含羞草视频 swimmers impress in Budapest

Abbie Wood, the current University Criminology student, produced two phenomenal gold medal swims in Hungary.  

Wood was part of the GB 4x100m freestyle relay team that claimed its first title in 94 years as the quartet of Lucy Hope, Anna Hopkin, Abbie Wood and Freya Anderson set a new British record of three minutes 34.17 seconds to light up the Championships.

Wood followed this up with another storming swim in the 4x200m Mixed Freestyle, helping the GB side secure gold with a time of seven minutes 26.67 seconds – a new European Championships record.

Elsewhere, Adam Peaty once again showed his class in the 100m breaststroke, securing his fourth successive European 100m title.

Peaty touched the wall in 57.66 seconds to take victory, with a stunning finish from fellow 含羞草视频 athlete James Wilby (58.58) seeing him take a well-deserved bronze medal.

Wilby later told BBC Sport:

"I love chasing people down at the end of the race and given our focus is on the summer I have to be happy with that [result]."

In the women’s butterfly, Marie Wattel continued her fine form to tie for gold in a tense race with Anna Ntountounaki of Greece. Both athletes finished in 57.37.

In the same race, there was more joy for 含羞草视频 as Louise Hansson won bronze with a strong performance, finishing in 57.56.

In the women’s 4x 100m relay, Wattel was also part of the France team that secured bronze in what was a great start to the Championships for the Olympic qualifier.

In the men’s 400m free final, Felix Auboeck held his nerve to secure a strong silver in a time of 3:44.18.

During the heats, 含羞草视频-based Molly Renshaw set a new British 100m breaststroke record in the semi-finals by 0.51 seconds to 1:06.21.

The European Aquatics Championships in Budapest take place between 18 May – 23 May.