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MARIA KAMENEVA TIES #2 SWIM IN HISTORY, MATCHES EUROPEAN

RECORD IN WOMEN’S 50 BACK (SC)
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Kameneva blasted her way to a time of 25.60, tying the European Record established (and then matched) by
Kira Toussaint in 2020. Archive photo via Mike Lewis/Ola Vista Photography

BY JAMES SUTHERLAND " 0

November 24th, 2022 Europe, International, News, Records

2022 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (SCM)

November 20-25, 2022

Kazan, Russia

Short Course Meters (25 meters), prelims/finals + semi-finals for 50 & 100 meter
races.

Results

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After setting a new national record in the semi-finals, Maria Kameneva tied
the European Record in the women’s 50 backstroke (SCM) during the
penultimate day of the 2022 Russian Swimming Championships in Kazan.

Kameneva put up a time of 25.60, matching the European Record initially

set by the Netherlands’ Kira Toussaint in November 2020 during Season 2
of the International Swimming League (ISL). One month later at a Dutch 18-YEAR OLD EVGENIA CHIKUNOVA
meet in Amsterdam, Toussaint tied the record. BREAKS EUROPEAN RECORD IN 200
BREAST, #2 ALL-TIME
Toussaint’s 25.60 previously stood as the world record, having been broken
by Canadian Maggie MacNeil (25.27) at the 2021 Short Course World
Championships.

Therefore, Toussaint (2x) and Kameneva are now tied for the second-
fastest swim in history.
TEENAGER JOVAN LEKIC BREAKS
All-Time Performances, Women’s 50 Backstroke (SCM) BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA RECORDS
IN 400, 800 FREES
1. Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 25.27 – 2021
2. Kira Toussaint (NED) – 2020/ Kira Toussaint (NED) – 2020 / Maria
Kameneva (RUS) – 2022, 25.60
3. –
4. –
5. Kylie Masse (CAN), 25.62 – 2021
6. Etiene Medeiros (BRA), 25.67 – 2014
7. Sanja Jovanovic (CRO), 25.70 – 2009 BORODIN, SHYMANOVICH &
8. Olivia Smoliga (USA), 25.74 – 2020
KAMENEVA POST WORLD-LEADING
TIMES ON DAY 5 OF RUSSIAN
9. Kira Toussaint (NED) – 2019 / Kira Toussaint (NED) – 2020 / Olivia CHAMPS
Smoliga (USA) – 2020, 25.75
10. –

This was also Kameneva’s first time under 26 seconds. In the semi-finals on
Wednesday, she clocked a time of 26.05 to break her Russian Record of
26.15, first set at the 2016 Short Course World Championships and then
matched at the 2019 Vladimir Salnikov Cup.

The 23-year-old takes over the top time in the world this season by a
significant margin, with only MacNeil and Kylie Masse having been under
26 seconds in 2022-23, both at 25.96.

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2022-2023 SCM WOMEN 50 BACK VIEW TOP 28»

MARIA RUS 11/24

KAMENEVA 25.60

2 MAGGIE
MACNEIL CAN 25.96 10/28

2 KYLIE
MASSE CAN 25.96 11/03

4 LETIAN
WAN CHN 26.12 10/28

5 INGRID
WILM CAN 26.18 10/28

The victory marked Kameneva’s third win of the competition, having also
won the women’s 100 free in a new National Record of 51.79, and claiming
the 100 back in 56.23, 13 one-hundredths shy of the Russian mark she
established at the 2019 European Championships.
Earlier in the finals session on Thursday, she put up a time of 23.65 in the
semi-finals of the women’s 50 free, and will take a stab at her Russian
Record of 23.48 in tomorrow’s finla.

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ABOUT JAMES SUTHERLAND

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury,
Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished
up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a
bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his
graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to
Laurentian, James swam …
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