Evgeny Mikhailovich Rylov ( rus, Евгений Михайлович Рылов, , ɪ̯ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪɪ̯ ˈrɨɫəf; born 23 September 1996) is a Russian competitive

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and Olympic champion specializing in

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events. He won three gold medals at the

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, and a bronze medal at his senior international debut at the 2015 World Championships in

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. He also won a bronze medal at the

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and a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, both were in the 200 metre backstroke event. In 2018, at the 2018 World Short Course Championships, he won gold medals in the 200 metre backstroke and 50 metre backstroke. At the 2019 World Championships, he won a gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke, silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke, and silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre backstroke at the

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Background

Rylov's father Mikhail Rylov is a former footballer, who now serves as a coach. In childhood he tried playing association football, but chose instead swimming. Rylov is a staff

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of the Moscow Oblast Police of the town district of

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Career

2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Rylov first established himself on the world scene at the

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, where he achieved a total of four medals, three golds and one silver, and broke two world junior records. In the 100 metre backstroke, Rylov shared the top prize with Italy's

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in a matching time of 54.24 seconds. On 20 August, he put up a sterling effort of 25.09 seconds to crush the world junior record and pick up his second gold of the meet in the 50 metre backstroke, touching out Greece's

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by 0.35 of a second. Less than an hour later, Rylov and his teammates

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, Aleksandr Sadovnikov, and Filipp Shopin led throughout the race to capture the medley relay title in a world junior record-breaking time of 3:38.02. On the final night of the Games, Rylov added a silver to his medal tally, this time in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:57.08, losing the title and his chance of breaking another record to China's Li Guangyuan by 14-hundredths of a second. Additionally, he helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay on the first day of competition in 3:32.15 and a fourth-place finish on the third day of competition in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in 3:25.01."Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games: Official Results Book Swimming"
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2015 World Championships

When

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hosted the

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, Rylov charged his way to round out the podium with a third-place and Russian record time of 1:54.60 in the 200 metre backstroke. Earlier in the Championships, he posted a time of 53.23 seconds to place seventh in the final of the 100 metre backstroke, finishing 0.57 seconds behind the bronze medalist in the event

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of the

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. He also placed fifth in the 4×100 metre medley relay, contributing a split of 53.21 seconds for the backstroke leg to help achieve a finals relay time of 3:30.90.

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2016 Summer Olympics

At the Russian Championships in April 2016, Rylov broke the European record in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:54.21. Approximately four months later, at the

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, he broke the European record again with a time of 1:53.97 and won the bronze medal in the 200 metre backstroke. In the 100 metre backstroke, he placed sixth in the final with a time of 52.74 seconds."2016 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Men's 100m Backstroke"
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(breaststroke),

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2017

At 2017 Russian Championships in April, he lowered his own 200 metre backstroke European record for the third time with a time of 1:53.81 before tying the Russian record in the 50 metre backstroke with a time of 24.52 seconds less than one hour later.

2017 World Championships

At the

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, held in July 2017 at

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, Rylov broke his own European record once again in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:53.61, winning the gold medal and defeating the silver medalist in the event, and 2016 Olympic champion in the event, Ryan Murphy of the United States by 0.60 seconds in the process. This was the first long course world championships gold medal won by a Russian male swimmer in an individual event since 2003. For the 4×100 metre medley relay on the final day of swimming competition, he split a 52.89 for the backstroke leg of the relay in the final to contribute to a bronze medal-win in a Russian record time of 3:29.76 with finals relay teammates

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(breaststroke), Aleksandr Popkov (butterfly), and Vladimir Morozov (freestyle).

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2018

2018 European Championships

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in August, Rylov won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a European record and Championships record time of 1:53.36.

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''. Retrieved 17 May 2022. He won his first gold medal of the Championships five days earlier in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, leading-off the relay in 48.62 seconds to help finish first in 3:12.23.

(3 August 2018)
"European Aquatics Championships Swimming Glasgow 2018: Results 4x100m Freestyle Relay Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 May 2022. For the 100 metre backstroke, he won the silver medal with a time of 52.74 seconds in the final, finishing 0.21 seconds behind gold medalist in the event

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, also of Russia.

(6 August 2018)
"European Aquatics Championships Swimming Glasgow 2018: Results 100m Backstroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 17 May 2022. In the 4×100 metre medley relay, he swam a 52.66 for the backstroke portion of the relay in the preliminary heats before being substituted out for Kliment Kolesnikov in the final and winning a silver medal for his efforts when the finals relay finished second in 3:32.03.

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2018 World Short Course Championships

On the first day of competition at the 2018 World Short Course Swimming Championships in

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in December, Rylov won a silver medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, swimming a 46.09 for the lead-off leg of the relay in the prelims heats before being substituted out for

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in the final, where the finals relay placed second with a 3:03.11.

