Kornev, Kolesnikov, Kozhakin Shine on Ultimate Day of Russian Swimming Championships

2026 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

As has been the story all through the whole thing of the Russian Swimming Championships, Egor Kornev wrapped up his stellar exhibiting in Kazan with one more Russian Record, this time, besting his day-old mark within the 100 free with a blistering 46.96 to shut out the meet.

Yesterday, Kornev surged to a milestone swim, cracking the 47-second barrier within the 100 free in 46.99. Today, that point is a factor of the previous, as he improved on his personal World #1-ranked time this season by three hundredths of a second.

That time now places him in a tie with Caeleb Dressel for the sixth quickest performer within the historical past of the occasion. When he first broke 47, that swim made him solely the Seventh man in historical past to take action. As for the efficiency rating itself, it ties Dressel for the Thirteenth-fastest 100 freestyle in historical past.

All-Time Performers, Men’s 100 Freestyle (LCM)

1. Pan Zhanle (CHN), 46.40 – 2024 Olympic Games
2. David Popovici(ROU), 46.51 – 2025 World Championships
3. Jack Alexy (USA), 46.81 – 2025 World Championships
4. Cesar Cielo (BRA), 46.91 – 2009 World Championships
5. Alain Bernard (FRA), 46.94 – 2009 French Nationals
6. Caeleb Dressel (USA) / Egor Kornev (RUS), 46.96 – 2019 World Championships / 2026 Russian Championships
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8. Cameron McEvoy (AUS), 47.04 – 2016 Australian Olympic Trials
9. Eamon Sullivan (AUS), 47.05 – 2008 Olympic Games
10. Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 47.08 – 2021 Olympic Games

As for the remainder of the meet, one of many extremely anticipated races of the meet, the lads’s 100 again, lived as much as the hype, as solely two tenths separated the highest two performers, as Kliment Kolesnikov managed to carry off Pavel Samusenko‘s fast opening 50 to carry on and win in 52.52. Samusenko touched simply behind in 52.72, making him the Seventh quickest performer within the occasion this season. Kolesnikov was only one hundredth quicker within the semifinals yesterday at 52.51, which slots him in at 4th on the earth rankings this season.

After firing off a 59.30 within the semifinals, championship remaining high seed Kirill Prigoda was going through a brand new monster in Ivan Kozhakin, who blasted out a 58.93 finals swim to down the present Russian file holder in Prigoda. Prigoda was simply 9 hundredths off of what he swam within the semifinal, however in the end it wasn’t sufficient to carry off Kozhakin. Though the quick time, and one that may rank him 4th on the earth this season, Kozhakin has already been 58.91 this season on the Russian Swimming Cup. However, Prigoda’s 59.30 from the semis ranks him ninth on the earth this season.

The ladies’s 100 breast noticed a battle of eras, as Yulia Efimova and Evgeniia Chikunova completed in a colossal 1-2, separated by simply 9 hundredths of a second. Efimova would find yourself taking the highest spot in 1:06.90, and Chikunova would contact only a hair after her in 1:06.99. That time for Efimova marks her quickest of the season, and strikes her as much as twentieth on the earth this season, whereas Chikunova has been as quick as 1:06.84 on the Russian Swimming Cup in April, which slots her in at 18th on the earth this season.

In the ladies’s 100 again, Vavara Filippova took the nail-biting win in 1:01.00, taking the highest spot in a remaining that noticed seven of the eight ladies crack 1:02. Just behind her was Veronika Pugacheva in 1:01.05. Just exterior of the highest two was Daria Zarubenkova, who needed to accept third in 1:01.11. Despite the shut end, none of these occasions are all that close to the highest 25 this season, as the highest 23 performers to this point this season have touched below a minute.

The day kicked off with the ladies’s 200 IM, the place Yana Shakirova posted the one time below 2:13, profitable in 2:12.79. She was adopted by a pair of two:13 performers, Victoria Mashkina and Irina Zvyagintseva, in 2:13.36 and a couple of:13.68, respectively. Shakirova’s time nonetheless places her over a second exterior of the world high 25 this season.

Maria Osetrova claimed the ladies’s 50 fly title in 25.60. Top seed coming into this remaining, Alexandra Kuznetsova, completed third in 25.78 after powering to a 25.59 yesterday within the semifinals, the Seventh-fastest on the earth this season. Osterova’s time earns her a spot at eighth this season within the occasion.

Oleg Kostin and Kornev went head-to-head one final time at these championships within the remaining of the 50 fly, an occasion that Kornev took the Russian file from Kostin on day 5 within the semifinal. In the championship remaining, Kostin would get the final snigger by profitable the occasion in 22.79. Kornev, who was 22.59 yesterday when he erased Kostin’s earlier mark of twenty-two.62, completed runner-up in 22.94. Both Kostin and Kornev now personal two of the highest 5 spots on the earth this season, with Kornev on the high in 22.59 and Kostin fifth in 22.79.

The ladies’s 400 free was gained tightly as Sofia Dyakova nabbed the win from Arina Pantina by lower than three tenths in 4:10.23. Pantina was the one different swimmer below 4:12.90 in 4:10.52.

On the lads’s aspect of the 400 free, Saveliy Luzin added to his win complete after claiming the 800 free yesterday with a 3:47.17 victory right here, greater than a second quicker than Roman Kotov in 3:48.26.