Teterevkova and Giliazova Tie In 50 Breast Swim-Off, Will Swim Off Once more In Prelims Tomorrow

2026 European Swimming Championships

Women’s 50m Breaststroke — Semifinals

Top 8 Qualifiers: 

1. Benedetta Pilato (Italy) — 29.84
2. Eneli Jefimova (Estonia) — 29.93
3. Ruta Meilutyte (Lithuania) — 30.05
4. Veera Kivirinta (Finland) — 30.26
5. Anna Elendt (Germany) — 30.34
6. Florine Gaspard (Belgium) — 30.42
7. Mona McSharry (Ireland) — 30.43
8. Maria Ramos Najji (Spain) — 30.47
9. Kotryna Teterevkova (Lithuania)/Ralina Giliazova (Neutral Athletes B) — 30.55

There was a tie for ninth in tonight’s girls’s 50 breaststroke semi-finals, as Lithuania’s Kotryna Teterevkova and NAB’s Ralina Giliazova swam matching 30.55s, Giliazova within the first semi-final and Teterevkova within the second.

Both swimmers opted to race for the spot of first reserve, and the swim-off passed off on the finish of the finals session tonight after the medal ceremonies had wrapped up.

However, the 2 as soon as once more tied, this time in 30.43. That was the second lifetime better of the day for Teterevkova, whereas Giliazova’s finest is a 30.34 from the Russian Championships in June.

That set them up for an additional swim-off, which is able to happen on the finish of the prelims session tomorrow morning. The swim-off is scheduled for 11:24am native time.

While uncommon, ties in swim-offs do happen. There was a tie in a swim-off for the ultimate spot within the ‘C’ ultimate at U.S. Junior Nationals earlier this month between Camryn Siegers and Jane Garlock, which had been a three-way swim-off with Leah Inman in any case three posted 57.20 within the heats.

Siegers and Garlock tied once more in 56.91 within the swim-off, though there was not then a second swim-off with Siegers ending up swimming within the ‘D’ ultimate.

Another three-way-tie-turned-to-two-way-tie occurred on the 2026 NCAA DIII Championships within the males’s 50 free, with Spencer Stluka, Cam Blevins-Mohr , and Casey Jacobs tying for sixteenth within the heats. Stluka and Blevins-Mohr then tied within the swim-off in 20.17. A second swim-off was gained by Stluka in 20.08.

There was a double tie within the 100 breaststroke on the British Universities Championships in 2020, additionally swimming for first reserve. Ross Young and Lewis Waters posted an identical occasions of 1:05.37 of their swim-off, after which had a second swim-off which began simply 4 minutes and 12 seconds after they hit the wall within the first one. Young gained the second swim-off in 1:09.24.

A extra brutal double swim-off than those above got here within the 500 free on the 2025 ACC Championships. Gustavo Saldo and Dillon Wright each tied for twenty fourth in 4:20.80, then once more in a time of 4:21.63. Wright then scratched, with Saldo ending 4th within the ‘C’ ultimate that night in 4:16.94.