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2026 RUSSIAN SHORT COURSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Friday, November 6th – Wednesday, November 11th Nevskaya Volna Water Sports Center, St. Petersburg, Russia SCM (25m) SwimSwam Preview Meet Central Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap Live ResultsThe penultimate night of racing unfolded at the 2026 Russian Short Course National Championships, with several big guns diving in to stake their claims on potential Short Course World Championships roster spots.
After claiming the top seed in last night’s semi-finals, Andrei Minakov indeed grabbed the gold, posting a winning result of 49.62.
Minakov eked out the victory by the narrowest of margins, as Evgeny Shilovsky had to settle for silver only .01 behind, as Roman Shevlyakov earned the bronze in 49.94.
Of note, on-fire Egor Kornev‘s lifetime best of 49.51 from yesterday’s heats would have won this final, while Minakov’s semi-final effort of 49.36 beat out what the former Stanford Cardinal produced this evening.
The men were chasing a SC Worlds qualification standard of 50.15, a time the podium cleared in ease.
The story was similar in the women’s edition of the 1fly race, where the top three athletes all easily beat the nomination standard of 57.40.
20-year-old Polina Malakhova ripped the swim of her life en route to grabbing the gold, stopping the clock at a mighty result of 56.07.
That hacked her previous personal best to bits, with that former PB resting at the 57.08 notched at last year’s edition of this competition.
Malakhova beat the SC Worlds QT of 57.40 by a large margin, as did the minor medalists in this evening’s main event.
Darya Klepikova hit 56.26 as the silver medalist, while national record holder Arina Surkova rounded out the podium in 56.61.
The women’s 400m IM saw Irina Zvyagintseva produce the quickest time of the field, touching in a result of 4:33.29.
That gave her just over a second advantage over her peers, with Viktoria Blinova snagging the silver in 4:34.45 and Anna Rzaeva bagging the bronze in 4:34.73.
The men’s edition of the 4IM also saw SC Worlds-worthy swims, highlighted by the gold medal-worthy outing of 4:06.89 at the hands of Maksim Stupin.
Although that was well outside the 26-year-old’s career-swiftest swim of 4:02.71 from 2023, it was enough to top the podium tonight in one of two Beijing-worthy clockings.
Joining him under the 4:08.87 qualification standard was Sergey Isaev, who notched a mark of 4:08.76 for silver. Alexander Shipitsyn rounded out the podium in 4:09.43 as the bronze medalist.
Finally, the men’s 800m free saw Saveliy Luzin fire off a time of 7:36.39 as the fastest competitor, handily getting under the Beijing QT of 7:42.39.
His time represented the 4th-quickest of his career, one which boasts a lifetime best of 7:32.36 established for gold at the 2025 Russian Short Course Championshps.
Runner-up status this evening was handed to Ivan Morgun, who nabbed silver in 7:37.48 for likely Beijing qualification, as Roman Kotov delivered 7:37.50 to round out the podium.
Additional Notes
Ralina Gilyazova snagged the top seed out of the semi-finals of the women’s 50m breast, stopping the clock at 29.69, the sole outing under the 30-second barrier. Flanking her will be Evgenia Chikunova and Elena Bogomolova, with the former hitting 30.12 to the latter’s 30.51. World Record holder Chikunova has already won both the women’s 100m and 200m breast events at this meet and will be hunting a sweep come tomorrow night’s main event. The men’s 50m breast saw Ivan Kozhakin land the pole position, courtesy of his performance of 26.22 to follow up his 100m breast gold at this competition. Oleg Kostin, the 50m fly silver medalist here, secured the 2nd seed a hair behind in 26.28, as Olympian and 200m breaststroke silver medalist at this competition, Kirill Prigoda, is very much in the mix as a result of his semi-final swim of 26.31. Surkova, the 50m fly gold medalist here in St. Petersburg, swam 24.00 to hold a narrow advantage over the women’s 50m freestyle field heading into tomorrow night’s medal-contending race. Alina Gaifutdinova, already the 50m back gold medalist and 100m free bronze medalist, will be in the field, logging 24.09 as the 2nd seed. The 100m free champion, Darya Trofimova, will also be in the mix with her semi-final time of 24.12. Egor Proshin will try to double up on his 100m free gold medal with a potential victory in this 50m free tomorrow night. He holds the top seed in a time 21.22, holding a fingernail-length advantage over Aleksandr Nazarenko‘s performance of 2113. Daniil Kosenkov threw his hat in the ring with a 3rd-seed-worthy performance of 21.41.Read the full story on SwimSwam: Andrei Minakov Takes 100 Fly Gold At Russian SC Championships Sans Egor Kornev In The Final
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