Svetlana Chimrova Breaks Own Russian Record in 100 Fly 57.79
Svetlana Chimrova raced her way onto the Rio Olympic roster with a 57.79 in the women’s 100-meter fly. That swim cleared the Russian Olympic standard of 58.31, and broke Chimrova’s Russian record of 58.22 set at the 2013 Russian Championships.
Natalia Lovtcova finished second overall in 58.41, just missing the Russian selection time, while Daria Tcvetkova picked up third overall in 58.51.
Polina Egorova (58.61), Anastasia Lyazeva (59.87), Daria Kartashova (59.97), Anastasia Guzhenkova (1:00.02) and Ekaterina Shapanikova (1:00.21) also swam in the finale.
Женщины
1. CHIMROVA Svetlana 1996 мсмк Moscow City 57.79 РР* мсмк 892
50m: 26.58 26.58 100m: 57.79 31.21
2. LOVTCOVA Natalia 1988 мсмк Novosibirsk Region 58.41 мс 864
50m: 26.82 26.82 100m: 58.41 31.59
3. TCVETKOVA Daria 1995 мсмк Altai Territory 58.51 мс 859
50m: 27.05 27.05 100m: 58.51 31.46
4. EGOROVA Polina 2000 мс Bashkortostan 58.61 РРЮмс 855
50m: 27.57 27.57 100m: 58.61 31.04
5. LYAZEVA Anastasia 1992 мсмк St. Petersburg 59.87 мс 802
50m: 27.24 27.24 100m: 59.87 32.63
6. KARTASHOVA Daria 1997 мс St. Petersburg 59.97 мс 798
50m: 27.30 27.30 100m: 59.97 32.67
7. GUZHENKOVA Anastasia 1997 мсмк Samara Region 1:00.02 мс 796
50m: 28.01 28.01 100m: 1:00.02 32.01
8. SHAPANIKOVA Ekaterina 1996 мс St. Petersburg 1:00.21 мс 789
50m: 27.36 27.36 100m: 1:00.21 32.85
Финал B
1. MIKHAYLOVA Anna 2000 мс Moscow City 1:01.33 мс 746
50m: 28.50 28.50 100m: 1:01.33 32.83
2. MOZHINA Natalia 1999 мс Irkutsk Region 1:01.53 мс 739
50m: 28.16 28.16 100m: 1:01.53 33.37
3. BUDASOVA Daria 1999 мс Volgograd Region 1:01.68 мс 734
50m: 28.70 28.70 100m: 1:01.68 32.98
4. VATAEVA Ulyana 1999 мс St. Petersburg 1:01.93 мс 725
50m: 29.21 29.21 100m: 1:01.93 32.72
5. CHERNYATINA Olesia 1999 мс Samara Region 1:02.05 мс 721
50m: 29.31 29.31 100m: 1:02.05 32.74
6. KRAMARENKO Alexandra 1999 мс Rostov Region 1:02.34 мс 710
50m: 29.65 29.65 100m: 1:02.34 32.69
7. ANTONENKOVA Tatiana 2000 мс Samara Region 1:02.45 мс 707
50m: 28.94 28.94 100m: 1:02.45 33.51
8. IVSHINA Margarita 2000 мс Krasnoyarsk Territory 1:03.11 мс 685
50m: 29.27 29.27 100m: 1:03.11 33.84
Sure she did. I hate to be cynical, but with Russia’s doping problems, I question this.