European Swimming Championships
- August 10-16, 2026
- Paris, France — Olympic Aquatics Centre
- LCM (50 Meters)
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The Russian Swimming Federation has announced their roster for the 2026 European Championships in Paris.
This meet will be a big deal for the Russian swimmers, who are going to be competing under their national flag and colors for the first time in more than four years, rather than under the Neutral Athlete designation.
The roster is highlighted by a few major players from last year’s World Championships including men’s 50 backstroke gold medalist Kliment Kolesnikov, men’s 50 breaststroke silver medalist Kirill Prigoda, and women’s 200 breaststroke silver medalist and world record holder Evgeniia Chikunova.
Egor Kornev is another member of this summer’s roster, and he has been on a tear this summer. At the Russian National Championships, he set the top times in the world this year in the 100 free (46.96) and the 50 fly (22.59) and the 2nd fastest time in the world in the 50 free (21.06). He is now the Russian record holder in all three events.
Notably absent from the roster is Miron Lifintsev, the 2nd-fastest 100 backstroker ever after he swam 51.78 leading off the 400 mixed medley in Singapore last summer. It was announced earlier this week that he would not be attending the meet due to a shoulder injury that needs rehab, and his focus is shifting to the 2027 World Championships.
Full Russia Roster
- Roman Akimov
- Anna Arshavskaya
- Victoria Blinova
- Ilya Borodin
- Grigorii Vekovishchev
- Alina Gaifutdinova
- Ralina Giliazova
- Ivan Girev
- Anita Grishchenko
- Mikhail Dorinov
- Sofia Dyakova
- Yulia Efimova
- Alexander Zhigalov
- Roman Zhidkov
- Daria Klepikova
- Ivan Kozhakin
- Kliment Kolesnikov
- Nikolay Kolesnikov
- Egor Kornev
- Oleg Kostin
- Alexandra Kuznetsova
- Vasily Kukushkin
- Kira Manokhina
- Andrey Minakov
- Ksenia Misharina
- Maria Osetrova
- Arina Pantina
- Daniil Pisetsky
- Kirill Prigoda
- Pavel Samusenko
- Georgy Smirnov
- Ksenia Sorokina
- Milana Stepanova
- Maxim Stupin
- Arina Surkova
- Daria Surushkina
- Alexey Tkachev
- Andrei Cherepkov
- Evgeniia Chikunova
- Roman Shevlyakov
- Aleksandr Shchegolev
- Mikhail Shcherbakov
- Egor Yurchenko
- Georgy Yakovlev
Why don’t Russian swimmers test positive in Russia
They do. Which is not to say their testing program is legit and above board, but to answer your specific question, they do: https://swimswam.com/russia-hands-doping-suspensions-to-a-pair-of-national-level-swimmers/
They are not competing under their national flag and colors. European aquatics requested a delay and got it (until September 1st).
It’s a bit ridiculous. The athletes have paid long enough. And it’s not a meet without the Russians. I’ve missed them.