European Short Course Championships: Flash Nikolay Skvortsov Sets World Record in 200 Fly

RIJEKA, Croatia, December 13. JUST one more world record to go until the swimming community sees its 100th of the year as Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov used a strong final 50 meters to surpass the men's 200 fly global standard in the European Short Course Championships.

Skvortsov clocked a time of 1:50.60 to clip Franck Esposito's 1:50.73 set back in 2002 in Antibes, France.

Skvortsov split the swim 25.33, 53.53 (28.20), 1:22.19 (28.66), 1:50.60 (28.41). Esposito had the following splits: 24.73, 52.79 (28.06), 1:21.35 (28.56), 1:50.73 (29.38).

Austria's Dinko Jukic finished second in 1:52.31, while Russia's Maxim Ganikhin took third in 1:52.32.

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