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Russia’s Yegor Kornev sets 50m butterfly short-course world record
Russian swimmer Yegor Kornev set a world record in the men’s short-course 50-meter butterfly.
He clocked 21.28 seconds at a Swimming World Cup meet in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
That was faster than the previous record of 21.32 seconds, set by Switzerland’s Noe Ponti at the short-course world championships in December 2024.
The record is for the short-course event, not the long-course version.
Kornev had also tied Australian Kyle Chalmers’ short-course 100-meter freestyle world record of 44.84 seconds in Baku the previous week.
The new mark makes Kornev the record-holder in the 50-meter event.
Russian swimmer Egor Kornev set a short-course world record in the men’s 50-meter butterfly.
He finished in 21.28 seconds at a Swimming World Cup meet in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The previous record was 21.32 seconds, set by Switzerland’s Noe Ponti in December 2024.
Sportstar reported that Kornev had tied Kyle Chalmers’ short-course 100-meter freestyle world record the previous week.
- Who
- Russian swimmer Egor Kornev.
- What
- He set a short-course world record in the men’s 50-meter butterfly, clocking 21.28 seconds.
- When
- Saturday, October 10, 2026.
- Where
- A Swimming World Cup meet in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Kornev tied Kyle Chalmers’ short-course 100-meter freestyle world record of 44.84 seconds in Baku, according to Sportstar.
Kornev set the short-course 50-meter butterfly world record in Tashkent with a time of 21.28 seconds.
- Swimmer
- Egor Kornev
- Event
- Men’s 50-meter butterfly, short course
- Record time
- 21.28 seconds
- Meet location
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Previous record
- 21.32 seconds, set by Noe Ponti in December 2024
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