Ksawery Masiuk Just Shy Of National 50 Back Record At Polish Championships
Ksawery Masiuk fell just 0.02 shy of his second national record in as many days with victory in the 50 back at the Polish Championships in Lublin.
The 20-year-old stopped the clock in 24.46, a sliver off his Polish standard of 24.44 which he’s posted on three occasions, most recently en-route to the bronze medal at the 2024 World Championships. It followed his national record of 52.55 in the 100 back on Tuesday as he booked his third individual swim at the World Championships in Singapore with the two backstroke events and the 100 fly.
His time elevates Masiuk to sixth-fastest performer in the 2025 rankings which are topped by Kliment Kolesnikov who’s the only man inside 24secs following his 23.90 at the Russian Championships.
Aleksander Stys replicated his 100 back silver in 25.32 with Tomasz Polewka third in 25.34.
Adela Piskorska also completed the 50/100 back double with a 28.17 victory over one length as she went inside the A cut for the worlds. Varvara Hlushchenko was second in 28.44 with Paulina Peda third in 28.60, a day after the women tied for second in the 100.
European bronze medallist Jan Kalusowski punched his ticket to Singapore with a 2:10.19 win in the 200m breaststroke. It was a PB for the 25-year-old, 0.01 swifter than the 2:10.20 that secured bronze at the 2024 continental championships in Belgrade. Only Dawid Wiekiera has gone quicker among Polish swimmers with his national record of 2:09.99 from the Polish Grand Prix in 2022. On Wednesday, Wiekiera was second in 2:11.13 with Jan Gajda third in 2:15.70. Kinga Paradowska won the women’s race in 2:31.05.
Aleksandra Knop made another trip to the podium as she added the women’s 200 fly title to her 400IM and 200 back golds in 2:10.85. Adrian Jaśkiewicz went ahead on the second 50 to come home in 1:57.46 for the men’s title.
Thirty-year-old Filip Zaborowski went ahead on the third 50 of the men’s 400 free to take the title in 3:54.55 with Klaudia Tarasiewicz touching first by more than five seconds in the women’s race in 4:15.55.