Apostolos Siskos, the defending European champion, is the #2 seed in 1:54.06. The Romanian won the World Championship title last year in 46.51, which stands as the European record, and looked supreme in his semi-finals swim. Women’s 50 Backstroke Semi-finalsSara Curtis vindicated her favorite status in the heats, as the newly-minted European record holder was the fastest woman this morning in 27.31. Smith and Jackl went 1-2 at the European Junior Championships last month, where Smith set a new European Junior record. Men’s 800 Freestyle FinalEuropean record holder Johannes Liebmann (7:41.87) and Hungarian record holder Zalan Sarkany (7:42.34) are top two seeds, with 2024 Olympic champion and former European record holder Dan Wiffen (7:44.86) in lane 3.