Russian swimmer Kolesnikov won gold in the 50 m at the World Championships

Russian swimmer Kliment Kolesnikov won gold in the 50 m backstroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on August 3.

It is noted that the Russian athlete became the world champion with a score of 23.68 seconds, setting a World Cup record. Silver medals were won by Russian Pavel Samusenko and swimmer from the Republic of South Africa (South Africa) Peter Ketze. Both swam the distance in 24.17 seconds.

Kolesnikov became a world champion for the first time. Prior to that, he had three medals at the 2019 World Cup: a silver in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and two bronzes in the combined 4x100 m relay and 50 m backstroke, adds Sport-Express.

In addition, Ilya Borodin, a Russian swimmer, won a bronze medal in the 400 m medley. He covered the distance in 4 minutes, 9.16 seconds. The winner was French swimmer Leon Marchand with a score of 4 minutes 4.73 seconds.

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The day before, Russian swimmers set a European record and won a silver medal at the World Aquatics Championships in the 4x100m freestyle mixed relay. It is noted that the Russian athletes performed with a result of 3 minutes 19.68 seconds.

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