2026 EUROPEAN JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, July 7 – Sunday, July 12, 2026
- Munich, Germany
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The Russian boys team, competing as Neutral Athletes, set a new European Junior Record time of 7:09.16.
BOYS 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL
- World Junior Record: 7:08.37, USA, 2019
European Junior Record: 7:10.39, Russia, 2025Championship Record: 7:12.15, Italy, 2024- 2025 European Junior Champion: France, 7:15.99
The Russian team stopped the clock in 7:09.16 to finish seven seconds ahead of the Italian team’s 7:16.14 in 2nd.
The team led from start to finish, starting with Bogdan Toropkin‘s 1:47.86 on the first leg. Mikhail Shcherbakov swam 1:47.42 in 2nd. Savelii Vishniakov split 1:48.16 on the 3rd leg, and Grigorii Vekovishchev brought the team home in 1:45.72.
They took more than a second off their own former European Junior Record time of 7:10.39 from last year’s World Junior Championships.
| Old Record — 7:10.39, Russia (2025) | New Record — 7:09.16, Russia (2026) |
World Junior Record — United States, 7:08.37 (2019)
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| 200 | Mikhail Shcherbakov — 1:47.28 | Bogdan Toropkin — 1:47.86 |
Jake Magahey — 1:48.11
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| 400 | Grigorii Vekovishchev — 1:48.12 | Mikhail Shcherbakov — 1:47.42 |
Luca Urlando — 1:47.13
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| 600 | Egor Babinich — 1:47.51 | Savelii Vishniakov — 1:48.16 |
Jake Mitchell — 1:47.03
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| 800 | Andrei Cherepkov — 1:47.48 | Grigorii Vekovishchev — 1:45.72 |
Carson Foster — 1:46.10
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The biggest split difference in the records came on the final leg of the race, where Grigorii Vekovishchev split 1:45.72, almost two seconds faster than Andrei Cherepkov‘s 1:47.48 at the World Junior Championships. Vekovishchev’s split was also more than two seconds faster than his own 1:48.12 from that same relay in August of last year.
The Russian team was still about a second over the United States 2019 World Junior Record time of 7:08.37.
This is the 3rd relay record the Russian team has broken this week. They broke the World Junior records in the 400 freestyle relay and mixed 400 freestyle relay
