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Egor Kornev<\/strong> sped to his second sub-47sec 100 free in as many days in 46.96 on the final night of the Russian Championships<\/strong> in Kazan.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old became the first Russian to break 47secs when he went 46.99 in Wednesday\u2019s semis to slice 0.12 from the national record of 47.11 that had stood to Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong> since the semis at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 when he went on to win bronze.<\/p>\n
Kornev returned for the final where he split 22.37\/24.59 to reset his Russian record. His semifinal swim elevated him to third European all-time where he remains behind David Popovici<\/strong> and his 46.51 continental record en-route to the 2025 world title in Singapore and Alain Bernard<\/strong>, who went 46.94 at the 2009 French Championships.<\/p>\n
Kornev now sits joint seventh all-time alongside Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> who went 46.96 at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju.<\/p>\n
It follows his efforts in the 50 free where he followed up a 21.12 semifinal performance with 21.06 in the final to go fifth all-time.<\/p>\n
He returned for the 50 fly in which he set a Russian mark of 22.59 in the semis. However, it was Oleg Kostin<\/strong> who took the title in 22.79 to Kornev’s 22.94.<\/p>\n
Yulia Efimova<\/strong> won the 100m breaststroke in 1:06.90, 10 years after double silver at Rio 2016 amid jeers from the crowd after being cleared to compete despite four positive tests for meldonium. That followed a 16-month ban for DHEA in 2013. Now 34, Efimova finished 0.09 ahead of Evgeniia Chikunova<\/strong> who followed up her 2:20.59 victory over 200m. Kolesnikov added the 100 back to his 50 crown in 52.52.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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