Oleg Kostin Explained

Oleg Kostin
Fullname:	Oleg Olegovich Kostin
Nationality:	Russian
Strokes:	Breaststroke, butterfly
Birth Date:	6 May 1992
Birth Place:	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Oleg Olegovich Kostin (ru|Олег Олегович Костин; born 6 May 1992) is a Russian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^{[1] [2]} At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, he won a bronze in the 50 metre butterfly, setting a Russian 50 metre butterfly record of 22.97 seconds.^[3]

At the 2023 Russian National Championships, in April at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Kostin set a new Russian record of 22.62 seconds in the 50 metre butterfly in a time trials conducted after the semifinals and before the final and contested by five of the swimmers in the event.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heats results . 29 July 2017 . FINA . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728133625/http://omegatiming.com/file/download/?id=000111010A0104EB01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 . 28 July 2017 . dead .
2. Web site: 2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes . 29 July 2017 . Budapest 2017.
3. Web site: Oleg Kostin Becomes First Russian Man Under 23-Seconds in 50 Fly . SwimSwam . 7 August 2018.
4. https://new.russwimming.ru/upload/live/4R_LC_2023/ResultList_43.pdf "ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 43 Мужчины, 50m Баттерфляй Мужчины"
5. https://athletistic.com/other-sports/251698.html "Kostin in a special swimming set a Russian record in the 50m butterfly and topped the world ranking"