Ralf Tribuntsov Breaks Estonian Record, 15-Yr-Outdated Emily-Parli Jaarats Wins 7 at National Champs

2026 Estonia National Swimming Championships

Estonia hosted its nationwide championship meet over the weekend, which featured 4 of the 5 members of its National A Team.

The greatest particular person swim of the meet by AQUA factors got here from Eneli Jefimova, who received the ladies’s 50 breaststroke in 30.55. The 19-year-old, already a two-time Olympian, is the defending European Champion within the 100 breaststroke in lengthy course, however she solely swam the 50 at this meet.

Jefimova is the established Estonian star within the breaststroke races, however not far behind her is the fast-rising Egle Salu, a yr youthful. She completed 2nd within the 50 breaststroke in 31.06 and received the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.80.

Salu is the 2025 European Junior silver medalist within the 50 breaststroke and the one different girl on the National A Team. Both symbolize Kalevi Swim School, which is run by one among Estonia’s nice swimming heroes of all-time, Martti Aljand.

On the lads’s facet, Ralf Tribuntsov received a trio of occasions, taking the 50 free in 22.43, 100 free in 49.37, and the 50 again in 24.98.

At 31, Tribuntsov remains to be swimming greatest instances – that 100 free time is a brand new Estonian National Record, shaving .02 seconds off his personal time from this meet in the identical pool final yr.

He is the defending European Short Course Champion within the 50 again.

Daniel Zaitsev received the 50 and 100 meter butterfly races in 23.49 and 54.20, respectively.

The Revelations

Outside of the standard guard, one new Estonian Record was set and three new Estonian Age Records fell as nicely.

In the lads’s 1500 free, 19-year-old Mark Iltsisin broke his personal National Record for the second time in three weeks.

He broke the report in 2024 on the European Junior Championships with a 15:46.49. His instances stalled out for nearly two years after that, however have since reignited. On April 23, he lowered the report to fifteen:46.11 after which on Friday he dropped it once more to fifteen:45.35.

After his earlier record-setting swim three weeks in the past, his coach Aljand (he trains for a similar membership as Salu and Jefimova, amongst others), mentioned that he hoped for a greater time.

“Neither of them (Maari Randvali set a National Record in the 100 back three weeks ago) was fully happy,” Aljand posted. “They both want to go faster. It is possible to celebrate a good swim and also be hungry for more. That is a champion’s mindset that drives real progress.”

The greatest breakout star of the meet was arguably 14-year-old Emily-Parli Jaarats. The swimmer, who ages up in two weeks, received seven particular person occasions on the meet, with a variety of victories from the 50 free to the 400 IM.

Jaarats’ Wins:

• 50 free – 26.16 (earlier PB 26.54)
• 100 free – 57.47
• 50 again – 30.14
• 50 fly – 28.00
• 100 fly – 1:01.83
• 200 IM – 2:18.85 (earlier PB: 2:22.71)
• 400 IM – 5:06.34

Of these wins, each greatest instances had been new Estonian Age Records for women 16 & underneath: the 50 free and the 200 IM. She additionally holds the report within the 100 fly from March.

Her wins within the 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly, and 400 IM had been total wins, whereas the opposite three races had been within the 16 & unders age group.

She was one among two swimmers to interrupt an Estonian Age Record on the meet. Richard Kivirand, who turns 14 this yr, broke the boys’ 14 & unders report within the 200 again with a 2:09.34.

In March, he grew to become the primary Estonian on this age group to go underneath 2:10 with a 2:09.43, and this weekend he shaved one other tenth off the time.

He received that race for his age group at this meet by six-and-a-half seconds, despite swimming up towards swimmers as previous as 16.