Alexander Sadovnikov seeded first in the 50 fly preliminaries of the day 4 at Russian Olympic Trails. His result 23.64 placed him sixth in the world rankings so far. Nikita Konovalov with 23.77 and Nikita Korolev with 23.90 got second and third for tonight’s finals.
4. Vitaly Melnikov, 24.00
5. Kirill Kiselev, 24.16
6. Vyacheslav Prudnikov, 24.17
7. Roman Rybin, 24.22
8. Evgeny Koptelov, 23.23
Veronika Popova who celebrated victory in 200 free last night, grabbed top seed for 100 free semifinals with 55.11. Natalia Lovtsova outtouched Maria Kameneva for the second seed (55.31 to 55.34).
4. Arina Opyonysheva, 55.43
5. Victoria Andreeva, 55.52
6. Rosalia Nasretdinova, 55.82
7. Margarita Nesterova, 55.97
8. Darya Mullakaeva, 56.12
Evgeny Rylov posted 1:56.78 in 200 back. This solid swim placed Rylov, a bronze medalist from World Championships in Kazan, 11th in the world rankings. Andrey Shabasov (2:00.45) and Kliment Kolesnikov (2:00.56) rounded out the top 3 qualifiers for tonight’s semis.
4. Daniil Bukin, 2:01.38
5. Roman Larin, 2:01.97
6. Nikita Ulyanov, 2:02.34
7. Grigory Tarasevich, 2:02.58
8. Igor Sorokin, 2:02.85
Temnikova Maria stopped the clock at a 2:29.38 to qualify first for the 200 breast semis, followed by Maria Astashkina (2:29.40) and Darya Chikunova (2:30.47).
4. Anna Belousova, 2:30.63
5. Alyona Efimova, 2:30.87
6. Alyona Chekhovskykh, 2:30.91
7. Sofia Andreeva, 2:31.31
8. natalia Ivaneeva, 2:31.53
Andrey Zhilkin qualified first for 200 individual medley semifinals with 2:02.54. Semen Makovich was second (2:03.09) and Ivan Pavlov for third, 2:03.28
4. Sergey Kashpersky, 2:03.38
5. Alexander Osipenko, 2:03.78
6. Dmitry Gorbunov, 2:03.83
7. Dmitry Zhilin, 2:04.07
8. Nikolay Sokolov, 2:04.25
