On the final day of the European swimming championships, Therese Alshammar and Laszlo Cseh won their second gold medals at the event and there were also victories for Frederick Bousquet, Yuliya Efimova, Katinka Hosszu and Rebecca Adlington.
Alshammar clocked 24.45 seconds in the women's 50-meter freestyle on Sunday, the Swede finishing 0.21 seconds ahead of Dutch swimmer Hinkelien Schreuder. Francesca Halsall of Britain was 0.01 seconds behind Schreuder, adding a bronze to the gold and two silvers she won earlier.
"It's going so well for me, so why should I retire? The 2012 Olympics are a great goal," said Alshammar, a four-time Olympian who turns 33 later this month.
Alshammar also won silver and bronze in Budapest to extend her medal collection at major tournaments to nearly 70.
Cseh led David Verraszto in a Hungarian 1-2 in the men's 400 individual medley to finish in 4:10.95 and win the event for the fourth straight time at the Europeans. Verraszto was 2.01 seconds back, with Gal Nevo of Israel 4.15 seconds behind Cseh.
Cseh's post-race comments bordered on rudeness, but his margin of victory backed him up.
"I knew that I would not have too much to do to win this race," said Cseh, who also won the 200 individual medley and was the Olympic silver medalist behind Michael Phelps in Beijing. "That is why I swam very relaxed on the last 100 meters."
Nevo's first medal in a long-course European championships wasn't enough to quell his frustration.
"Always the same people, always the Hungarians in the top positions," Nevo said. "I finally want to get closer to them. That's my great goal for the coming years, but it will be damn difficult."
Bousquet of France claimed the men's 50 freestyle. The European record holder won in 21.49 seconds, 0.20 faster than Stefan Nystrand of Sweden and 0.27 ahead of teammate Fabien Gilot.
"I came to these European championships to win the 50-meter freestyle _ and I did it," said Bousquet, the silver medalist in the 50 butterfly.
In the women's 50 breaststroke, Efimova of Russia set a new meet record of 30.29, beating Kate Haywood of Britain and Jennie Johansson of Sweden.
Despite a nagging injury, Efimova won the 100 breaststroke on Wednesday but later skipped the 200 in the discipline. She is the defending world champion in the 50 and 100 breaststroke.
"I had great back problems during the entire season," Efimova said. "I can manage the problems in the sprints. When I get back home, I'll have a medical check at the hospital."
Hosszu and Zsuzsanna Jakabos gave Hungary a 1-2 finish in the women's 200 butterfly _ repeating the order from Thursday's 200 individual medley _ after Hosszu moved from fifth at the halfway stage to finish in 2:06.71 and win by 0.35 due to a fast last lap.
"At the 150-meter turn, I put everything I had into it. I believed I could catch up with Zsuzsanna," said Hosszu, the silver medalist in the 400 individual medley.
Adlington won the women's 400 freestyle in 4:04.55, the Briton beating Ophelie Cyriell Etienne of France by 0.78 seconds. Lotte Friis, who won the 800 and 1,500 freestyle events, was third.
"After an awful performance in the 800-meter free, this race was very important to me," said Adlington, who was seventh in the longer distance Thursday. "I was mentally strong enough to come back and I also noticed that the French girl was leading for a long time."
In other finals, Britain took gold in the women's 4x100 medley relay and France was victorious in the men's version.
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