2023 SWIMMING CUP OF RUSSIA
- Tuesday, July 25 – Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Kazan, Russia
- LCM (50 meters)
- Meet Central
- Live Results
Kliment Kolesnikov set the pool ablaze on the second night of action at the 2023 Swimming Cup of Russia in Kazan, blasting his way to the second-fastest swim in history in the men’s 100 backstroke.
Kolesnikov put up a time of 51.82 in the 100 back final to mark his first time under the 52-second threshold, breaking Evgeny Rylov‘s Russian Record of 51.98 while moving up from seventh to second in the all-time rankings. (Rylov has been as fast as 51.97 but it was done leading off a mixed medley relay and isn’t officially recognized as a record.)
Kolesnikov’s swim ranks second only to the world record of 51.60 set by Italian Thomas Ceccon last year, overtaking Ryan Murphy, Xu Jiayu, Aaron Peirsol, Rylov and Hunter Armstrong in the all-time rankings.
The 23-year-old Kolesnikov’s previous best time stood at 52.00, set at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 where he won the silver medal behind Rylov.
The former world record holder in the 50 back, Kolesnikov opened his race in an otherworldly 24.83 at the halfway mark and still managed to come home under 27 seconds.
Split Comparison
| Ceccon, WR | Kolesnikov, Old PB | Kolesnikov, New PB |
| 25.14 | 24.90 | 24.83 |
| 51.60 (26.46) | 52.00 (27.10) | 51.82 (26.99) |
All-Time Performances, Men’s 100 Backstroke (LCM)
- Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 51.60 – 2022 World Championships
- Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 51.82 – 2023 Swimming Cup of Russia
- Ryan Murphy (USA), 51.85 – 2016 Olympic Games
- Xu Jiayu (CHN), 51.86 – 2017 Chinese Nationals
- Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 51.93 – 2022 World Championships
- Aaron Peirsol (USA) / Ryan Murphy (USA), 51.94 – 2009 U.S. Nationals / 2018 Pan Pacs
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- Ryan Murphy (USA) / Ryan Murphy (USA) / Evgeny Rylov (RUS), 51.97 – 2016 Olympics / 2018 Pan Pacs / 2019 World Championships
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Kolesnikov’s swim is notably four-tenths of a second quicker than what Murphy went to win gold at the 2023 World Championships on Tuesday in Fukuoka, Japan.
Athletes from Russia and Belarus remain barred from competing in World Aquatics events due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Rylov was the runner-up to Kolesnikov in Kazan in a time of 52.80, while up-and-comer Miron Lifintsev made it three swimmers sub-53 in a PB of 52.96.
RACE VIDEO
100 back final starts at 41:30
Gross.
Shouldn’t the title say that it would’ve won gold at Worlds?
https://swimswam.com/ledecky-posts-154-50-200-free-to-win-nationals-wouldve-won-gold-at-worlds/
When you write the article, you can pick the headline.
PEDs at their finest.
Doping in a 45 meter pool
I don’t remember backlash to Americans competing at the 2004 Olympics…. Shame on IOC and FINA
Where all the people who I said Murphy golds don’t count when the Russians are better then him!??? Quiet…
Jalen. No one likes you. Hang it up.
Kolesnikov is the uncrowned champion
Don’t agree that athletes cannot pursue their careers due to decisions made by a leader they never even voted for. Let them compete under the Fina or IOC flag. Think Tennis have done this the correct way.
Don’t agree that fina should ban countries from competing for geopolitical reasons! No matter how righteous they think they are.
I totally understand the Russian ban but it is a shame that there’s multiple clear gold winning performances that aren’t at the meet.
I don’t understand the Russian ban. They’re not doing anything worse than what we’ve done in the last 30 years.
Oh look, I found the Jimmy Dore fan.
US annexed territories of another country in the last 30 years? Didn’t know that.
Invasion of Iraq was illegal under international law (US, UK, Aus and Poland were never banned)… Israel have annexed the Golan Heights since 1981 (note, annexed, not simply occupied for defence purposes).
Probably so many other examples but people like you only believe what the media tell you.
They did completely ravage an entire global region behind the false premise of weapon of mass destruction. Not too different than putin claiming he is fighting “nazis” in ukraine imo
They were banned before Russia annexed anything.
The swimmers weren’t banned before the war. The Russian track and field team was banned, saved for five athletes who competed as ”neutrals.” And it had nothing to do with the war. The IAAF, the governing body of track and field, banned the Russian Federation because of PEDs. The ban came after the release of the German Documentary “The Secrets of Doping: How Russia makes its Winners” by Hajo Seppelt. If you are truly interested in learning the facts, I recommend you watch it.
I didn’t say they were banned before the war and I’m quite familar with their doping history.
Russians were banned from sport because of the invasion in early March and they didn’t annex any territory until much later so they’d still be banned even if they didn’t annex any territory.
Now if Russian athletes weren’t banned until Russia actually annexed territory you could accurately claim they were banned for annexing territory.
Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, after the success of the Sochi Olympics. The invasion of Ukraine was Phase II. And once Russian troops crossed the border and took control of cities in Eastern Ukraine, which happened on Day 1, that is the definition of annexation, is it not? Just so you know, I write not from what I’ve read, but from what I’ve lived.
But they weren’t banned after Crimea they were banned specifically for invading Ukraine in early 2022. People have just been trying to retroactively change the reason for the ban in order to eliminate the hypocrisy of Russian athletes being banned for the invasion of Ukraine but not American athletes for the invasion of Iraq. And no occupying cities isn’t annexation otherwise the US would’ve been “annexing” cities in Iraq and Afghanistan.
You are right. The world didn’t care about Crimea when it should have. You are also right about American athletes not being banned for the invasion of Iraq. It is hypocrisy at its finest. People want to rewrite history all over the world. Isn’t that what is happening with the U.S. and the people running for president or other political offices? If what I read coming out of Florida is true, God help those people in that state if all those laws are passed. Where we will always agree to disagree is what is annexation. When Russia invaded Eastern Ukraine, it didn’t just take control of the cities, it took control of the local governments as well. That is annexation.… Read more »
what an idiotic thing to say
Yay for swimswam allowing Russian propaganda. I forgot the part where a western country invaded a sovereign country totally unprovoked to take over that country and commit mass genocide in the last 30 years
Afghanistan?
It’s not Russian propaganda it’s just his opinion lol calm down
Your opinion supports country which currently kills children and women.
Oh…ok…
Usually wars have victims. Same with the murican wars, same as Israel against palestine, same as the French legionaries in africa. But yes… Russia is the big bad wolf and Kliment Kolesnikov doesn’t know how to swim
Iraq? Forgot the war brutality Americans committed there? It was a sovereign country for sure. Not to say that Russians are not guilty of their current invasion, but Americans should really stop elevating your own moral worth and treat everything as “Russian propaganda.”
The United States was built on the backs of African slaves and the near-genocide of the Native people. The house you live in sits on land that was once owned by the Native Americans, who never handed it over. It was taken from them. Guess that’s part of what you forgot.
Are you German circa
1939?
Iraq for one. No one banned US swimmers.
no it is great that this cheater isn’t allowed to steal medals from great athletes like Ceccon and Murphy
How is KK a cheater? Some of you guys are so lazy, you just see Russia and play the doping card…
Russia is terrorist state. A lot of swimmers ( Rylov included) part of terrorist movement