Russian Cup: Grigory Falko Cracks Top 20 On Final Day

RUZI, Russia, July 4. A pair of top-25 world ranked times went up on the scoreboard on the final day of long course meter racing at the Russian Cup.

Grigory Falko clocked a 2:11.68 to win the men's 200 breast, and jump to 19th in the world rankings. Falko's previous best time this year had been a 23rd-ranked 2:12.34 from April. Vyacheslova Sinkevich took second in 2:11.91 to improve to 22nd in the world, while Aleksey Zinoviev took third in 2:13.96.

Svetlana Fedulova claimed the women's 50 free in 25.66, while Mariya Reznikoff took second in 25.87. Viktoriya Andreeva placed third in 26.18. Veronika Popova topped the women's 200 free in 1:59.16, while Aleksandra Veselov touched second in 2:02.57. Olga Kluchnikova wound up third in 2:02.82.

Mariya Gromov snared the women's 200 back in 2:12.53 with Kristina Vershinin earning second in 2:13.00. Aleksandra Papusha placed third in 2:13.34. Darya Deeva captured the women's 100 breast in 1:09.47. Vera Kalashnikov placed second in 1:09.61, while Anastasia Chaun took third in 1:09.95.

Irina Bespalov won the women's 100 fly in 59.03, while Popova took her second podium with a second-place 59.14. Fedulova also podiumed for the second time during the day with a third-place 1:00.49. Ekaterina Andreev snared the women's 200 IM in 2:15.90, while Kristina Kochetkova posted a second-place 2:18.17. Aigul Sagirova completed the top three in 2:19.60.

Evgeny Lagunov won the men's 100 free in 49.33, while Vitaly Syrnikov took second in 49.57. U.S.-based Vladimir Morozov wound up third in 49.66. Anton Butymov captured the men's 100 back title in 55.04, while Artem Dubovskoy took second in 55.42. Sergei Makov touched third in 56.02.

Nikita Konovalov claimed the men's 50 fly in 24.09, while Ivan Udalov took second in 24.54. Vladislav Gray wound up third in 24.59. Dmitry Zhilin posted a 2:01.19 to win the men's 200 IM. Dmitry Gorbunov touched second in 2:02.39, while Aleksey Atsapkin earned third in 2:02.90.

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