54ÈME CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL DE GENÈVE (SUI)
- Friday, January 15th – Sunday, February 17th
- Geneva, Switzerland
- LCM (50m)
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While competing on day 2 of the 54th Geneva International Challenge in Switzerland, domestic swimmer Roman Mityukov fired off a new national record in the men’s 200m backstroke.
The 20-year-old got to the wall first in tonight’s men’s 2back final in a time of 1:57.39, representing the only sub-2:00 swimmer of the field en route to topping the podium. Silver went to Algeria’s Abdallah Ardjoune with his time of 2:01.64, while Frenchman Yohann Ndoye Brouard rounded out the top 3 in 2:04.70.
Splitting 57.78/59.61, Mityukov’s 1:57.39 time tonight shaved just over half a second off of his own Swiss standard of 1:57.91. The man logged that effort just this past December while competing at the Swiss Winter Challenge in Uster. Splits for that previous effort included 57.81/1:00.01, showing how the Swiss swimmer hung on to his speed a little longer on the back half this time around.
Mityukov’s time also checks-in as a new meet record and now ranks him as the world’s 9th fastest 200m backstroke so far this season.
2020-2021 LCM Men 200 Back
Rylov
1:53.23
| 2 | Ryan Murphy | USA | 1:54.15 | 07/30 |
| 3 | Mitch Larkin | AUS | 1:54.38 | 04/16 |
| 4 | Luke Greenbank | GBR | 1:54.43 | 05/22 |
| 5 | Bryce Mefford | USA | 1:54.79 | 06/18 |
Mityukov represented Switzerland in this 200m back event at the 2019 FINA World Aquatic Championships. There in Gwangju he finished in 13th in a time of 1;57.93.
Mityukovs (born 2000) is a top backstroker, but also versatile: His LC best times-> 100 free 49.27, 200 free 1:47.57, 50 back 25.54, 100 back 54.67 (54.0 mixed relay), 200 back 1:57.39, 200 IM 2:01.04