Egor Kornev Drops Another .10 to Lower Russian SCM 50 Fly Record To 21.73

2025 RUSSIAN SHORT COURSE NATIONALS

• Friday, November 7th – Wednesday, November 12th
• Kazan, Russia
• SCM (25m)
• Live Results

The 2025 Russian Short Course Nationals started with a bang as day one already brought us a Russian record and a European Junior record.

As for the Russian benchmark, Egor Kornev fired off a time of 21.83 during this morning’s heats of the men’s 50m butterfly.

That not only erased Oleg Kostin‘s previous Russian standard of 22.07 from the 2019 edition of this competition but it also represented the first-ever sub-22-second result for any man from the country.

Not one to rest on his laurels, 21-year-old Kornev upped the ante during tonight’s semi-finals, managing to shave another .10 off that mark to lower his hours-old record.

With the final yet to come, Kornev checks in as the 4th-swiftest men’s SCM 50 fly performer of all time.

Top 10 Men’s SCM 50 Butterfly Performers All-Time

1. Noe Ponti (SUI) – 21.32, 2024
2. Nyls Korstanje (NED) – 21.56, 2023
3. Ilya Kharun (CAN) – 21.67, 2024
4. Egor Kornev (RUS) – 21.73, 2025
5. Szebasztian Szabo (HUN) – 21.75, 2021 & Nicholas Santos (BRA) – 21.75, 2018
6. –
7. Steffen Deibler (GER) – 21.80, 2009
8. Roland Schoeman (RSA) – 21.87, 2009
9. Josh Liendo (CAN) – 21.91, 2025
10. Tzen Wei Teong (SGP) – 21.93, 2025

As for the European Junior record, we reported how 17-year-old Mikhail Shcherbakov fired off a time of 1:52.75 to reap gold and down Olympic champion Hubert Kos‘ previous EJR.

Kos of Hungary set the former benchmark at 1:52.87, a time he produced at the 2021 European Short Course Championships to place 4th overall. You can read more about Shcherbakov’s performance here.

The women’s 400m free final took place this evening, with Ksenia Misharina getting it done for gold in a time of 4:01.98.

That held off Sofia Dyakova who was next to the wall just shy of a second later in 4:02.96 followed by Arina Pantina who collected bronze in 4:03.66.

Saveliy Luzin was the top performer in the men’s 1500m free final, posting 14:27.11 to land on the podium with gold.

Ivan Morgun touched in 14:36.58 and Kirill Martynychev logged 14:48.70 for the bronze.

The other final of the evening was the women’s 200m IM where Yana Shakirova earned gold in a result of 2:08.55.

Irina Zvyagintseva put up 2:09.42 as the only other swimmer to delve under the 2:10 barrier. Valeria Kozlova rounded out the podium in 2:10.03.

Semi-Finals

• Arina Surkova was too quick to catch in the women’s 50m fly, capturing the top seed in a speedy 24.97. The next-closest competitor was represented by Daria Klepikova who registered 25.63 as the hunter for tomorrow night’s main event.
• The women’s 100m back semi-finals saw Alina Gaifutdinova earn the pole position, hitting 57.53 to establish a big-time personal best. Her previous career-swiftest outing checked in at the 57.99 from last year.
• Pavel Samusenko landed lane 4 for tomorrow night’s men’s 100m backstroke final. He turned in a time of 49.56, tying the 4th-best swim of his career. He’ll be chased by Olympic champion Kliment Kolesnikov who logged 50.08 and young gun Miron Lifintsev who touched in 50.38 as the 3rd-seeded swimmer.