{"id":323647,"date":"2018-08-04T10:25:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T17:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=323647"},"modified":"2019-06-23T14:54:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T21:54:14","slug":"kliment-kolesnikov-takes-down-50-back-world-record-with-24-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kliment-kolesnikov-takes-down-50-back-world-record-with-24-00\/","title":{"rendered":"Kliment Kolesnikov Takes Down 50 Back World Record with 24.00"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia’s\u00a0Kliment Kolesnikov\u00a0<\/strong>took down the world record in the men’s 50 back, touching in 24.00 to erase the 24.04 set by Great Britain’s\u00a0Liam Tancock\u00a0<\/strong>in 2009. Kolesnikov, 18, also smashed his own world junior record of 24.25 set in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Romania’s\u00a0Robert Glinta<\/strong>, who swam a time of 24.12 in the semis that now ranks fourth all-time, took silver in 24.55. Ireland’s\u00a0Shane Ryan\u00a0<\/strong>finished with a bronze medal, touching in 24.64.<\/p>\n

Russia’s\u00a0Vladimir Morozov\u00a0<\/strong>took fourth in 24.69, followed by France’s\u00a0Jeremy Stravius\u00a0<\/strong>(24.83), Belarus’\u00a0Mikita Tsmyh<\/strong> (25.04), Greece’s\u00a0Apostolos Christou\u00a0<\/strong>(25.14) and Israel’s\u00a0Jonatan Kopelev\u00a0<\/strong>(25.41).<\/p>\n

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