Italy's Curtis betters own 50m backstroke world record

14 Aug 2026 01:06AM (Updated: 14 Aug 2026 01:21AM) Aug 13 : Italy's Sara Curtis broke her own 50m women's backstroke world record on Thursday when she won gold in 26.56 seconds at the European Championships in Paris, a day after she had set the previous record.Curtis, 19, had smashed five-time Olympic champion Kaylee M

Curtis lowered her mark by 7 hundredths of a second in Thursday's final after breaking a three-year-old world record Wednesday.

Ireland's first involvement in the 2026 European Aquatics Championships resulted in a new national record as Liam Custer won his 400m IM heat in a time of 4:22.57.