Andrei Minakov won the 100 fly by the narrowest of margins on the penultimate night of the Russian Short Course Championships in St Petersburg.
Minakov clinched victory in 49.62, as Evgeny Shilovsky took silver only .01 behind in 49.63 with Roman Shevlyakov third in 49.94. Egor Kornev was absent from the final after withdrawing following his 49.51 PB in prelims to focus on the 100IM.
Polina Malakhova won the women’s equivalent with a one-second PB in 56.07 with Daria Klepikova (56.26) and Arina Surkova (56.61) all inside the cut for the short-course worlds next month in Beijing.
Maksim Stupin posted 4:06.89 in the men’s 400IM with Irina Zvyagintseva taking the women’s event in 4:33.29.
Savelly Luzin made the Beijing cut with 7:36.39 in the men’s 800 free.
