Europe’s swimmers are still showing top performances at the end of the year. On the opening day of the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka they set no fewer than ten European records, one was also a World record. Rijeka (pps) The 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka set a new record in participating nations. 40 of the altogether 51 member federations of the European Swimming Federation, LEN, were taking part in Rijeka.