The 2015 Russian National Championships kicked off yesterday, bumping Yulia Efimova back on top of the world rankings in the 50 meter breaststroke since before her doping suspension. She is now the world leader in both the 50 and 100 breaststroke after winning the 50 breaststroke with a time of 30.39.
2014-2015 LCM Men 50 Fly
MANAUDOU
22.84
| 2 | Nicholas DOS SANTOS | BRA | 22.90 | 04/10 |
| 3 | Laszlo CSEH | HUN | 23.06 | 08/02 |
| 4 | Konrad CZERNIAK | POL | 23.07 | 08/02 |
| 5 | Cesar Cielo | BRA | 23.11 | 04/10 |
In the men’s 50 butterfly, Eugune Tsurkin of Belarus won the men’s 50 butterfly. His time is the third fastest in the world this year at 23.26.
2014-2015 LCM Men 50 Fly
MANAUDOU
22.84
| 2 | Nicholas DOS SANTOS | BRA | 22.90 | 04/10 |
| 3 | Laszlo CSEH | HUN | 23.06 | 08/02 |
| 4 | Konrad CZERNIAK | POL | 23.07 | 08/02 |
| 5 | Cesar Cielo | BRA | 23.11 | 04/10 |
The other winners on day of the Russian Championships include:
- Alexander Krasnov – Men’s 400 freestyle
- Anastasia Ivanenko – Women’s 800 freestyle
- Yana Martynova – Women’s 400 IM
Results (translated by Google Translate):
Men
400 m freestyle. 1. Alexander Krasnov (Republic of Tatarstan) – 3.50,41. 2. Vyacheslav Andrusenko (St. Petersburg) – 3.51,25. 3. Ernest Maksumov (Republic of Tatarstan) – 3.51,84.
50 m butterfly. 1. Eugene Tsurkin (Belarus) – 23.26. 2. Vladimir Morozov (Volgograd Region) – 23.43. 3. Vyacheslav Prudnikov (St. Petersburg) – 23.58.
Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle. 1. St. Petersburg (Eugene lagoon, Oleg Tihobaev, Eugene Ayzetullov, Alexander Sukhorukov) – 3.17,58. 2. Moscow (Michael Dovgaluk, Stanislav Stepanov, Roman Domachuk, Andrew Zhylkin) – 3.20,06. 3. Krasnoyarsk Territory (Ivan Rybkin, Alex Amoz Vyacheslav Shchukin, Andrey Arbuzov) – 3.21,59.
Women
800 m freestyle. 1. Anastasia Ivanenko (Komi Republic) – 8.41,45. 2. Valery Salamatina (Sverdlovsk region) – 8.43,31. 3. Elizabeth Gorshkov (Moscow) – 8.46,58.
50 m breaststroke. 1. Yuliya Efimova (Tyumen Region) – 30.39. 2. Victoria Zeinel Gunes (Turkey) – 31.24. 3. Valentina Artemiev (Novosibirsk Region) – 31.32.
400m complex. 1. Yana Martynova (Republic of Tatarstan) – 4.41,71. 2. Victoria Malyutina (Penza Region) – 4.45,20. 3. Ranohon Amanova (Uzbekistan) – 4.50,16.
Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle . 1. Moscow (Rosalia Nasretdinova, Kudelkin Maria Valeria Kolotushkin, Elena Sokolova) – 3.45,27. 2. Sverdlovsk Region (Pauline Lapshin, Anastasia Kirpichnikova, Daria Ustinov, Valeria Salamatina) – 3.45,83. 3. Novosibirsk region (Natalia Lovtsova Arina Surkov, Angelina Elapova, Cyrus Volodin) – 3.50,87.
