Evgeny Rylov<\/strong> set a European 200 backstroke mark of 1:53.23 as he continued his record-breaking form at the Russian Swimming Championships<\/strong> in Kazan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is faster than all gold-winning times in Olympic history – Tyler Clary<\/strong>‘s 1:53.41 from London 2012 the next swiftest.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: MIKE LEWIS \/ ISL<\/p><\/div>\n
Grigory Tarasevich\u00a0<\/strong>was more than four seconds adrift in second although his time of 1:57.54 was 0.04 outside the cut for Tokyo.<\/p>\n
With that performance Rylov goes third all-time in textile behind Ryan Lochte<\/strong> (1:52.96) and Mitch Larkin<\/strong> (1:53.17) and fifth all-suits with Aaron Peirsol<\/strong> still the only man inside 1:52 in 1:51.92 at the shiny-suit circus that was 2009 worlds.<\/p>\n
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Top Five All-Suits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
Aaron Peirsol<\/strong>, 1:51.92, 2009 World Championships<\/p>\n
Ryosuke Irie<\/strong>, 1:52.51, 2009 World Championships<\/p>\n
Ryan Lochte<\/strong>, 1:52.96, 2011 World Championships<\/p>\n
Mitch Larkin<\/strong>, 1:53.17, 2015 FINA World Cup<\/p>\n
Evgeny Rylov<\/strong>, 1:53.23, 2021 Russian Championships<\/p>\n
Top Five Textile<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
Ryan Lochte<\/strong>, 1:52.96, 2011 World Championships<\/p>\n
Mitch Larkin<\/strong>, 1:53.17, 2015 FINA World Cup<\/p>\n
Evgeny Rylov<\/strong>, 1:53.23, 2021 Russian Swimming Championships<\/p>\n
Ryosuke Irie<\/strong>, 1:53.26, 2014 Asian Games<\/p>\n
Tyler Clary<\/strong>, 1:53.41, 2012 Olympic Games<\/p>\n
The European governing body LEN posted a message of congratulations on social media which read:<\/p>\n
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\ud83c\udf8a\ud83c\udf8a Evgeny Rylov \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa: NEW EUROPEAN RECORD! \ud83c\udf8a\ud83c\udf8a
Russia\u2019s backstroke ace Evgeny Rylov bettered his European Record in the 200m at his country\u2019s Nationals in Kazan. The new ER is 1:53.23!
Congratulations! \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb #europeanrecord<\/a> #swimming<\/a>#LENaquatics<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/nLr7ZFGtIJ<\/a><\/p>\n
— European Aquatics (@EuroAquatics) April 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n