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European Short Course Championships: Flash Nikolay Skvortsov Sets World Record in 200 Fly -- December 13, 2008
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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