The Russian Swimming Federation has announced their roster for the 2026 European Championships in Paris.
This meet will be a big deal for the Russian swimmers, who are going to be competing under their national flag and colors for the first time in more than four years, rather than under the Neutral Athlete designation.
The roster is highlighted by a few major players from last year’s World Championships including men’s 50 backstroke gold medalist Kliment Kolesnikov, men’s 50 breaststroke silver medalist Kirill Prigoda, and women’s 200 breaststroke silver medalist and world record holder Evgeniia Chikunova.
Egor Kornev is another member of this summer’s roster, and he has been on a tear this summer. At the Russian National Championships, he set the top times in the world this year in the 100 free (46.96) and the 50 fly (22.59) and the 2nd fastest time in the world in the 50 free (21.06). He is now the Russian record holder in all three events.
Notably absent from the roster is Miron Lifintsev, the 2nd-fastest 100 backstroker ever after he swam 51.78 leading off the 400 mixed medley in Singapore last summer. It was announced earlier this week that he would not be attending the meet due to a shoulder injury that needs rehab, and his focus is shifting to the 2027 World Championships.
Full Russia Roster
Roman Akimov
Anna Arshavskaya
Victoria Blinova
Ilya Borodin
Grigorii Vekovishchev
Alina Gaifutdinova
Ralina Giliazova
Ivan Girev
Anita Grishchenko
Mikhail Dorinov
Sofia Dyakova
Yulia Efimova
Alexander Zhigalov
Roman Zhidkov
Daria Klepikova
Ivan Kozhakin
Kliment Kolesnikov
Nikolay Kolesnikov
Egor Kornev
Oleg Kostin
Alexandra Kuznetsova
Vasily Kukushkin
Kira Manokhina
Andrey Minakov
Ksenia Misharina
Maria Osetrova
Arina Pantina
Daniil Pisetsky
Kirill Prigoda
Pavel Samusenko
Georgy Smirnov
Ksenia Sorokina
Milana Stepanova
Maxim Stupin
Arina Surkova
Daria Surushkina
Alexey Tkachev
Andrei Cherepkov
Evgeniia Chikunova
Roman Shevlyakov
Aleksandr Shchegolev
Mikhail Shcherbakov
Egor Yurchenko
Georgy Yakovlev