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Yahoo
03-08-2025
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- Yahoo
Kolesnikov claims 50m backstroke title at worlds
Representing Neutral Athletes, Kliment Kolesnikov won the men's 50m backstroke title in Singapore, swimming a championship record at 23.68 seconds ahead of Pieter Coetze and Pavel Samusenko, who tied for silver.
Reuters
03-08-2025
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- Reuters
Final day haul lifts Russia's neutral athletes to fifth at world championships
Aug 3 (Reuters) - Kliment Kolesnikov's gold in the men's 50m backstroke and a victory in the men's 4x100 medley relay on Sunday saw Russia's neutral athletes take fifth place in the medals tally on their return to the swimming world championships in Singapore. The Russian Olympic Committee was banned for violating the Olympic Charter in relation to Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but sports such as swimming have gradually welcomed more Russians back into the fold as neutrals. Some Russian athletes also competed as neutrals at last year's Paris Olympics, with California-based Evgenii Somov the only swimmer to do so. Kolesnikov, the world record holder in the 50 backstroke, was competing in his first long course world championships since the 2019 edition held in Gwangju, South Korea. No Russian athletes competed at last year's world championships in Doha. "It's been a tough (time) since my first world championships," Kolesnikov said. The 25-year-old stormed to the 50 backstroke title ahead of compatriot Pavel Samusenko and South African Pieter Coetze with a time of 23.68, just 0.13 off his world record. He was annoyed at not bettering the record, saying: "I was expecting my timing 23.9, or 23.8, and then you realise that you did 23.68 or something? "I was like 'come on, 12 thousandths of a second to my personal best', and it was like why couldn't I go faster?" Russian swimmers then combined to win a shock gold in the men's 4x100 medley in the penultimate event of the championships, giving the world record (3:26.78) a huge shake with a time of 3:26.93. "This win particularly means a step forward towards our goal, towards 2028 (Los Angeles Olympics) and this is another milestone," swimmer Andrei Minakov said. "We're happy to win. Unfortunately we missed the world record by just a tiny bit but, you know, I'm happy with our group and where we're at. I'm sure that we'll grow." Earlier this week, Dmitry Mazepin, President of the Russian Aquatic Sports Federation and Vice President of the ROC, told Reuters he hoped that Russian swimmers' participation in the world championships would pave the way towards ending the country's sporting neutrality.
TimesLIVE
03-08-2025
- Sport
- TimesLIVE
Pieter Coetzé lands his backstroke treble as he takes 50m silver medal
Pieter Coetzé became the first South African to win a trifecta of medals across one stroke at a world championships as he claimed the men's 50m backstroke silver in Singapore on Sunday evening. He lowered his own African record to 24.17 sec as he ended tied for second with Russian Pavel Samusenko behind the other Russian in the field, world record-holder Kliment Kolesnikov, who clocked a 23.68 championship record. The 21-year-old Tuks psychology student has emerged as a phenom at this gala after claiming the 100m backstroke gold and silver in both the 200m and 50m events. He is only the eighth man in history to win a 50m-100m-200m treble since the 50m freestyle was incorporated into the 1986 world championship programme and the 1988 Olympics. The 50m races in the other three strokes were introduced only at the world championships in 2001 and will make their debut at the Los Angeles Games in 2028. Coetzé, only the second man to achieve the backstroke trifecta, is also the second South African to win three medals at a world championships, after Roland Schoeman who scooped gold in both the 50m freestyle and 50 butterfly as well as the 100m freestyle silver in 2005. His three gongs and Kaylene Corbett's 200m breaststroke bronze gave South Africa four medals for the showpiece, one short of the country's best-ever tally of five, achieved twice in 2005 and 2013. Those were also the only occasions where South Africa won more than one gold, with three in 2013 and two in 2005. It's also only the second time the national team has lifted four medals, with Chad Le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh landing two each in 2015.
