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Mityukov misses medal at long-course European Championships in Paris despite record

Roman Mityukov sets a new Swiss record but fails to medal in the final.

12 August 2026Tagblick Newsdesk

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At the long-course European Championships in Paris, Roman Mityukov set a new Swiss record in the 200-meter backstroke. He improved his personal best but narrowly missed the bronze medal by just 11 hundredths of a second.

Finishing in fourth place in the final, Mityukov ended up without a medal. Flavio Bucca took eighth place in the same race, according to SRF.

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