(WATCH) Scozzoli Upsets Peaty With Euro Record, 25.62 50m Breast
Men 50m Breaststroke
RECORDS
World Record: 48.08 -- Chad Le Clos (RSA), 2016
World Junior Record: 49.53 -- Zhuhao Li (CHN), 2017
European Record: 48.48 -- Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS), 2009
Championship Record: 48.93 -- Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS), 2009
Semifinals
This quickly turned into an even split three horse race, with Great Britain’s Adam Peaty breaking Fabio Scozzoli’s Championship Record in the first semi final (25.81) only for Russia’s Kirill Prigoda and Scozzoli again, to get under that time in the very next heat.
- Kirill Prigoda (RUS) – 25.72 [Championship Record, European Record]
- Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) – 25.74
- Adam Peaty (GBR) – 25.81
- Ilya Shymanovich (BLR) – 25.96
- Peter John Stevens (SLO) – 25.97
- Fabian Schwingenschloegl (GER) – 26.02
- Huseyin Emre Sakci (TUR) – 26.18
- Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) – 26.31 [World Junior Record]
Final
Italian veteran Scozzoli snatched back his European and Championship Records in dramatic fashion, touching out Prigoda and Peaty with just 0.08 separating the podium finishers. Peaty wasn’t able to match the pre-meet hype about what he could produce in short course, and for Scozzoli, this is his first major Championship gold medal after knee surgery in 2013.
- Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) – 25.62 [European, Championship Records]
- Kirill Prigoda (RUS) – 25.64
- Adam Peaty (GBR) – 25.70