Kseniia Misharina Breaks Kesely’s 400 Free Championship Record in 4:05.54, #3 Russian All-Time

2026 EUROPEAN JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, July 7 – Sunday, July 12, 2026
• Munich, Germany
• LCM (50 meters)
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results
• Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6

GIRLS 400 FREESTYLE – FINAL

• World Junior Record: 3:56.08, Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2023
• European Junior Record: 4:03.57, Ajna Kesely (HUN), 2018
• Championship Record: 4:05.89, Ajna Kesely (HUN), 2018
• 2025 European Junior Champion: Sofia Diakova, 4:07.06

GOLD – Kseniia Misharina (NA), 4:05.54 *Championship Record*
SILVER – Sofia Diakova (NA), 4:06.86
BRONZE – Linda Roth (GER), 4:08.20

Kseniia Misharina broke the European Junior Championships record in the 400 free tonight, clocking a new best of 4:05.54 to take the win by over a second.

Misharina clocked a new best, lowering the 4:06.67 she swam two years ago by over a second. Having been third seed coming into the meet, she clocked 4:13.72 this morning to claim lane four for the final before unleashing a monster swim tonight.

The 17-year-old was second at the first turn behind Germany’s Linda Roth, but overtook her on the next length and never relinquished her lead. She was just over a second ahead of Roth at halfway, 2:01.31 to 2:02.34, and then delivered a field-best back half of 2:04.23 as she ended up winning by a second.

Misharina lowered Hungarian Ajna Kesely‘s eight-year-old record of 4:05.89 by nearly half a second, as she won her third individual title of the week. She had already won both the 800 free, clocking 8:25.75, and the 1500 free title in 16:05.46, two seconds off the 16:03.42 she posted earlier this year. She has also swum on two medal-winning relays, taking silver in the 4×200 free relay, leading off in 1:59.49, and bronze on the 4×100 free relay, anchoring in 54.80.

Misharina now sits as the #3 Russian swimmer in history, behind only Anna Egorova‘s 4:04.10 from the 2021 Russian Championships and Sofia Diakova‘s 4:05.16 from the 2024 Russian National Swimming Cup.

Russian Women’s 400 Free, All-Time Top 5

1. Anna Egorova – 4:04.10 (2021)
2. Sofia Diakova – 4:05.16 (2024)
3. Kseniia Misharina – 4:05.54 (2026)
4. Veronica Andrusenko – 4:06.01 (2019)
5. Anastasia Kirpichnikova – 4:06.26 (2021)

Diakova was in the field tonight, claiming silver in 4:06.86 for her third-fastest swim ever. She sat back from Misharina through the first half of the race, flipping third in 2:02.51 at the 200m mark, before almost matching her second 200 with a 2:04.35 back half.

Misharina now slots in as the #16 performer in the world this season, and is the #3 swimmer among European women.