Swimming: The Dutch hosts smashed the women's 4x100 metres freestyle relay world record to provide a rousing start to the main pool action at the European swimming championships.
Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis hurtled through the entire race inside world record pace to clock three minutes 33.62 seconds.
They broke the mark of 3:35.22 set by Germany at the last European championships in Budapest on July 31, 2006.
Italy were second, way back in 3:41.06, with Sweden third (3:41.28).
Russia lost the men's 4x100 freestyle relay gold when they were disqualified for a faulty takeover by third swimmer Andrei Kapralov after touching first by 1.20 seconds.
Sweden moved into first (3:15.41) ahead of Italy (3:15.77) with the Dutch taking bronze (3:15.88) after their Olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband was overtaken by Sweden's Jonas Persson and Italian world champion Filippo Magnini.
Italy's Alessia Filippi retained her 400 metres individual medley title, taking a decisive lead on the backstroke after Russia's Yana Martynova, the fastest qualifier, had led through the opening butterfly.
Filippi swept through to win in 4:36.68, with Hungary's Katinka Hosszu coming through for silver in 4:37.43, leaving 2007 world silver medallist Martynova with bronze (4:37.86)
Yana Klochkova, Ukraine's 200 and 400 individual medley champion at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, failed to make the final, trailing 12th overall in the morning's heats.