Russian Olympic Trials 2021 - Men's 200m Freestyle Final

In the absolutely stacked men’s 200 free final, Martin Malyutin roared home in 26.33 on the last 50 to overtake Alexander Shchegolev and Ivan Girev and win the event in a time of 1:45.18, lowering his best time of 1:45.46 and moving into second in the world this season.

An incredible four men broke 1:46 and a total of six were under the FINA ‘A’ cut, with Girev (1:45.68) edging out Shchegolev (1:45.82) to earn a berth on his first Olympic team. Girev set a best time of 1:45.49 in the semis, which now ranks him third in the world this season.

Shchegolev cracked 1:46 for the first time, having previously been 1:46.57, and 2016 Olympic finalist Aleksandr Krasnykh closed strong in 26.58, but ran out of room and ended up fourth in 1:45.88.

Russians now occupy four of the top-seven spots in the world for 2020-21.

Daniil Shatalov (1:46.33) and Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:46.38) were fifth and sixth. Dovgalyuk was notably a best of 1:45.56 at the 2019 Worlds.

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