European Championships, Budapest, semi-finals, day 5: In the tightest 100m free final ever 0- the podium split by 0.07sec - the Olympic champion claimed the crown in 48.49, Evgeny Lagunov (RUS), on 48.52, William Meynard (FRA) on 48.56

European Championships, Budapest, semi-finals, day 5: Anastasia Chaun (RUS) claimed the 200m breaststroke crown in a championship record of 2:23.50, Silver to Sara Nordenstam (NOR) in 2:24.42, bronze to Rikke Moeller Pedersen (DEN) in 2:24.99

European Championships, Budapest, semi-finals, day 5: Frenchman adds 800m to 1,500m crown in boilding battle with Christian Kubusch (GER) that ended 7:48.28 to 7:49.12, with Samuel Pizzetti (ITA) third once more, in 7:49.94

European Championships, Budapest, semi-finals, day 5: Olympic and world champion in charge of her signature event; Joeri Verlinden (NED) takes L4 for 100 fly final in 51.96; Lennart Stekelenburg gives Dutch another L4, in 50 breast

European Championships, Budapest, day 4 finals: Hungary take gold 0.2sec ahead of France, with Britain third

European Championships, Budapest, day 4 finals: French 100m winner adds 50m backstroke crown with a victory that challenged shiny suit WR and put historic stretches of water between victor and vanquished

European Championships, Budapest, day 4 finals: The Pole retains the crown he won in 2008 after the Greek who stopped the clock first was banned for doping; Skvortsov takes silver; Drymonakos back from ban for bronze

European Championships, Budapest, day 4 finals: partially rested, Gemma Spofforth and Elizabeth Simmonds took the top two slots in the 100m backstroke, 59.80 to 1:00.19, bronze to Jenny Mensing in 1:00.72

European Championships, Budapest, day 4 finals: On their feet every stroke of the way, vuvuzelas cracking the air like a whip, the home crowd willed and whistled world champion to champs record of 2:08.95; Dale Oen silver, Duboscq bronze

European Championships, Budapest, day 3 finals: the home hero and Olympic triple silver medallist behind 'The Alien' wins 200IM in 1:57. ahead of Markus Rogan (AUT) and Joe Robuck (GBR)

European Championships, Budapest, day 3 finals: world silver medallist dominates sprint final; Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR), on 53.82, bronze to Femke Heemskerk (NED) on 54.09

European Championships, Budapest, day 3 finals: Yulia Efimova (RUS) claimed her first 100m European crown in a championship record of 1:06.32; silver shared to Rikke Moeller Pedersen (DEN) and Jennie Johansson, both on 1:07.36

European Championships, Budapest, day 3 finals: world champion keeps challengers at bay in confident fashion to keep the title he craved in this summer of suit switchover; silver for Lobintsev (RUS), on 1:46.51, bronze to Verschuren (NED), on 1:46.91

European Championships, Budapest, day 3 finals: Jean Taris in 1934 was the last Frenchman to win the Euro 30-lap crown. Sebastien Rouault, on 14:55.17, is the latest 1500m champ. The silver goes to a Faroes brave, Pal Joensen

The World-Anti-Doping Agency has asked FINA for the anti-doping file into the case of Rafael Munoz, of Spain, in order to review a decision to let the swimmer off one of his three missed tests in the past year

European Champs, day 1 heats: It took a 3:50.95 to make the 400m free final, the Russian on 3:49.92, world champion Paul Biedermann third in, on 3:50.07; Lacourt clocks CR of 53.27 100 back; Miley, Klinar and Hosszu on 4:40 400IM heats

The shape of world swimming on the eve of racing at the 30th European Championships in Budapest is now clear: top 10 best men and women in Irvine and how that impacted the best 10 efforts among men and women across the world to date

Markus Rogan has watched the Hungarian world champ all year in California and believes she could be first to get past a shiny suit WR; LEN to follow FINA's lead - record books will be untouched, unmarked

US Nationals, day 5 finals: Olympic 200m back champ lays down the law to Peirsol, Clary and Phelps on 1:55.58 200 back; Sutton wins 800m in 8:24.77; Soni scorches 200; Shanteau rules; La Tourette king of 1500m ranks on 14:55

US nationals day 5: Vollmer leads 100m free crew; Clary hemmed in by big guns Peirsol, Lochte and Phelps in 200 back; Soni and Shanteau strong in 200 breast; distance free events to be decided