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Russian Swimmers Selected for European Championships; Will Compete as Individual Neutral Athletes<\/h4>\n

A 44-strong squad of Russian swimmers has been selected for the European Championships where they\u2019ll compete under the status of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN).<\/p>\n

World Aquatics decreed in April that athletes from Russia and Belarus could compete without restriction and with their respective uniforms, flags and anthems.<\/p>\n

European Aquatics confirmed to Swimming World earlier this month<\/a> that the world governing body had agreed to their request that the full reintegration of Russian and Belarusian athletes be delayed until 1 September.<\/p>\n

A spokesman also confirmed that while the athletes can compete at the European showcase from 10-16 August in Paris, they\u2019re still subject to restrictions as Individual Neutral Athletes meaning no Russian anthem, flag or uniform.<\/p>\n

Paris 2026 will mark the first time Russian swimmers have competed in continental waters since the 2021 short-course Europeans in Kazan which was followed in February 2022 by the invasion of Ukraine in a war that is ongoing today.<\/p>\n

Among the squad heading to the Olympic Aquatic Centre is double Olympic medallist Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong>, who won double gold as a Neutral Athlete at the Singapore worlds last year.<\/p>\n

Egor Kornev<\/strong>, who went 21.06 and 46.96 in the 50 and 100 free to shake up the all-time rankings as well as 22.59 in the 50 fly, is also selected.<\/p>\n

Evgeniia Chikunova<\/strong> \u2013 second in the 200 breast rankings behind Great Britain\u2019s Angharad Evans<\/strong> \u2013 also heads to the French capital as does Yulia Efimova<\/strong>, 10 years after double silver at the Rio Olympics amid catcalls on poolside.<\/a><\/p>\n

Miron Lifintsev<\/strong> – winner of two relay golds in Singapore – will miss the championships with a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n

Swimmers Selected For 2026 European Championships, Paris<\/h4>\n
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  1. Roman Akimov<\/li>\n
  2. Anna Arshavskaya<\/li>\n
  3. Victoria Blinova<\/li>\n
  4. Ilya Borodin<\/li>\n
  5. Grigorii Vekovishchev<\/li>\n
  6. Alina Gaifutdinova<\/li>\n
  7. Ralina Giliazova<\/li>\n
  8. Ivan Girev<\/li>\n
  9. Anita Grishchenko<\/li>\n
  10. Mikhail Dorinov<\/li>\n
  11. Sofia Dyakova<\/li>\n
  12. Yulia Efimova<\/li>\n
  13. Alexander Zhigalov<\/li>\n
  14. Roman Zhidkov<\/li>\n
  15. Daria Klepikova<\/li>\n
  16. Ivan Kozhakin<\/li>\n
  17. Kliment Kolesnikov<\/li>\n
  18. Nikolay Kolesnikov<\/li>\n
  19. Egor Kornev<\/li>\n
  20. Oleg Kostin<\/li>\n
  21. Alexandra Kuznetsova<\/li>\n
  22. Vasily Kukushkin<\/li>\n
  23. Kira Manokhina<\/li>\n
  24. Andrey Minakov<\/li>\n
  25. Ksenia Misharina<\/li>\n
  26. Maria Osetrova<\/li>\n
  27. Arina Pantina<\/li>\n
  28. Daniil Pisetsky<\/li>\n
  29. Kirill Prigoda<\/li>\n
  30. Pavel Samusenko<\/li>\n
  31. Georgy Smirnov<\/li>\n
  32. Ksenia Sorokina<\/li>\n
  33. Milana Stepanova<\/li>\n
  34. Maxim Stupin<\/li>\n
  35. Arina Surkova<\/li>\n
  36. Daria Surushkina<\/li>\n
  37. Alexey Tkachev<\/li>\n
  38. Andrei Cherepkov<\/li>\n
  39. Evgeniia Chikunova<\/li>\n
  40. Roman Shevlyakov<\/li>\n
  41. Aleksandr Shchegolev<\/li>\n
  42. Mikhail Shcherbakov<\/li>\n
  43. Egor Yurchenko<\/li>\n
  44. Georgy Yakovlev<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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