2025 RUSSIAN SHORT COURSE NATIONALS
- Friday, November 7th – Wednesday, November 12th
- Kazan, Russia
- SCM (25m)
- Live Results
We entered day five of the 2025 Russian Short Course Nationals with the day bringing another national record on the men’s side.
Racing in the final of the 800m freestyle, 20-year-old Saveliy Luzin fired off a time of 7:32.36 to take the gold.
His effort sliced well over a second off the previous Russian record of 7:33.97 he put on the books at the 2024 edition of this competition.
This evening, Ivan Morgun settled for the silver in 7:35.37, followed by Egor Babinich who reaped bronze in 7:39.26.
Splits for Luzin’s record-breaking performance are below:
Luzin’s time now inserts him into the season’s world rankings list in slot #3, sitting only behind world-leading Zalan Sarkany (HUN) who hit 7:29.50 last month and Aussie Sam Short who registered 7:31.79 at the Aussie SC Championshps.
2025-2026 SCM Men 800 FREE
SARKANY
7:26.84
| 2 | Lucas HENVEAUX | BEL | 7:28.03 | 12/06 |
| 3 | Daniel WIFFEN | IRL | 7:30.14 | 12/06 |
| 4 | Johannes LIEBMANN | GER | WJR 7:30.47 | 12/06 |
| 5 | Victor JOHANSSON | SWE | 7:31.38 | 12/06 |
Additionally, Luzin now represents the 13th-quickest SCM 800 free performer of all time. His effort would have secured 4th place at the 2024 Short Course World Championships.
