{"id":324545,"date":"2018-08-08T09:44:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T16:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=324545"},"modified":"2019-07-09T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T17:14:00","slug":"evgeny-rylov-throws-down-european-record-153-36-in-200-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/evgeny-rylov-throws-down-european-record-153-36-in-200-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Evgeny Rylov Throws Down European Record 1:53.36 in 200 Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was never any doubt that Russia’s\u00a0Evgeny Rylov\u00a0<\/strong>would win the European title in the men’s 200 back, and he did not disappoint. The World Champion in the event last year, Rylov put up a time of 1:53.36, improving upon his own European record of 1:53.61 from 2017.<\/p>\n

Poland’s\u00a0Radoslaw Kawecki<\/strong> picked up a silver medal as he touched in 1:56.07. Kawecki had won the previous three European titles in the event. The bronze medal went to Italy’s\u00a0Matteo Restivo\u00a0<\/strong>in 1:56.29.<\/p>\n

Germany’s\u00a0Christian Diener\u00a0<\/strong>took fourth in 1:57.05, just ahead of Greece’s\u00a0Apostolos Christou\u00a0<\/strong>(1:57.09). The other finalists included Russia’s\u00a0Grigory Tarasevich\u00a0<\/strong>(1:57.37), Italy’s\u00a0Luca Mencarini\u00a0<\/strong>(1:57.71) and Spain’s\u00a0Hugo Gonzalez<\/strong> (1:59.09).<\/p>\n

Notably, the final was missing\u00a0Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong>, who owns the world junior record at 1:55.14. That time would have been good enough for silver, but Kolesnikov was the third-fastest Russian in prelims, behind Rylov and Tarasevich, locking him out of the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

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