Aleksandr Sadovnikov Races to 5th in World in 50 Fly 23.51

Photo Courtesy: Anna Kovalskaya - Russian Swimming

Aleksandr Sadovnikov chased down a top-five ranking in the world in the men’s 50-meter fly at the 2016 Russian Nationals.

Sadovnikov won the sprint fly event in a time of 23.51, moving past Fred Bousquet (23.54) into fifth in the world after taking sixth this morning with a 23.64.

He’s not far off the Russian record of 23.24 set by Evgeny Korotyshkin back in 2009.

Nikita Konovalov placed second overall in a time of 23.71 to move to 10th in the world, while Vitaly Melnikov finished third in 23.91.

Viacheslav Prudnikov (23.97), Nikita Korolev (24.02), Roman Rybin (24.02), Evgeny Koptelov (24.12) and Kirill Kiselev (24.16) also competed in the finale.

Notably, Roman Shevliakov won the B final in 23.81, that would have put him third in the A final.

Final A
1. SADOVNIKOV Aleksandr 1996 мс Volgograd Region 23.51 мсмк 868
2. KONOVALOV Nikita 1988 змс Volgograd Region 23.71 мс 846
3. MELNIKOV Vitaly 1990 мсмк Moscow City 23.91 мс 825
4. PRUDNIKOV Viacheslav 1993 мсмк St. Petersburg 23.97 мс 819
5. KOROLEV Nikita 1994 мс Tatarstan 24.02 мс 814
RYBIN Roman 1990 мсмк Volgograd Region 24.02 мс 814
7. KOPTELOV Evgeny 1993 мсмк Moscow City 24.12 мс 804
8. KISELEV Kirill 1994 мс St. Petersburg 24.16 мс 800
Final B
9. SHEVLIAKOV Roman 1998 мс St. Petersburg 23.81 мс 836
10. PAKHOMOV Pavel 1998 мс Moscow City 24.49 мс 768
11. KUIMOV Egor 1999 мс Tatarstan 24.70 мс 748
12. GOLUBEV Maksim 1999 мс Kaluga Region 25.02 кмс 720
13. DUBININ Vladimir 1999 мс Novosibirsk Region 25.05 кмс 717
14. KRAYUSHKIN Kirill 1998 кмс Volgograd Region 25.12 кмс 711
15. USTINOV Evgenii 1999 мс Moscow City 25.24 кмс 701
16. VOLOSHIN Anton 1998 мс Kaluga Region 25.38 кмс 690

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