2022 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- April 24-29, 2022
- Kazan, Russia
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Results
Anton Chupkov roared to victory in the men’s 200 breast today at the 2022 Russian Swimming Championships, blasting a 2:07.79. He led a great field of breaststrokers, with Fellow star Kirill Prigoda taking 2nd in 2:08.35, while Aleksandr Zhigalov came in 3rd at 2:09.29. As he usually is, Chupkov was phenomenal on the back half of the race, splitting 32.55 and 32.78 on the last two 50s, for a 1:05.33 on the final 100. Prigoda was out 0.69 seconds faster than Chupkov on the first 50, splitting 29.10, but was out-split by Chupkov on each of the remaining 50s.
2021-2022 LCM Men 200 Breast
Stubblety-Cook
2:05.95 (WR)
| 2 | Anton Chupkov | Rus | 2:07.19 | 07/21 |
| 3 | Kirill Prigoda | RUS | 2:07.25 | 07/21 |
| 4 | Matt Fallon | USA | 2:07.91 | 07/27 |
| 5 | Yu Hanaguruma | JPN | 2:07.99 | 03/05 |
Kliment Kolesnikov rewrote his own world-leading time in the men’s 50 backstroke, tearing to a 23.93. The swim scared the World Record, which Kolesnikov himself holds at 23.80 from last summer. Impressively, he won the race by nearly a second. Evgeny Rylov, who has recently received a 9-month ban from FINA, finished 4th in finals with a 25.11. Rylov won Gold in both the 100 and 200 back at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last summer.
2021-2022 LCM Men 50 Back
Armstrong
23.71 (WR)
| 2 | Justin Ress | USA | 23.92 | 04/28 |
| 3 | Kliment Kolesnikov | RUS | 23.93 | 04/27 |
| 4 | Shaine Casas | USA | 24.00 | 04/28 |
| 5 | Apostolos Christou | GRE | 24.36 | 08/15 |
Kolesnikov wasn’t satisfied with just one victory, however, going on to win the men’s 50 free final as well. Kolesnikov popped a 21.69 in the 50 free, clocking the #3 time in the world this year. Daniil Markov took 2nd in 21.85.
2021-2022 LCM Men 50 Free
Dressel
21.29
| 2 | Benjamin Proud | GBR | 21.32 | 06/24 |
| 3 | Michael Andrew | USA | 21.41 | 06/24 |
| 4 | Bruno Fratus | BRA | 21.49 | 05/22 |
| 5 | Maxime Grousset | FRA | 21.57 | 06/24 |
Nika Godun sped to victory in the women’s 100 breast final, clocking a 1:06.66. Godun used a speedy first 50 of 31.60 to get out to the lead, and then was able to tack on a 35.06 coming home.
Anna Chernysheva took the women’s 200 IM in 2:14.84, massively out-splitting the rest of the field on the backstroke leg with a 33.83 split. She also led the field in breaststroke, splitting a 38.26, though her freestyle wasn’t as great, coming in at just 33.57.
Anna Egorova won the women’s 400 free in 4:06.04.
“world leading” at 3rd place, amazing how the russians do it
Could have easily been a world record for Kolesnikov. He had a pretty bad touch in that swim.
FINA should be thankful for this touch, otherwise they have to review their own rules again to see whether the record can be ratified.
He had room to take another full stroke. The dude is the king of awful finishes–he seriously lost 0.2-0.3 on his 100 BK in Tokyo which cost him the gold and the WR.
Kolesnikov still gaining speed in free. Perhaps he’ll be under 47 by the time the ban ends.
he said he was coming out of early retirement, such a shame putin took away his chances and so many of his potential teamates to perform on the world stage
It almost seems like he is not the one who wanted him to come out of retirement
Russia winning all 3 backstroke events at worlds
Bet.
i thought they were banned
R/woosh
I like that timeline since Russia never invades Ukraine 🤨
I’m willing to bet my entire life savings against this
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chupkov’s time isn’t world leading, as zsc was 2:07.00 in december
Fastest time in 2022
Kolesnikovs raw speed in the backstroke is kinda ming boggling.
And while I understand this meet became the sudden priority of the Russian season with little notice, Rylov seems to just be phoning it in. I have a sneeking suspicion that he might go tye Sergey Karjakin* route of throwing his career in the dumpster to be a martyr for Putin’s regime instead.
* Since I realize many may not know who he is, Sergey Karjakin is a Ukrainian-Russian former chess prodigy who challenged Magnus Carlsen for the world title in 2016. Born in Simferpol in Crimea, he has ties to Putin’s regime and in 2009 became a Russian citizen and became an outspoken supporter of Putin, supporting… Read more »
Did not expect to see Karjakin referenced here! But I could absolutely see that with regard to Rylov’s career, such a shame