The 2026 European Swimming Championships are underway, and the mixed 4x100 medley relay lineups for the morning heats have been released. Several nations are testing combinations they hope to rely on in the final tonight. France is using Mary-Ambre Moluh and Carl Aitkaci on the first two legs, with Amaury Albar and Albane Cachot on the second half. The Netherlands could flip their lineup entirely, with Marrit Steenbergen rested, but they will hope to make it through to the final after missing out in the women's 4x200 free final in 9th yesterday. Spain goes with Ivan Martinez Sota and Nil Cadevall Micolau on the front half, while Germany rests Kaii Winkler, their fastest backstroker this season, with Ole Braunschweig and Lucas Matzerath on the front half. Great Britain uses two of their likely finals quartet in leadoff Ollie Morgan and fly swimmer Keanna MacInnes, and then has Gregory Butler on breaststroke and Evelyn Davis on freestyle. World Champions NAB have Ivan Kozhakin swimming the breaststroke leg, while Kirill Prigoda placed 9th in the semi-finals. Italy leaves off Thomas Ceccon and Nicolo Martinenghi, who both featured as Italy won European silver in 2022, using Michele Lamberti and Ludovico Art Viberti. Poland goes strong with national record holder Ksawery Masiuk on the leadoff, but opts to use a male breaststroker in semi-finalist Jan Kalusowski. Greece goes with a full-strength team in the final heat, leading off with defending European 100 back champion Apostolos Christou. Ireland, however, leaves off 100 breast national record holders Jack Kelly and Mona McSharry this morning. The heat lineups are as follows: Lane 3 - Estonia: Maari Randvali, Egle Salu, Alex Ahtiainen, Lars Kuljus; Lane 4 - Norway: Ingeborg V Loyning, Charlie Egeland, Elias Klev, Hedda Oritsland; Lane 5 - Armenia: Gevorg Tonoyan, Ashot Chakhoian, Varsenik Manucharyan, Milania Gunko; Lane 0 - Netherlands: Maaike de Waard, Koen de Groot, Tessa Gielé, Sean Niewold; Lane 1 - NAA: Artsiom Yarmak, Ilya Shymanovich, Anastasiya Kuliashova, Anastasiya Shkurdai; Lane 2 - Spain: Ivan Martinez Sota, Nil Cadevall Micolau, Laura Cabanes Garzas, Irene Ciercoles Galve; Lane 3 - Great Britain: Oliver Morgan, Gregory Butler, Keanna MacInnes, Evelyn Davis; Lane 4 - Republic of Moldova: Emmanuela Leu, Denis Svet, Maria Corlateanu, Constantin Malachi; Lane 5 - Italy: Michele Lamberti, Ludovico Art Viberti, Anita Gastaldi, Emma Virginia Menicucci; Lane 6 - Ukraine: Nika Sharafutdinova, Yana Klikotska, Ihor Troianovskyi, Illia Linnyk; Lane 7 - Denmark: Robert E. Falborg Pedersen, Elias Marius Elsgaard, Helena Rosendahl Bach, Julie Kepp Jensen; Lane 8 - Germany: Ole Braunschweig, Lucas Matzerath, Yara Fay Riefstahl, Linda Roth; Lane 0 - Switzerland: Gaia Rasmussen, Gian-Luca Gartmann, Julia Ullmann, Antonio Djakovic; Lane 1 - NAB: Pavel Samusenko, Ivan Kozhakin, Arina Surkova, Alina Gaifutdinova; Lane 2 - Lithuania: Mantas Kauspedas, Kotryna Teterenkova, Kristupas Trepocka, Sylvia Statkevicius; Lane 3 - Georgia: Noe Pantskhava, Anna Sofia Kalandadze, Ana Nizharadze, Andrea Poladashvili; Lane 4 - Ireland: Lottie Cullen, Darragh Greene, Jack Cassin, Grace Davison; Lane 5 - Poland: Ksawery Masiuk, Jan Kalusowski, Zuzanna Famulok, Barbara Lesniewska; Lane 6 - France: Mary-Ambre Moluh, Carl Aitkaci, Amaury Albar, Albane Cachot; Lane 7 - Sweden: Vidar Carlbaum, Oliver Munn, Louise Hansson, Sofia Astedt; Lane 8 - Greece: Apostolos Christou, Evangelos Efraim Ntoutas, Anna Ntoutounaki, Anna Avgousta VlacHOU.
