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LEADING TIMES ON DAY 5 OF RUSSIAN CHAMPS
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In the 400 IM, European Record holder Ilya Borodin put up a time of 3:58.08, making him the first man sub-
4:00 in the world this year. Archive photo via Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

BY JAMES SUTHERLAND " 16

November 24th, 2022 Europe, International, News, Previews & Recaps

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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It was another fast day of action on Thursday during the penultimate night
of finals from the 2022 Russian Short Course Championships in Kazan,
headlined by a European Record-tying performance from Maria Kameneva.

Kameneva won the women’s 50 backstroke in a time of 25.60, equalling the

continental mark established by Kira Toussaint in November 2020.
Toussaint would then tie the record (at the time the world record) one 18-YEAR OLD EVGENIA CHIKUNOVA
month later. BREAKS EUROPEAN RECORD IN 200
BREAST, #2 ALL-TIME
Kameneva, 23, also obliterated the Russian Record of 26.05 she set in the
semi-finals. You can read more on the record swim here.

Daria Vaskina (26.79) was second in the women’s 50 back,

while Aleksandra Kurilkina (26.89) set a new Russian Junior Record in
third.
TEENAGER JOVAN LEKIC BREAKS
Prior to the 50 back record, Kameneva was the top qualifier in the women’s BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA RECORDS
50 free semis (23.65), within two-tenths of her national record (23.48). IN 400, 800 FREES

Arina Surkova qualified second in 23.88, and would go on to advance first

into the 100 fly final by nearly a second in 56.90.

There were a number of other blistering swims produced on the night,

including two on the men’s side that rank inside the top-20 all-time.

In the 400 IM, European Record holder Ilya Borodin put up a time of MARIA KAMENEVA TIES #2 SWIM
3:58.08, making him the first man sub-4:00 in the world this year. IN HISTORY, MATCHES EUROPEAN
RECORD IN WOMEN’S 50 BACK (SC)
Maksim Stupin was a distant runner-up in 4:05.56.

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2022-2023 SCM MEN 400 IM VIEW TOP 26»

ILYA RUS 11/24

BORODIN 3:58.08 KOLESNIKOV’S WR, RUSSIAN
RECORDS FROM SURKOVA &

2 DAIYA KAMENEVA HIGHLIGHT DAY 4 IN

KAZAN
SETO JPN 4:00.70 10/22

3 SO
OGATA JPN 4:01.67 10/22

4 KAITO
TABUKI JPN 4:02.60 10/22
WATCH: 50 BACK WORLD RECORD
5 MATTHEW
SATES RSA 4:02.65 10/30
22.11 FROM RUSSIAN KLIMENT
KOLESNIKOV

Borodin’s performance is also the 16th-fastest in history, having set his

personal best of 3:56.47 at last year’s SC World Championships, which
ranks seventh all-time.

In the men’s 50 breaststroke semi-finals, former world record holder and

Belarus native Ilya Shymanovich led the field in a time of 25.55, tying two
of his prior performances for the 20th-fastest swim ever.

Shymanovich owns a lifetime best of 25.25, tying him for the second-fastest
performer of all-time with South African Cameron van der Burgh.

Shymanovich takes over the top time in the world this year, while Russians
Kirill Strelnikov (25.96) and Kirill Prigoda (25.98) also moved into the top
six with their swims. Prigoda owns the National Record at 25.49.
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2022-2023 SCM MEN 50 BREAST VIEW TOP 28»

ILYA BLR 11/24

SHYMANOVICH 25.55

2 SIMONE
CERASUOLO ITA 25.78 11/05

2 NIC
FINK USA 25.78 10/29

4 JOAO
GOMES JR BRA 25.86 09/15

5 KIRILL
STRELNIKOV RUS 25.96 11/24

6 KIRILL
PRIGODA RUS 25.98 11/24

At the beginning of the session, Shymanovich delivered one of the fastest

relay legs in history, splitting 25.14 on Belarus’ 200 medley relay. The team
of Viktar Staselovich (23.89), Shymanovich, Grigori Pekarski (22.11)
and Ruslan Skamaroshka (21.52) combined for a time of 1:32.66, six-
tenths shy of the national record set in 2017.

Kliment Kolesnikov, fresh off of setting a new world record in the 50 back
on Wednesday, dominated the semis of the men’s 100 free in 45.86, ranking
him third in the world this season behind Kyle Chalmers (45.52)
and Maxime Grousset (45.61).

Finishers second through 13th were in the 47-second range, led

by Vladislav Grinev (47.25).

OTHER DAY 5 HIGHLIGHTS

Margarita Ershova dropped 15 seconds in the women’s 1500 free, setting a new
National Junior Record in 15:55.31. Her previous best was 16:10.89, set last
November.

Yana Shakirova, who set a new Russian Junior mark in the 100 IM on Day 4, won
the 200 IM in 2:09.66, dropping more than two seconds from her previous best.

Andrei Minakov dipped under his personal best time to win the men’s 50 fly,
clocking 22.30 to improve on the 22.34 mark he established in December 2020.
Belarus’ Pekarski was second in 22.46, just over a tenth shy of his National Record
of 22.35 set at last year’s SC Worlds.

