Grigory Tarasevich won the men’s sprint back with a time of 24.70 at the 2016 Russian Nationals. That swim put him second in the world behind only Camille Lacourt’s 24.67.
Nikita Ulyanov took second overall in 24.82 to move to fifth in the world rankings, while Evgeny Rylov placed third in 25.06 for eighth in the world.
Mark Nikolaev (25.40), Anton Butymov (25.43), Alexey Rudenko (25.70), Kliment Kolesnikov (25.89) and Roman Larin (26.06) also swam in the finale.
Final A
1. TARASEVICH Grigory 1995 мсмк Omsk Region +0,58 24.70 мсмк 921
2. ULYANOV Nikita 1994 мсмк KHMAO-Yugra +0,61 24.82 мсмк 908
3. RYLOV Evgeny 1996 мсмк Moscow Region +0,60 25.06 мсмк 882
4. NIKOLAEV Mark 1997 мс Leningrad Region +0,56 25.40 мс 847
5. BUTYMOV Anton 1987 мсмк Komi +0,50 25.43 мс 844
6. RUDENKO Alexey 1993 мс Khabarovsk Territory +0,64 25.70 мс 818
7. KOLESNIKOV Kliment 2000 мс Moscow City +0,62 25.89 мс 800
8. LARIN Roman 1998 мс Penza Region +0,65 26.06 мс 785
Final B
9. TATARENKO Pavel 1999 мс Volgograd Region +0,59 26.25 мс 768
10. MINIKEEV Dmitry 1998 мс Kaluga Region +0,61 26.30 мс 763
11. PAKHOMOV Pavel 1998 мс Moscow City +0,67 26.43 мс 752
12. KARASEV Gleb 1999 мс Tatarstan +0,61 26.52 мс 744
13. KORSHIKOV Denis 1999 мс Kursk Region +0,59 26.57 мс 740
14. ZUBRITSKIY Ivan 1998 мс Nizhny Novgorod Region +0,68 26.70 мс 729
15. PAKHOMOV Daniil 1998 мс St. Petersburg +0,58 27.23 кмс 688
16. GULYAEV Sergei 1998 мс KHMAO-Yugra +0,65 27.82 кмс 645
Perfect