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Russian swimmer Yegor Kornev made headlines twice during the final session on the second day of the Swimming World Cup in Baku. He clocked 44.84 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle, matching the time of world-record holder Kyle Chalmers.
Kornev also set a World Cup record in the 50-meter backstroke, finishing in 22.23 seconds. Azerbaijan’s Fatima Alkaramova placed seventh in the 400-meter individual medley.
Final session results
Men: 50-meter backstroke — Yegor Kornev, Pavel Samusenko, Peter Coetze; 200-meter individual medley — Luke Barr, Alberto Razzetti, Finlay Knox; 50-meter breaststroke — Haiyang Qin, Michael Houlie, Kirill Prigoda; 100-meter freestyle — Yegor Kornev, Cameron McEvoy, Vasiliy Kukkushkin; 200-meter butterfly — Juner Chen, So Ogata, Alberto Razzetti.
Women: 400-meter individual medley — Yiting Yu, Abbie Wood, Mohan Zhang; 200-meter freestyle — Siobhan Haughey, Anna Peplowski, Yaqi Fan; 100-meter backstroke — Marrit Steenbergen, Taylor Ruck, Anna Peplowski; 50-meter butterfly — Roos Vanotterdijk, Sarah Junevik, Arina Surkova; 100-meter breaststroke — Mona McSharry, Evgeniia Chikunova, Amy Canny.
The World Cup is being held at the Baku Aquatics Palace from Oct. 1 to 3. A total of 216 athletes from 44 countries are competing, with 15 swimmers representing Azerbaijan.
