The European short course swimming championships have started and the French team has several chances of medals this Wednesday, December 6.
Without Léon Marchand who skipped these European Championships, the French swimming team is eagerly awaited during the European Swimming Championships which will be held until December 10 in the Bucharest swimming pool. Maxime Grousset, Charlotte Bonnet will however be present. This Wednesday, December 6, several finals are on the program with several chances of medals. If all the planets are aligned, French swimming could leave this evening with 4 medals in 4 races.
The first big chance concerns Béryl Gastaldello, big favorite in the 50m freestyle. But eyes may be on Anastasiia Kirpichnikova. The Russian swimmer, naturalized French since April, has no real competition in the 800m freestyle, winning the heats with a 7-second lead. We will also have to carefully follow the semi-final of Florent Manaudou in the 50m freestyle or Emma Terebo in the 200m backstroke.
The program for Wednesday, December 6:
- 5 p.m.: women’s 50m freestyle final with Beryl Gastaldello
- 5:05 p.m.: men’s 50m backstroke final with Mewen Tomac
- 5:43 p.m.: Men’s 100m butterfly with Maxime Grousset
- 5:49 p.m.: women’s 800m freestyle with Anastasiia Kirpichnikova
Results for Tuesday, December 5
400m medley, Women
- Abbie Wood (GBR) 4:27.45
- Freya Colbert (GBR) 4:29.04
- Ellen Walshe (IRL) 4:29.64
400m freestyle, Men
- Daniel Wiffen (IRL) 3:35.47
- Danas Rapsys (LTU) 3:37.80
- Lucas Henveaux (BEL) 3:37.91
4x50m Freestyle Relay, Women
- Sweden 1:35.60
- Italy 1:36.92
- Great Britain 1:37.19
4x50m Freestyle Relay, Men
- Great Britain 1:22.52
- Italy 1:23.14
- Greece 1:23.27
The complete program of the European Championships
Find the complete program for the European Short Course Swimming Championships which are taking place in Bucharest, Romania.
Wednesday December 6
- Morning – Series
- 200m backstroke F
- 50 m NL H
- 200m butterfly F
- 100m breaststroke H
- 100m medley F
- 4x50m medley relay H
- 1,500 m NL H
- Afternoon – Semi-finals and finals
- 50m NL F Final
- 50m backstroke H Final
- 100m breaststroke F Final
- 50m NL H Semi-finals
- 200m butterfly F Semi-finals
- 100m butterfly H Final
- 800m NL F Final
- 100m breaststroke H Semi-finals
- 200m backstroke F Semi-finals
- 100m medley F Semi-finals
- 4x50m Medley Relay H Final
Thursday December 7
- Morning – Series
- 100m NL F
- 200 m 4 NH
- 200m breaststroke F
- 100m backstroke H
- 50m backstroke F
- 200m butterfly H
- Relay 4×50 m 4 NC
- 1,500 m NL F
- Afternoon – Semi-finals and finals
- 200m backstroke F Final
- 50m NL H Final
- 200m butterfly F Final
- 200m 4 NH Semi-finals
- 100m NL F Semi-finals
- 100m backstroke H Semi-finals
- 100 m 4 NF Final
- 1,500m NL H Final
- 200m breaststroke F Semi-finals
- 200m butterfly H Semi-finals
- 50m backstroke F Semi-finals
- 100m Breaststroke H Final
- 4x50m Relay 4 N Final
Friday December 8
- Morning – Series
- 100m backstroke F
- 200 m NL H
- 100m butterfly F
- 200m breaststroke H
- 200 m 4 NC
- 50m butterfly H
- Afternoon – Semi-finals and finals
- 200m 4 NH Final
- 100m NL F Final
- 100m backstroke H Final
- 200m NL H Semi-finals
- 100m butterfly F Semi-finals
- 200m breaststroke F Final
- 200m Butterfly H Final
- 50m backstroke F Final
- 200m breaststroke H Semi-finals
- 200m 4 NF Semi-finals
- 50m butterfly H Semi-finals
- 1,500m NL F Final
Saturday December 9
- Morning – Series
- 50m breaststroke H
- 200 m NL F
- 200m backstroke H
- 50m breaststroke F
- 100m NL H
- 100 m 4 NH
- 50m butterfly F
- Mixed NL 4x50m Relay
- 800 m NL H
- Afternoon – Semi-finals and finals
- 100m backstroke F Final
- 200m NL H Final
- 100m butterfly F Final
- 200m Breaststroke H Final
- 200m NL F Semi-finals
- 200 m 4 NF Final
- 50m Butterfly H Final
- 100m 4 NH Semi-Finals
- 50m breaststroke F Semi-finals
- 50m breaststroke H Semi-finals
- 100m NL H Semi-finals
- 50m butterfly F Semi-finals
- 200m backstroke H Semi-finals
- Mixed NL 4x50m Relay Final
Sunday December 10
- Morning – Series
- 400 m 4 NH
- 400 m NL F
- 4x50m mixed medley relay
- Afternoon – Finals
- 100 m 4 NH
- 50m breaststroke H
- 200 m NL F
- 200m backstroke H
- 400 m NL F
- 400 m 4 NH
- 50m breaststroke F
- 100m NL H
- 50m butterfly F
- 800 m NL H
- 4x50m mixed medley relay
The French team for the European Short Course Championships
Men
- David Aubry
- Pacôme Bricout
- Romain Fuchs
- Maxime Grousset
- Stanislas Huille
- Damien Joly
- Florent Manaudou
- Emilien Mattenet
- Yohann Ndoye Brouard
- Mewen Tomac
Women
- Charlotte Bonnet
- Beryl Gastaldello
- Lara Grangeon
- Anastasiia Kirpichnikova
- Pauline Mahieu
- Mary-Ambre Moluh
- Analia Pigrée
- Emma Terebo
- Lucile Tessariol