On Saturday, Ralf Tribuntsov won the men’s 50-meter backstroke semifinal at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Lublin, Poland, setting a new Estonian record with a time of 22.63 seconds. On Sunday, he delivered another outstanding performance in the final.

Tribuntsov led the race from start to finish, touching the wall in 22.68 seconds — just one-hundredth of a second ahead of Czech swimmer Miroslav Knedla. The bronze medal went to Italy’s Francesco Lazzari, who finished 0.08 seconds behind.

For the 31-year-old Tribuntsov, this was the first medal of his career at a senior championship event. He also became the first Estonian male swimmer to win a European title.

Five minutes later, Eneli Jefimova entered the pool for the women’s 50-meter breaststroke final. Like Tribuntsov, she led the race from the outset and finished in a championship-record time of 28.81 seconds. With that performance, Jefimova moved into a tie for second place on the all-time European rankings.

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