Russian Long Course Nationals: Evgeny Korotyshkin Posts World Beater

MOSCOW, Russia, May 10. TONIGHT, the Russian Long Course Nationals featured a top-ranked time by a veteran of the Russian squad.

Evgeny Korotyshkin clocked a top-ranked time in the men's 100 fly with a smocking 51.70. He became the first man to eclipse Andrew Lauterstein's early marker of 51.79 set in March. Only four swimmers have cleared 52 seconds this year as Takuro Fujii (51.94) and Masayuki Kishida (51.98) put on a show in Japan in April. Nikolay Skvortsov finished second in 52.86 to move to 18th in the world, while Pavel Sankovich placed third in 53.19.

Anastasia Zueva claimed the women's 50 back in 28.33, vaulting to sixth in the world rankings this year. Kseniya Moskvina placed second in 28.85, while Maria Gromova took third overall in 29.24.

Alexander Triznov topped the men's 50 breast in 28.02 to move into 13th in the world rankings this year. He just missed becoming just the 13th man under 28 seconds. Grigory Falko finished second in 28.29, while Stanislav Lahtyuhov picked up third in 28.36.

Stanislav Donets moved into 14th in the rankings this year with a 1:58.73 for the victory. Alexander Tarabrin finished second in 1:59.84, while Artem Dubovskoy wound up third in 1:59.93.

Veronica Popova won the women's 200 free in a touch-out triumph over Darya Belyakina, 1:59.37 to 1:59.45. Viktoriya Andreeva completed the top three in the event with a 2:01.33. Elena Sokolova topped the women's 1500 free in 16:37.46 with Ekaterina Seliverstova (16:41.50) and Elizabeth Gorshkov (16:49.59) finishing second and third.

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