Another world record was broken in swimming in 2023 and the last person in charge of making history was Evgenia Chikunova, who set a new record in the 200 breaststroke during the Russian National Championship that took place in Kazan.
Chikunova, 18, won last April 21 with a record of 2:17.55 and thus shattered by more than one second the record held by South African Tatjana Schoenmaker, who had nailed the clocks to 2:18.95 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The day before the record, the St. Petersburg born had already sent a signal by winning the 100m breaststroke test in 1:04.92, which allowed her to be the eighth woman to drop 1:05 and set the seventh best time in history.
With the one achieved by the Russian swimmer Chikunova, there are already four world records that were broken so far this year and all have been broken by women.
On March 10, Kaylee McKeown took the record in the 200 backstroke event by winning the New South Wales State Open Championships with 2:03.14. The Australian also holds the record in the 100 in the same specialty.
Later, Canadian Summer McIntosh made history by breaking two records in the Canadian World Cup Trials: she set the record in the 400 freestyle with 3:56.08 and that of the 400 medley with a time of 4:25.87. And she’s only 16 years old!
Chikunova’s sensational record comes as Russian swimmers cannot compete internationally because of the sanctions imposed since the invasion of Ukraine in February last year.
World Aquatics must approve the Chikunova time because unlike those held in World Championships or Olympic Games, which are automatically validated, it has to meet different requirements such as an anti-doping test, an approved uniform and the verification of the measurements of the pool, among others.
In November of last year, in this same scenario in Kazan, although in a short pool, the Russian Kliment Kolesnikov set the world record in the 50 backstroke with a time of 22.11 and the record has not yet been approved.
World Aquatics will only discuss the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in July, who will not be able to attend the World Cup that will be held in Fukuoka between the 14th and 30th of that month.
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