Evgeniia Chikunova and Egor Kornev made further trips to the top of the podium as the Russian Short Course Championships continued in St Petersburg.
Chikunova enjoyed a clear win in the 200 breaststroke in 2:17.73 to complete the 100/200 double and added another event to her programme at next month’s short-course worlds in Beijing.
Kornev continued his speed streak with 49.51 PB in the 100 fly prelims before pulling out of the semis to focus on the 100IM. There he topped the podium in 50.75, 0.52 off his 50.23 Russian record in the semis which elevated him to third performer all-time.
Kliment Kolesnikov took the 50 back title in 22.71 ahead of Pavel Samusenko (22.94) with Alina Gaifutdinova winning the women’s two-length event.
Daniil Pisetski won the men’s 200 breast in 2:02.07 ahead of Kirill Prigoda who was also inside the Beijing cut in 2:03.74.
Ksenia Misharina won the women’s 1500 free in 15:43.72 to claim a sweep of the distance events and Ralina Gilyazova clinched top spot in the women’s 100m IM in 58.90,