Breaststroke star Evgeniia Chikunova won the women’s 100 breast in a time of

1:03.53, knocking a sizeable margin off her previous best of 1:04.25 (she also went
1:04.26 in the semis). Nika Godun (1:03.71) placed second, and Alina Zmushka
(1:04.33) was third. Zmushka set a new Belarusian Record of 1:04.07 in the semis.
Chikunova and Godun now rank fourth and fifth in the world this season.
 The Republic of Tatarstan won the women’s 4×200 free relay in 7:52.48, led by a
1:54.78 anchor from Valeriia Salamatina.

« Maria Kameneva Ties #2 Swim In

History, Matches European Record In
Women’s 50 Back (SC)

IN THIS STORY

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MINAKOV DER BURGH DARIA VASKINA

ILYA
SHYMANOVICH KIRA TOUSSAINT KIRILL PRIGODA

KLIMENT SVETLANA
KOLESNIKOV KYLE CHALMERS CHIMROVA

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 nuotofan
 4 hours ago

Evgeniia Chikunova has just swum 2.14.70 in the 200 breaststroke final, only 13
hundredths of a second shy of 2009 Soni’s WR.

4 -1 Reply

Paul
 7 hours ago

Inadmissible d’interdire aux nageurs Russes de participer aux compétitions

internationales.
Stop aux boycottes des sportifs !

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LUIGI
 8 hours ago

I am wondering whether these athletes are being ‘tested’ for any performance
enhancement smarties?

3 -1 Reply

Verram
 10 hours ago

So what’s their excuse they used for not being mobilised into Ukraine?

2 -3 Reply

Hank
 16 hours ago

Why is Swim Swam even covering this meet when Ukrainians tonight have no
electricity, heat, water or internet? Media blackout of Russian swimming is the
right thing to do here Swim Swam.

14 -25 Reply
IM FAN

 Reply to Hank  14 hours ago

Unless something is truly promoting harmful or dangerous misinformation, there’s

no reason for censorship or erasure (even then it’s hard to argue but that’s
besides the point). Regardless of what’s happened, Russia exist, people live
there, some of the people swim, and this is a website all about swimming.

This reminds me of a debate that happened in France in the midst of WW1. As

Germany was the enemy, many called for German music to be banned. When the
composer Maurice Ravel advocated against such a ban, those people then
wanted his music banned as well.

Any discussion about Russia is not automatically an implicit endorsement of the

regime, their propaganda, and their actions. Rather just as it… Read more »

 Last edited 14 hours ago by IM FAN

18 -7 Reply

Hank
 Reply to IM FAN  4 hours ago

I don’t think you get it. Russia has knocked out all power, heat, water and
internet throughout the entirety of Ukraine in late November in frigid
conditions. A death sentence for many civilians including women, children
and the elderly. Meanwhile, Russians enjoy the luxury of competing in a
swim meet, which requires power, heat, water and internet to exist?! What
an absurdity. Really disappointed that SwimSwam covers this meet and
doesn’t take a position.

3 -3 Reply

lefthandup

 Reply to Hank  3 hours ago

If you think SwimSwam hasn’t taken a position you must not really
be a reader. They’ve written several editorials taking positions.

I never got the “pretend like it’s not happening” crowd. Isn’t that
what Russia wants? Nobody to remind the world of what they’re
doing in Ukraine?

3 0 Reply

Samuel Huntington

 Reply to Hank  3 hours ago

Pleased to see SwimSwam cover this meet. Hank – not covering

Russian swimming would do nothing to end the conflict.

4 -1 Reply
 Obese Legend
 Reply to Hank  2 hours ago

I don’t know why ‘obejectly reporting what is happening in Russia’

means ‘not taking a position’. To take a position, you should know
what’s happening first! Information censorship could lead you to be
exactly like some brainwashed Russians if it goes too far.

0 0 Reply

Breezeway
 18 hours ago

So now we know where Minakov is

5 0 Reply

Braden Keith Admin

 Reply to Breezeway  18 hours ago

We’ve known for most of the fall that he had committed to this meet – he told
Russian media many weeks ago that he would compete at this event.

4 -1 Reply

Breezeway

 Reply to Braden Keith  17 hours ago

Cool. I thought it was a Russian meet end of summer/early fall he

committed to.

4 0 Reply

Sub13
 22 hours ago

Some pretty impressive times. Presumably the swimmers know this is the only
meet they’ll be swimming in the near future so have gone all in with resting for it.

16 -2 Reply

nuotofan
 Reply to Sub13  21 hours ago

A lot of swimming themes from these Champs and it’s clear that for Russian
swimmers this is the main event of their SC season. For instance Ilya Borodin
(who has the same coach of Kolesnikov) wasn’t satisfied by his 3.58.08 in the
400 IM: he aimed at his NR (3.56.47) or even Seto’s WR (3.54.81)
In the womens 1500 free impressive times considering also the swimmers’ age:
beyond Ershova (born in 2005) NJR of 15.55.31, there is the 16.07.40 swum by
Koziakina (2007) and the 16.17.43 swum by MIsharina (born in 2009). Another
strong prospect is 14 year-old Sofia Diakova who swam 8.26.15 in the 800 free
and 1.58.12 in the lead-off of the 4×200 free relay.
Also… Read more »

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 Demarrit Steenbergen
 Reply to nuotofan  20 hours ago

2009

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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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