{"id":468543,"date":"2021-04-07T09:28:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T16:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=468543"},"modified":"2021-04-07T11:43:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:43:02","slug":"kolesnikov-goes-47-31-for-russian-100-free-record-no-individual-berth-for-grinev-or-morozov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kolesnikov-goes-47-31-for-russian-100-free-record-no-individual-berth-for-grinev-or-morozov\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolesnikov Goes 47.31 For Russian 100 Free Record: No Individual Berth For Grinev Or Morozov"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong> set a national 100 freestyle record of 47.31 as he added another race to his Tokyo programme with junior world record-holder Andrei Minakov<\/strong> claiming the second slot at the Russian Championships<\/strong> in Kazan.<\/p>\n

To put Kolesnikov’s performance into some kind of context, it would have been enough to claim the gold medal at every single Olympics bar Beijing 2008<\/strong> where Alain Bernard<\/strong> clocked 47.21 at the advent of the supersuit era.<\/p>\n

It elevates him to fifth all-time in textile and 10th all-suits and to within 0.18secs of Bernard’s European record of 47.12 set at the 2009 worlds at the peak of the suits chaos.<\/p>\n

That means though there is no individual berth for 2019 world bronze medallist and former Russian record holder Vladislav Grinev<\/strong> nor Vlad Morozov<\/strong>, the London 2012 4×100 relay bronze medallist, who were third and fourth respectively.<\/p>\n

World record-holder Anton Chupkov<\/strong> booked his place in the 200br and Alexander Egorov<\/strong> made it in the 800 free.<\/p>\n

Link to results<\/a><\/p>\n

Kolesnikov has been nothing short of sensational this week in Kazan.<\/p>\n

He matched then lowered\u00a0Evgeny Rylov<\/strong>\u2018s official 100 back national record\u00a0before the 2019 world silver medallist reclaimed it in 52.12 \u2013 0.01 off\u00a0Camille Lacourt\u2019<\/strong>s European mark \u2013 with Kolesnikov clocking 52.24.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kliment Kolesnikov; Photo Courtesy: Deepbluemedia\/Giorgio Scala<\/p><\/div>\n
That followed the 50 back where the 20-year-old was just 0.08 off his own world record of 24.00secs.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday he dipped inside 48secs for the first time in the 100 free heats in 47.70 (22.97\/24.73) before lowering that by 0.10secs in the semi in 47.60 to go fourth Russian all-time<\/a> behind only Grinev (47.43), Minakov (47.57)\u00a0and\u00a0Andrei Grechin<\/strong>\u00a0who went 47.59 during the super-suited times of 2009.<\/p>\n
Come the final and the three-time world medallist laid all that to waste.<\/p>\n
Out in 22.55 and back in 24.76, the 20-year-old took 0.13 off Grinev’s Russian record from 2019 and left clear daylight between himself and the rest of the field.<\/p>\n
Minakov was second in 47.77 (22.79\/24.98) with Grinev’s first 50 of 23.08 presenting him with a huge task and despite a second 50 of 24.81, he could not make up the deficit to stop the clock at 47.89.<\/p>\n
Morozov was next home in 48.18 followed by Alexander Shscegolev <\/strong>(48.24) and Ivan Giryov <\/strong>(48.34)\u00a0with the first six men all within the cut.<\/p>\n
It indicates a fearsome 4×100 relay come Tokyo although one that would not see the Russian flag or – should the quartet emerge victorious – be accompanied by the national anthem because of the sanctions imposed by WADA following the manipulation of data.<\/p>\n
Chupkov Leads The Way In The 200br<\/h3>\n
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Anton Chupkov; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n
Chupkov came from third at halfway to win the 200br in 2:08.31 and book his spot in the four-length event, five years after claiming bronze at Rio 2016<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
The world champion was out in 30.13 before reaching the 100m mark in 1:03.10 (32.97) and, rather than his customary pacing where he unleashes an almighty final-50 blast, Chupkov was ahead by 150 in 1:35.81 (32.71) before coming home in 32.50.<\/p>\n
Olympic champion Dmitriy Balandin\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0– representing Kazakhstan – was next home in 2:08.85 with Kirill Prigoda<\/strong> the second Russian to touch in 2:09.77.<\/p>\n
Egorov dominated the men’s 800 free to win in 7:48.25 to book his spot in the event which will make its debut on the men’s Olympic programme come Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Russian record-holder Svetlana Chimrova<\/strong> led throughout to win the 200 fly in 2:08.98 although that was outside the cut of 2:08.45.<\/p>\n
Alexandra Sabitova<\/strong> was second in 2:10.37 although that was some way outside the national junior record of 2:09.67 she swam on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Rylov And Chikunova Impress In Semi-Finals<\/h3>\n
Evgeny Rylov<\/strong> – who wrested his 100 back record from Kolesnikov earlier in the meet – heads the 200 field in 1:55.34.<\/p>\n
Eugenia Chikunova<\/strong> – the 16-year-old who has already booked a ticket to Tokyo in the 100br – led the way in the 200br in 2:23.00.<\/p>\n
Maria Kameneva<\/strong> went 53.88 in the 100 free with Andrei Zhilkin<\/strong> heading the 200IM in 1:58.92.<\/p>\n
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