Grigory Tarasevich vaulted to fifth in the world in the men’s 100-meter back at the 2016 Russian Nationals.
Tarasevich hit the wall in 53.03 to lead the way out of semifinal 1 of the backstroke. That swim cleared the Russian Olympic selection time of 53.99, and put him just ahead of Guilherme Guido (53.10) for fifth in the world.
Only Mitch Larkin (52.48), Ryan Murphy (52.57), Camille Lacourt (52.97) and Xu Jiayu (52.98) have been faster this year.
Evgeny Rylov, who lead prelims with a 53.25 to move to eighth in the world, took the second spot with a 53.22 tonight. He’s also under the Russian Olympic selection time.
Nikita Ulyanov (54.19), Andrei Shabasov (54.34), Mark Nikolaev (54.48), Anton Butymov (55.20), Nikita Babchenko (55.65) and Roman Larin (55.85) will also compete in the finale.
1. TARASEVICH Grigory 1995 мсмк Omsk Region 53.03 * мсмк 939 Q
50m: 25.69 25.69 100m: 53.03 27.34
2. RYLOV Evgeny 1996 мсмк Moscow Region 53.22 * мсмк 929 Q
50m: 25.85 25.85 100m: 53.22 27.37
3. ULYANOV Nikita 1994 мсмк KHMAO-Yugra 54.19 мс 880 Q
50m: 26.21 26.21 100m: 54.19 27.98
4. SHABASOV Andrei 1994 мсмк St. Petersburg 54.34 мс 873 Q
50m: 26.23 26.23 100m: 54.34 28.11
5. NIKOLAEV Mark 1997 мс Leningrad Region 54.48 мс 866 Q
50m: 26.69 26.69 100m: 54.48 27.79
6. BUTYMOV Anton 1987 мсмк Komi 55.20 мс 833 Q
50m: 26.58 26.58 100m: 55.20 28.62
7. BABCHENKO Nikita 1996 мс Krasnodar Territory 55.65 мс 813 Q
50m: 26.99 26.99 100m: 55.65 28.66
8. LARIN Roman 1998 мс Penza Region 55.85 мс 804 Q
50m: 26.95 26.95 100m: 55.85 28.90
9. LAPSHIN Dmitry 1996 мс Novosibirsk Region 55.91 мс 801 R
50m: 26.71 26.71 100m: 55.91 29.20
10. KOLESNIKOV Kliment 2000 мс Moscow City 55.95 мс 800 Q
50m: 26.89 26.89 100m: 55.95 29.06
11. TITOV Kirill 1997 мс Moscow Reg. – Lipetsk 56.41 мс 780
50m: 27.40 27.40 100m: 56.41 29.01
12. MALTСEV Dmitrii 1993 мс Moscow City 56.45 мс 778
50m: 27.48 27.48 100m: 56.45 28.97
13. ZOTOV Alexander 1998 мс Volgograd Region 56.47 мс 778 Q
50m: 27.43 27.43 100m: 56.47 29.04
14. ANCHIN Anton 1990 мсмк Bashkortostan 56.65 мс 770
50m: 27.37 27.37 100m: 56.65 29.28
15. SAVIN Andrey 1994 мс St. Petersburg 57.17 мс 749
50m: 27.02 27.02 100m: 57.17 30.15
DSQ BESSONOV Ilya 1997 мс Lipetsk Region мс
Not bad for the ACC record- holdet/ ’16 champ but when Muroh goes 50 flat ( prelims). 49.0 (semis) and 47 high ( finals) @. Rio it’ll all be academic.
Oh and then 46-plus leading iff the world record- setting 400 MR!