{"id":601101,"date":"2024-12-08T13:28:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T20:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=601101"},"modified":"2024-12-12T11:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:15:04","slug":"short-course-world-championships-russian-swimmers-set-for-return-to-global-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-russian-swimmers-set-for-return-to-global-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest 2024: Russian Swimmers Set For Return to Global Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Budapest 2024: Russian Swimmers Set For Return to Global Stage<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics, Russian swimmers provided a signature moment for their country with a 1-2 finish in the men’s 100 backstroke, the first time that country or its predecessor, the Soviet Union, had swept the top-two podium spots at a non-boycotted Olympics. But shortly thereafter, Evgeni Rylov<\/strong> and\u00a0Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong> would disappear from international competition, banned along with all swimmers from their country because of an internationally-condemned invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

A handful of Russian swimmers would return as neutral athletes at the Paris Games earlier this year, but the contingent representing the country will be far more substantial at this week’s Short Course World Championships in Budapest. Twenty-eight swimmers are entered under the moniker of “Neutral Athletes B,” many of whom won significant collections of medals prior to Russia’s banishment.<\/p>\n