Despite a strong effort from the Italians, Russia claimed gold in the men’s 4×100 free relay to conclude night one of finals at the European Championships. The foursome of Evgeny Rylov (48.62), Danila Izotov (48.61), Vladimir Morozov (47.61) and Kliment Kolesnikov (47.39) combined to swim a time of 3:12.23. The swim was the second of the night for both Morozov and Kolesnikov, who earlier posted top marks in the 50 back semis.
Italy’s Luca Dotto, Ivano Vendrame, Lorenzo Zazzeri and Alessandro Miressi finished with a silver medal, posting a time of 3:12.90. Miressi posted an impressive 46.99 split on the anchor leg.
Third went to Poland’s team of Jan Switkowski, Konrad Czerniak, Jakub Kraska and Kacper Majchrzak in 3:14.20. Hungary, after winning bronze behind the United States and Brazil at last year’s World Championships, fell to fourth in 3:14.51.
Also competing in the final were Greece (3:14.52), the Netherlands (3:14.60), Germany (3:15.12) and Serbia (3:15.16).
