The 54th Mladost 2026 International Swimming Meet was held on 7 and 8 November 2026 at the Športski park Mladost pool in Zagreb, featuring 496 competitors from 55 clubs and nine countries. The meet served as the fourth and final competition in this year's HPS Grand Prix cycle, as well as a qualifying event for the 2026 World Championships in Beijing.
Four younger junior swimmers represented the Jadera Swimming Club in Zagreb — Pavle Čulina, Noa Miočić, Adrian Pavić and Marcel Prenđa — all born in 2011. The head coach for the meet was Marijan Čulina, prof.
Adrian Pavić and Marcel Prenđa qualified for a total of four C finals in the afternoon sessions. Pavić advanced to the C finals for the 50m and 100m backstroke; in the 50m backstroke, he recorded 29.74, securing 23rd place in the open competition and 10th place among younger juniors. In the 100m backstroke, he swam 1:04.13 to finish 20th overall.
Marcel Prenđa also qualified for two C finals in the backstroke. In the 50m backstroke, he recorded 31.01, placing 24th in the open competition and 11th among younger juniors, while in the 100m backstroke, he swam 1:07.24 to finish 23rd overall.
Pavle Čulina recorded a time of 58.84 in the 100m freestyle, dropping below one minute for the first time and improving his entry time by more than six seconds. In the 50m freestyle, he swam 26.83, and in the 50m butterfly, 28.81. Noa Miočić recorded 58.28 in the 100m freestyle, nearly five seconds faster than his entry time, while swimming 26.58 in the 50m freestyle and 29.62 in the 50m butterfly. All four swimmers significantly improved their personal bests in the majority of their events.
The day before, on 7 November 2026, the traditional 33rd Golden Dolphin, an international swimming competition for swimmers born in 2015 or younger, was held at the Poljud pools in Split. Noah Miljanović, Adrian Bošnjak Veladžić, Korina Kapović, Yana Myronenko and Margareta Prenđa represented PK Jadera in Split, with Daniel Zovko, prof., serving as head coach.
Noah Miljanović, born in 2016, won a bronze medal in the B category in the 50m butterfly, improving his entry time from 51.39 to 47.40. In the 50m freestyle, he finished 8th with a time of 37.41 (entry 37.83), and in the 100m medley, he also placed 8th with 1:42.04 (entry 1:45.69).
Adrian Bošnjak Veladžić, born in 2017, improved his entry time from 24.44 to 22.70 in the C category 25m backstroke, securing 10th place among 32 swimmers, while swimming 20.34 in the 25m freestyle. Korina Kapović, born in 2015, recorded 1:29.31 in the A category 100m freestyle, improving her entry time of 1:30.21.
