Duncan Scott and Stirling training partner Jack McMillan punched the latest gold-silver left-right for Great Britain over 200m freestyle this evening on day 3 at the European short-course championships in Lublin.

The 200m free honours, solo and relays, keep piling up for the Brits, the latest delivered by Scott, who led from the drive off the first turn to gold in 1:40.54, and McMillan, the 400m winner on day 1 of the showcase in Poland, 0.40sec away after having spent the last five of the eight lengths as his teammate's closest shadow. Both men are coached he'd by Ben Higson, while their former coach, Steven Tigg, is now Great Britain head coach. The bronze went to Ireland's Evan Bailey in 1:41.48, on a night when his nation also celebrated gold:

Wiffen Plays Cat-&-Mouse With Sarkany Before Pouncing in Last 50 To Retain 1500m Crown

The splits tell the cat-and-mouse tale of a race for the title that ended 14:13.96 to 14:15.51 in Wiffen’s favour. The battle for bronze went to Tokyo 2020ne Olympic bronze medallist over 1500m, Germany’s Florian Wellbrock

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All eight finalists were home within 1.5sec of each other:

Day 1 action with McMillan's 400m win :

Gold In 3:54 Gets Gose Past Belmonte’s 12-Year-Old Record But Magdeburg Mate Märtens Is Pipped By Britain’s McMillan

The first titles of the European s/c Championships leave Germany’s Isabel Gose with a title at every international championship level she’s competed at barring the Olympics, and Britain’s Jack McMillan with his first big senior title

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His victory today marked Scott's first Euro s/c gold in the 200m free after silver in 2019 and bronze in 2017. In 2018, he lifted the European long-course 200 crown at home in Glasgow.

Olympic silver medallist in the 200m free in a GBR 1-2 punch led by Tom Dean, Britain teammate then, now both that and Stirling training partner after a recent move from Bath, Scott's 200m racing pantheon, including all those relays, is a wonder, 2013 - 2025:

Olympics
Gold 2020, Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2024, Paris 4×200 m freestyle
Silver 2016, Rio 4×200 m freestyle
Silver 2021, Tokyo 200m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold 2015 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2017 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2023 4×200 m freestyle
Gold 2025 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze 2019 200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold 2018 200 m freestyle
Gold 2018 4×200 m freestyle
Silver 2020 200 m freestyle
Silver 2020 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold 2025 200 m freestyle
Silver 2019 200 m freestyle
Bronze 2017 200 m freestyle
European Games
Gold 2015 200 m freestyle
Silver 2015 4×200 m freestyle
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver 2013 200 m freestyle
European Junior Championships
Bronze 2014 4x200 m freestyle relay
Commonwealth Games (for Scotland)
Gold 2022 200 m freestyle
Silver 2014 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze 2018 200 m freestyle
Bronze 2018 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze 2022 4×200 m freestyle

In the mix of all that, Dean and Scott's 1-2 in Tokyo was followed by a 1-2 at World long-course titles by Matt Richards and Dean in 2022. Richards was locked out of the final today when he finished third in heats yesterday behind his teammates. Only two per nation can progress o semis and the final.

All of the Brits named above, plus Britain's king of the relay medals count James Guy, the 2015 World 200m free champion who got married recently, are among those who account for two Olympic and four World long-course 4x200m titles for Britain in the past decade.

Scott, meanwhile, is an ambassador for saving lives and getting kids into swimming for safety and life-long health, for starters:

Scott Wants School Swimming For Every Scottish Child As ‘Lasting Legacy’ Of 2026 Home Commonwealths

“Swimming is a life skill. I didn’t learn to swim to be an Olympic champion. My parents sent me to swimming lessons to be safe in, on & around water. That’s crucial for every child. School swimming is the only way to ensure all children have access to water safety skills & knowledge” - Duncan Scott

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The Double-Dutch Gold Headliner In Lublin today:

Steenbergen’s Double Dutch Gold In European Record Times: 200IM Then 200 Free

Marritt Steenbergen, of The Netherlands, rose to all-time No2 by taking down Katinka Hosszu’s 2017 ER in the 100m medley & was back less than 90 minutes later to take down Sarah Sjöström’s 2017 ER & Federica Pellegrini’s meet mark from 2009 in the 200m free in Lublin

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