Andrey Govorov Rockets to 4th All Time, Sets Textile Best in 50 Fly

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Ukraine’s Andrey Govorov moved up to fourth all time in the men’s 50-meter fly with a meet record time at the 2016 European Championships.

Govorov, who already clocked a 23.00 this morning, unleashed a 22.73 tonight during semis. That lowered his own meet record of 22.87 set at the 2014 Berlin event.

It also moved him to fourth all time in the event’s history. Rafael Munoz (22.43), Roland Schoeman (22.57), Milorad Cavic (22.67) and Matt Targett (22.73) are the other members of the top five.

Notably, Govorov’s time also lowered the textile best of 22.76 set by Cesar Cielo in 2012.

Great Britain’s Ben Proud (23.42), Italy’s Piero Codia (23.55), Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh (23.57), The Netherlands’ Joeri Verlinden (23.67), France’s Fred Bousquet (23.69), Israel’s Meiron Cheruti (23.70) and Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin (23.72) also made the finale.

Semifinal 1 of 2
1 4 PROUD Benjamin GBR 21 SEP 1994 0.65 23.42 878 Q
2 1 BOUSQUET Frederick FRA 08 APR 1981 0.71 23.69 0.27 848 Q
3 8 CHERUTI Meiron Amir ISR 19 OCT 1997 0.69 23.70 0.28 847 q
4 6 TSURKIN Yauhen BLR 09 DEC 1990 0.72 23.72 0.30 845 q
5 5 TODOROVIC Mario CRO 11 OCT 1988 0.72 23.73 0.31 844 R
6 3 LENDJER Ivan SRB 29 JUL 1990 0.69 23.91 0.49 825 R
7 2 RIVOLTA Matteo ITA 16 NOV 1991 0.69 24.00 0.58 816
8 7 SEFL Jan CZE 10 MAY 1990 0.77 24.04 0.62 812

Semifinal 2 of 2
1 4 GOVOROV Andriy UKR 10 APR 1992 0.66 22.73 960 Q CR
2 5 CODIA Piero ITA 22 OCT 1989 0.71 23.55 0.82 864 Q
3 3 CSEH Laszlo HUN 03 DEC 1985 0.74 23.57 0.84 861 q
4 2 VERLINDEN Joeri NED 22 JAN 1988 0.65 23.67 0.94 850 q
5 6 KHLOPTSOV Andriy UKR 10 DEC 1998 0.72 23.92 1.19 824
6 1 DAHL Soeren DEN 15 JUL 1993 0.75 24.01 1.28 815
7 7 GKOLOMEEV Kristian GRE 04 JUL 1993 0.74 24.02 1.29 814
8 8 KRUPECKI Oskar POL 06 JUL 1992 0.76 24.13 1.40 803

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