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A stellar showing by Luxembourg’s swimmers, who claimed a haul of medals, combined with strong performances in athletics, mountain biking, and judo, has maintained the country's third place in the medal table – behind Cyprus and Iceland.
Swimming
In the final of the men's 4x200m freestyle relay, Luxembourg's team swam to gold with a time of 7:34.97. They finished ahead of San Marino (7:39.94) and Iceland (7:42.93), who took silver and bronze respectively.
Luxembourg celebrated another gold medal as Finn Kemp triumphed in the 200m breaststroke final with a time of 2:15.60. He narrowly edged out Iceland's Einar Margeir Agustsson (2:15.98), with San Marino's Giacomo Casadei taking bronze in 2:16.82.
Luxembourg's women's team claimed silver in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay final, finishing with a time of 8:35.65 minutes. They were beaten only by Iceland (8:26.37), while Monaco completed the podium in third place (8:43.84).
In the 100m butterfly final, Florian Frippiat secured the silver medal with a time of 54.25s. The race was won by Montenegro's Milos Milenkovic in 53.71s, while Iceland's Birnir Freyr Halfdanarson took bronze in 54.75s.
Ralph Daleiden added another silver to Luxembourg's collection, finishing the 100m backstroke in 56.12s. He was narrowly beaten by Liechtenstein's Rufus Bernhardt, who won gold with a time of 55.82s. Iceland's Guomundur Leo Rafnsson claimed bronze in 56.35s.
Luxembourg's Jaqueline Banky secured the bronze medal in the women's 100m backstroke with a time of 1:05.87. Gold went to Iceland's Ylfa Lind Kristmannsdottir, who touched in at 1:04.94, while Monaco's Giulia Viacava claimed silver with 1:05.45.
Luxembourg made a strong showing in the men's 50m freestyle final, with two swimmers reaching the podium. Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri claimed silver with a time of 22.84 seconds, just behind Monaco's Issei Kim who won gold in 22.80. Julien Henx followed closely to secure bronze with 23.00 seconds.
Finn Kemp won gold in the the 200m breaststroke.
Athletics
Vera Bertemes-Hoffmann claimed gold for Luxembourg in the women's 1500m with a winning time of 4:22.62 minutes. She was followed by Malta's Gina McNamara (4:29.52) and Mireya Bugeja (4:33.30), who completed the podium.
Cycling
In a display of grit and determination, Luxembourg's Liv Wenzel secured the silver medal in the mountain bike race despite suffering a crash in the final lap. Battling through pain in her hip and elbow, she managed to complete the race and ride onto the podium. Ekaterine Kovalchuk from Cyprus claimed the win, finishing with a lead of around one minute and 45 seconds. The bronze medal was awarded to Styliana Camelari, also representing Cyprus.
Judo
Luxembourg's women's judo team secured a bronze medal after a 2:1 victory over Montenegro. Carla Tavares Fernandes and Chloe Schillings both won their matches by ippon, demonstrating strong performances. However, Anetta Mosr lost her fight by ippon.
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