Kliment Kolesnikov again set the world record in the 50m
backstroke. Now it happened in the final of the European
Championship in Budapest, which brought him his second gold in the
competition. In the women's 800 m swim, Anastasia Kirpichnikova won
the first silver medal for Russian girls in this discipline, and
Anna Egorova became the third. Both athletes also helped Alexander
Shchegolev and Alexander Krasnykh to win bronze in the 4x200 m
mixed relay.At the European Aquatics Championships, the second day
of the swimming competition has just ended, and the main character
of the tournament is already known. Kliment Kolesnikov again
pin up kz broke the 50m
backstroke world record and took his second victory in Budapest.
Even on the eve, it became clear that Kolesnikov intends to defend
the European title in his crown discipline and no one can stop him.
The day before, he was the first in history to swim out of 24
seconds, and the advantage over all rivals exceeded half a second.
The only question was whether Kolesnikov's 23.93 seconds would
remain a world achievement or whether it would be beaten in the
final.