Kliment Kolesnikov Maintains Top Seed After 50 Back Semis

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The second event of the evening in Copenhagen was the semifinals of the men’s 50 backstroke. The top eight men now have just over an hour until their final.

Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov set a World Junior Record of 23.10 this morning en route to the top seed. Tonight, he held his top spot, but was a hair slower, clocking a 23.14. Taking the second spot into finals is Romanian Robert-Andrei Glinta in 23.21. Pavel Sankovich of Belarus posted the third fastest time, a 23.28.

It will be a tight final, with three more men only a tenth behind: Italy’s Simone Sabbioni (23.31), Romania’s Catalin-Paul Ungur (23.34), and France’s Jeremy Stravius (23.35). Also rounding out the final will be Poland’s Kacper Stokowski (23.42) and Germany’s Christian Diener (23.64).

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