Ukraine Tops The Artistic Swimming Medal Table At Euros With Eight Golds

2022 EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Thursday, August 11 – Monday, August 15, 2022 (artistic swimming)
• Rome, Italy
• Parco Del Foro Italico
• Meet Central
• Results

The Ukrainian team wrapped up an ultra-successful performance in the artistic swimming competition at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships on Monday, finishing with eight gold medals to top the overall medal table by a wide margin.

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 🇺🇦

Team Ukraine have dominated in the Artistic Swimming category at #LENRoma2022, picking up 8️⃣ gold medals 👏

Watch the Swimming finals LIVE from 18:00 CEST on https://t.co/o9O77EauXC pic.twitter.com/3cnGNwO1Un

— LEN – European Aquatics (@LENaquatics) August 15, 2022

The only other nation to stand atop the podium in the competition were the host Italians, who came away with four gold, six silver and two bronze medals to lead the total tally with 12 medals.

Solo Routines

Ukraine’s Marta Fiedina won both solo routine events on the women’s side, earning a repeat victory in the Solo technical routine with a score of 92.6394. The 20-year-old also won the solo free routine with a score of 94.6333, having placed second in the event last year.

At the 2022 World Championships, Fiedina placed second in both events, with Japan’s Yukiko Inui claiming gold.

Italy’s Linda Cerruti and Austria’s Vasiliki Alexandri won silver and bronze, respectively, in both events.

Italy’s Giorgio Minisini swept the men’s solo routines in what was the first time the events were contested at Euros.

Minisini scored 88.4667 in the solo free routine, leading Spaniard Fernando Diaz del Rio (83.3333), and Minisini put up a final number of 85.7033 in the solo technical routine, with Diaz del Rio again the runner-up with 79.4951.

Duet Routines

It was a sweep for the Ukrainians in the duet routines, as twin sisters Maryna Aleksiiva and Vladyslava Aleksiiva came out on top in both the free routine (94.7333) and technical routine (92.8538). The duo, both 21, won silver in both events at this year’s World Championships behind China.

🇺🇦 Ukraine have won their 4️⃣th gold medal in Artistic Swimming.

Maryna Aleksiiva & Vladyslava Aleksiiva pick up gold in the Duet Free, with a score of 94.7333. #LENRoma2022 pic.twitter.com/TThef1guUW

— LEN – European Aquatics (@LENaquatics) August 13, 2022

Austria placed second in both duet routines with another pair of sisters (who are two of three triplets), Anna-Maria Alexandri and Eirini-Marina Alexandri, while the Italian pair of Linda Cerruti and Costanza Ferro won bronze in both.

The Alexandri sisters are triplets with double bronze medalist from the solo routines, Vasiliki Alexandri.

Mixed Routines

Italy swept the mixed routines, with the pair of Giorgio Minisini and Lucrezia Ruggiero winning the free routine with a score of 89.7333 and posting a 89.3679 in the technical event.

It’s gold for Giorgio Minisini and Lucrezia Ruggiero 🇮🇹

With a score of 89.7333, the Italians capture the European title in the Mixed Duet Free. #LENRoma2022 pic.twitter.com/4MOYvrgQ18

— LEN – European Aquatics (@LENaquatics) August 13, 2022

Spaniards Emma Garcia and Pau Ribes combined to win silver in both, while Slovakia got on the board with a pair of bronze medals from Jozef Solymosy and Silvia Solymosyova.

Team Routines

Ukraine went a perfect four-four-four in the team events, claiming gold in the team free routine, the team technical routine, the combination routine and the highlights routine.

All four teams included solo/duet gold medalists Maryna Fiedina, Vladyslava Aleksiiva and Maryna Aleksiiva.

The same Ukrainian squad won the world title in the highlight routine and the combination routine in June.

The Italians won silver in all four, while France claimed three bronze medals and Greece added one.

FINAL ARTISTIC SWIMMING MEDAL TABLE