Ilya Shymanovich Lowers Own 200Br Record At Belarusian Short-Course Championships

Ilya Shymanovich: Photo Courtesy: Mine Kasapoglu / ISL

Ilya Shymanovich lowered his national 200m breaststroke record to 2:02.77 on the first day of the Belarusian Short-Course Championships in Brest.

Shymanovich had set a previous record of 2:02.86 while representing Energy Standard at the International Swimming League final in November.

It was during the ISL that the Belarus swimmer – the second-fastest man in history over 100m in a long-course pool – was accused by James Guy and Mel Marshall – Adam Peaty’s coach – of using illegal dolphin kicks throughout his races.

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Ilya Shymanovich: Photo Courtesy: Mine Kasapoglu / ISL

The double silver medallist at the 2018 World Short-Course Championships split 27.36/31.69/32.07/31.65 to cut 0.09 from that mark.

He then returned to the pool for the 4x50m men’s medley relay where he split a scorching 25.04 on the breaststroke leg as the Minsk quartet won in 1:34.09.

Alina Zmushka sliced more than four seconds off her national record in the women’s 200br.

Zmushka lowered her 2019 record of 2:25.44 to 2:23.44 in the heats before going 2:21.40 in the final for victory by more than seven seconds.

Anastasiya Shkurdai enjoyed double gold in the 50 back and 100 free.

The 17-year-old twice lowered her 50 back PB, going 26.47 in the final after a heats effort of 26.66.

She then returned to win the 100fr in a PB of 52.47.Aliaksandra Herasimenia, who returned from a two-year doping ban to win world and Olympic medals, holds both the 50 back and 100 free national records with times of 26.12 and 52.06 respectively.

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