Britain’s European Junior Championship team rounded off the event with a flourish as they took an impressive four medals on the closing night of competition. Star of the show again was Stephanie proud who defended her 200m backstroke title, while there were also one silver and 2 bronze medals.

Matthew Edwards won Britain’s first silver medal of these championships as he took the runner up spot in the 200m butterfly on the third night of finals at the European junior championships in Lisbon. There was also a bronze medal for Hollie O’Connor in the 50m backstroke to take the team’s medal tally to eight.

Britain’s juniors showed great strength of character in Lisbon on the second night of finals at the European Junior championships as they bounced back from their opening night disappointments to claim two gold and two bronze medals.

Britain’s junior swimmers came down to earth with a bump on the first night of the European Junior Championships in Lisbon. That’s not to say that their performance was bad, just that it failed to live up to the sky high expectations the swimmers have set for themselves.