www.len.eu

    Press release from LEN, photos courtesy of Deepbluemedia/Giorgio Scala

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  • Golden duel on: Russia leads 7-6 vs. GB

    Russia held on for a 7-6 lead in the gold medal count over host Great Britain in the Tollcross International Swimming Centre at the European Championships in Glasgow. Day 5 saw two titles apiece in the swimming competitions, Duncan Scott’s triumph in the men’s 200m free stood out though as he came first while swimming in lane 8. In the synchro pool the Russians bagged three more golds while the Brits doubled down the diving events in Edinburgh.

    Medal Ceremony DUET FREE ROUTINE PODIUM Glasgow 07/08/18 Synchronised Swimming Scotstoun Sports Campus LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    Medal Ceremony DUET FREE ROUTINE PODIUM Glasgow 07/08/18 Synchronised Swimming Scotstoun Sports Campus LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    7 RUS RUSSIA KOLESNICHENKO Svetlana, SUBBOTINA Varvara DUET FREE ROUTINE FINAL Glasgow 07/08/18 Synchronised Swimming Scotstoun Sports Campus LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    10 UKR UKRAINE SAVCHUK Anastasiya, YAKHNO Yelyzaveta Silver Medal 7 RUS RUSSIA KOLESNICHENKO Svetlana, SUBBOTINA Varvara Gold Medal 11 ITA ITALY CERRUTI Linda, FERRO Costanza Bronze Medal Podium Medal Ceremony DUET FREE ROUTINE FINAL Glasgow 07/08/18 Synchronised Swimming Scotstoun Sports Campus LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    003 RUS RUSSIA GURBANBERDIEVA Mayya, MALTSEV Aleksandr DUET MIX FREE ROUTINE FINAL Glasgow 07/08/18 Synchronised Swimming Scotstoun Sports Campus LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    004 ITA ITALY FLAMINI Manila, MINISINI Giorgio Silver medal 003 RUS RUSSIA GURBANBERDIEVA Mayya, MALTSEV Aleksandr Gold Medal 002 ESP SPAIN FERRERAS SANZ Berta, RIBES CULLA Pau Bronze Medal Podium Medal Ceremony DUET MIX FREE ROUTINE FINAL Glasgow 07/08/18 Synchronised Swimming Scotstoun Sports Campus LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    11 RUS RUSSIA KOLESNICHENKO Svetlana SOLO FREE ROUTINE FINAL Glasgow 07/08/18 Synchronised Swimming Scotstoun Sports Campus LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    7 ITA ITALY CERRUTI Linda Silver Medal 11 RUS RUSSIA KOLESNICHENKO Svetlana Gold Medal 12 UKR UKRAINE YAKHNO Yelyzaveta Bronze Medal Medal Ceremony DUET FREE ROUTINE PODIUM Glasgow 07/08/18 Synchronised Swimming Scotstoun Sports Campus LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    GOVOROV Andriy UKR Gold Medal 50m Butterfly Men Finals Glasgow 07/08/18 Swimming Tollcross International Swimming Centre LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Andrea Masini/ Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    FESIKOVA Anastasiia RUS Gold Medal 100m Backstroke Women Finals Glasgow 07/08/18 Swimming Tollcross International Swimming Centre LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Andrea Masini/ Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Laugher Jack GBR gold medal Men’s 1m springboard final Edinburgh 07/08/18 Diving Royal Commonwealth Pool LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    Podium : Laugher Jack GBR gold medal, Tocci Giovanni ITA siver medal, Heatly James GBR bronze medal Men’s 1m springboard final Edinburgh 07/08/18 Diving Royal Commonwealth Pool LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    Cheng Eden GBR Toulson Lois GBR gold medal Women’s synchronised 10m platform final Edinburgh 07/08/18 Diving Royal Commonwealth Pool LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
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    LEN_EC_Glasgow_18/G.Scala_DBMedia
    SCOTT Duncan W GBR Gold Medal RAPSYS Danas LTU Silver Medal DOVGALYUK Mikhail RUS Bronze Medal 200m Freestyle Men Final Glasgow 07/08/2018 Swimming Tollcross International Swimming Centre LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Giorgio Scala/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    Team GREAT BRITAIN Gold Medal FAULKNER Eleanor GREENSLADE Kathryn HIBBOTT Holly ANDERSON Freya Team RUSSIA Silver Medal SALAMATINA Valeriia EGOROVA Anna OPENYSHEVA Arina GUZHENKOVA Anastasia Team GERMANY Bronze Medal FOOS Reva GOSE Isabel Marie KOEHLER Sarah BRUHN Annika 4x200m Freestyle Relay Women Glasgow 07/08/2018 Swimming Tollcross International Swimming Centre LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Giorgio Scala/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    Quadarella Simona ITA Gold Medal 1500m Freestyle Women Glasgow 07/08/2018 Swimming Tollcross International Swimming Centre LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    Scott Duncan W GBR Gold Medal 200m Freestyle Men Glasgow 07/08/2018 Swimming Tollcross International Swimming Centre LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto
    Proud Benjamin GBR Silver Medal Govorov Andriy UKR Gold Medal Kostin Oleg RUS Bronze Medal 50m Butterfly Men Glasgow 07/08/2018 Swimming Tollcross International Swimming Centre LEN European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Championships 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/ Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto

    Duncan W Scott’s road to the men’s 200m free final was everything but an easy cruise. He was 11th in the heats and caught the last available spot in the semis so he was the first one introduced before the final while walking to lane 8. Few would have guessed that he would be also the first at the wall some 1:45 minutes after the start – but Scott just did that. While the top guys battled in the middle he sailed away on the ‘wing’ and scored a seemingly easy win, the gap was 0.73sec ahead of Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys in lane 4. It was GB’s first win in this event since 1997.

    The second title came in a business as usual style: the Brits won the session-ending relay on the third consecutive evening, this time their women’s 4x200m free relay touched in first.

    It means they keep the pace of the Russians who also claimed two titles. Yuliya Efimova added the 200m crown to the 100m with another overwhelming performance. In the 100m back, Anastasiia Fesikova managed to out-touch the champion of the 50m Georgia Davies by 0.17sec (a different outcome would have changed the lead in the medal table).

    Though Ukraine’s Andriy Govorov couldn’t repeat his record-breaking performance from one month ago when he brought down the 50m fly WR in Rome, still, he was clearly the best in the dash while retaining his title. Italy’s Simona Quadarella claimed her second victory here, she comfortably finished atop in the 1500m free, just like in the 800m.

    In the synchro pool, the last three titles on offer all went to the Russians as expected. They defended the titles in the mixed duet free, the solo and the duet free – Svetlana Kolesnichenko earned two golds in a span of three hours. As a bonus, she also received the 2017 LEN Awards (and set herself to repeat her win after this season too). Italy’s Giorgio Minisini was a bit upset after the silver in the mixed but he was consoled at the end as he received the historical first LEN Award given to a male synchro swimmer.

    The Brits enjoyed a tremendous day in the diving pool in Edinburgh. Lois Toulson and her new pair Eden Cheng landed the 10m synchro title while Jack Laugher captured his first-ever individual victory at the Europeans as he came first in the 1m event.

    For detailed results, medal tables, visit www.len.eu

    Press release from LEN, photos courtesy of Deepbluemedia/Giorgio Scala

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