{"id":323442,"date":"2018-08-03T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T17:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=323442"},"modified":"2019-06-23T14:34:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T21:34:14","slug":"morozov-kolesnikov-power-russian-men-to-4x100-free-relay-european-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morozov-kolesnikov-power-russian-men-to-4x100-free-relay-european-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Morozov, Kolesnikov Power Russian Men to 4×100 Free Relay European Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0Evgeny Rylov\u00a0<\/strong>(48.62),\u00a0Danila Izotov\u00a0<\/strong>(48.61),\u00a0Vladimir Morozov\u00a0<\/strong>(47.61) and\u00a0Kliment Kolesnikov\u00a0<\/strong>(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.<\/p>\n

Italy’s\u00a0Luca Dotto<\/strong>,\u00a0Ivano Vendrame<\/strong>,\u00a0Lorenzo Zazzeri\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Alessandro Miressi\u00a0<\/strong>finished with a silver medal, posting a time of 3:12.90. Miressi posted an impressive 46.99 split on the anchor leg.<\/p>\n

Third went to Poland’s team of\u00a0Jan<\/strong> Switkowski<\/strong>,\u00a0Konrad Czerniak<\/strong>,\u00a0Jakub Kraska\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Kacper Majchrzak<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

Also competing in the final were Greece (3:14.52), the Netherlands (3:14.60), Germany (3:15.12) and Serbia (3:15.16).<\/p>\n

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