{"id":487803,"date":"2021-09-23T11:57:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T18:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=487803"},"modified":"2021-09-25T09:34:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T16:34:12","slug":"isl-match-9-day-1-evgeniia-chikunova-sets-world-junior-record-in-200-breaststroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/isl-match-9-day-1-evgeniia-chikunova-sets-world-junior-record-in-200-breaststroke\/","title":{"rendered":"ISL Match 9, Day 1: Evgeniia Chikunova Sets 200 Breaststroke WJR As Energy Surge Into Commanding Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evgeniia Chikunova<\/strong> set a world junior record of 2:17.57 in the women’s 200m breaststroke as Energy Standard roared to a decisive lead at the end of day one in Match 9 of the International Swimming League (ISL)<\/strong> in Naples, Italy.<\/p>\n

Chikunova, who turns 17 in November, took 0.14secs off her old record of 2:17.71 from December 2019.<\/p>\n

Energy teammate Ilya Shymanovich<\/strong> continued his blistering form with victory over 50 and 200m breaststroke as well as a shuddering leg of 55.36 in the men’s medley relay.<\/p>\n

The Belarusian heads the MVP standings after day one with 35pts ahead of fellow Energy swimmer Evgeny Rylov<\/strong> (27) and Siobhan Haughey<\/strong> (25.5).<\/p>\n

London Roar won the women’s medley relay and picked the backstroke with Energy doing the same in the men’s.<\/p>\n

TEAM STANDINGS<\/h3>\n

300.5 Energy Standard<\/p>\n

227.0 London Roar<\/p>\n

193.0 DC Trident<\/p>\n

185.5 Toronto Titans<\/p>\n