After winning double bronze medals in the 100 and 200 fly at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Ilya Kharun has kept his momentum rolling into the bathtub (short course yards pool).
The YouTube channel Poolside Perspective, which shares many race videos from Arizona State’s aquatic facility, posted a video of Kharun swimming a suited 75 fly from the blocks. The video ends before we could hear what time was called out for Kharun, but Kharun reached out to us and confirmed that he was clocked at 31.2.
Kharun himself posted a video to his Instagram of what appears to be a 200 medley relay, where he swims a 50 fly from a relay start. The running clock in the video stops at 19.29.
Last year as a freshman, Ilya Kharun was a key piece in Arizona State’s NCAA title run. At the NCAA Championships, he won the 200 fly (1:38.26), finished 5th in the 100 fly (44.26), and was a part of the record-breaking 400 medley relay for Arizona State.
Not that fast, he was better with bowman. Probably will be slow until he transfers to Texas.
Oh yeah?
https://swimswam.com/ilya-kharun-swims-42-30-in-the-100-free-at-arizona-state-intrasquad-45s-in-100-fly-100-back/
Ilya Kharun just posted a 42.30 in practice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2XdRUCazCI
Anyone know who was in lane three? Filip Senc-Samardzic? I thought I heard the “coach’s voice” on the recording saying “:33.30, Filip;” who was an invited :45.18 100 Flyer last season. While not as impressive as Ilya, he looks like getting sub :45 is a pretty likely future.
I thought it was FS-S as well. He’s on a nice improvement progression and could be a relay contributor for Canada going forward. Too bad he’s got the top 2 best Canadian male 100 flyers ever ahead of him in his best event.
Ilya Kharun’s transition from Olympic success in Paris to this blistering 31.2 in a suited 75 fly shows his elite versatility and adaptability across formats. His ability to carry speed through the final 25 of a short course sprint is especially impressive, as it highlights both his underwater prowess and the efficiency of his stroke. As Kharun continues to hone his racecraft at Arizona State, performances like this suggest he’s not just peaking at the international level but also pushing boundaries in short course racing. Expect big things from him in the upcoming collegiate and professional seasons.
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Right! “hone his racecraft”!!
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The audacity “Does ASU still have the weapons to beat Texas again this year?” Fuck no 😂
Does Ilya have potential as a relay freestyler or is he strictly fly at the international level.Any educated opinions?
I think we’ll see him as a free relay contributor for Canada at some point for sure.
Easy to forget that he’s still only 19. Jonny Kulow was the fastest American 19-year-old in the 100 free last season at 48.38. Jerry Fox was 2nd at 49.02. Brendan Whitfield 49.12, Dylan Smiley 49.24, and Kharun would have been 5th at 49.37 – from Canadian Trials.
And he dropped six-tenths of a second from Canadian Trials to the Olympics in the 100 fly.
I think he absolutely has potential internationally as a 100 freestyler. I think in a good pool at full taper last season, he was a 48-mid. 48-mid at 19 is definitely a threat for a World Championship final at,… Read more »
perfect………thanks for that.
…and he has talked about not minding longer free swimming.
I mean he has open water and distance background right??
An amazing practice swim! But, in a way, you can only really judge a season by NCAA performance. This is promising, but I hope Ilya comes through in March as well. Last year was a bit disappointing in that regard.
Hey everyone, shut it down! Kyle Sockwell, shut down the tour. SwimSwam, shut down the previews and the dual meet recaps and the mid-season invite stuff and the conference stuff.
Everyone just go back to bed in March, everything else is unimportant.
DON’T BE A LAME JUSTIN! TRY ENJOYING SWIMMING FOR A CHANGE!
Hahahaha, maybe I should get a hobby to replace my “armchair quartering” of NCAA swimming 🙂