Czech swimmer Barbora Seemanová takes gold at European Championships

Czech swimmer Barbora Seemanová won the gold medal in the women’s 200m freestyle at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest on Thursday.

The 21-year-old Czech clinched her first-ever European title with a time of 1:56.27, ahead of Italy’s Federica Pellegrini, improving her own record by 0.69 seconds.

The last Czech swimmer to grab a European Championship gold was Petra Chocová in 2012.