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''. Retrieved 28 March 2022. The second day, he won a bronze medal as part of the 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay, contributing a lead-off split time of 21.21 seconds in the prelims heats to help qualify the relay to the final ranking second, where it when on to finish in third-place with a 1:28.73.

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''. Retrieved 28 March 2022. In the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay the following day, he swam a 23.18 for the backstroke leg of the relay in the prelims heats, was substituted out and Kliment Kolesnikov substituted in for the finals relay, and won a bronze medal when the finals relay placed third in 1:37.33.

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''. Retrieved 28 March 2022. Day four of competition, Rylov anchored the 4×50 metre freestyle relay in the final to help achieve a silver medal victory in a new Russian record time of 1:22.22, splitting a time of 20.37 seconds, which was the third-fastest split time in the final heat behind

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of the

, who split a 20.25, and

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, who split a 20.31.

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''. Retrieved 28 March 2022. Later in the same session, he won the gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke with a Russian record time of 22.58 seconds.

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. In the final of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay, 4×50 metre medley relay the following day, he swam the fastest freestyle leg in the field with a time of 20.22 seconds, helping win the gold medal with a finals relay time of 1:30.54.

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and

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2019

2019 World Championships

At the

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in July 2019, he defended the World Championships title in the 200 metre backstroke."2019 World Swimming Championships: Rylov takes gold in men's 200m back"
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of South Africa with a 24.49, and the 100 metre backstroke, where he swam a 52.67 to finish 24-hundredths of a second behind gold medalist

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of China.

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and sixteen-hundredths of a second slower than the 46.86 swum by

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of the United States, and contributed to a silver medal-winning finish in 3:09.97.

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''. Retrieved 29 March 2022. For the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, Rylov swam the backstroke leg of the relay in the final, helping achieve a fourth-place finish in a Russian record time of 3:40.78 with a split of 51.97 seconds.

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''. Retrieved 17 May 2022. His time of 51.97 seconds for the lead-off leg of the relay was faster than the Russian record of 52.44 seconds he set in the semifinals of the 100 metre backstroke, however it did not count as a new record as times from mixed gender events do not count for individual gender records.

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''. Retrieved 17 May 2022. As part of the 4×100 metre medley relay, he split the fastest backstroke leg in the final with a 52.57 to help win the bronze medal in a Russian record time of 3:28.81.

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2019 International Swimming League

In the Autumn of 2019, he was member of the inaugural

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swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December. He won the 100 metre backtroke with aand 200 metre backstroke events at both the Budapest and London matches after winning just the 100 metre backstroke in Naples.

2021: Olympic champion in 100 metre and 200 metre backstroke

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2020 European Championships

On the first day of swimming competition at the

2020 European Aquatics Championships The 2020 European Aquatics Championships (also known as the 2021 European Aquatics Championships; 35th) were scheduled to take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 24 May 2020. However, on 5 May it was announced that the event had been postpon ...

, held in Budapest, Hungary in May, Rylov won a gold medal as part of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, splitting 48.61 for the anchor leg of the relay in the prelims heats to help advance the relay to the final ranking fourth, where the finals relay finished first in a time of 3:10.41.

(17 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 4x100m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

(17 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 4x100m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022. The next day, he won a bronze medal in the 4×200 metre mixed freestyle relay again for his efforts in the prelims heats, this time swimming a time of 1:48.76 for the second leg of the prelims relay to help advance the relay to the final ranking sixth before the finals relay placed third in a time of 7:31.54.

(18 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 4x200m Freestyle Mixed Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

(18 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 4x200m Freestyle Mixed Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022. In the 100 metre backstroke on the third and fourth days of competition, Rylov was the highest ranking swimmer representing Russia, placing eighth overall with a time of 53.51 seconds in the final.

(20 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 100m Backstroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022. On days five and six of competition, he competed in the 200 metre backstroke, ultimately winning the gold medal and European title with a time of 1:54.46 in the final, finishing less than two-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist

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(22 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 200m Backstroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022."Russia's Rylov wins gold in 200-meter backstroke event at European Aquatics Championship"
''

''. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022. The seventh and final day of competition, he won a silver medal for his prelims efforts on the 4×100 metre medley relay, helping advance the relay to the final ranking sixth with a backstroke split of 53.44 in the prelims heats before the finals relay finished second with a time of 3:29.50.

(23 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 4x100m Medley Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

(23 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 European Aquatics Championships Swimming: Results 4x100m Medley Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

2020 Summer Olympics

At the

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, held in 2021 due to the

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, he claimed gold medals in the 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre backstroke respectively, breaking the 100 metre backstroke European record with a time of 51.98 and the 200 metre backstroke

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with a time of 1:53.27.Race, Retta (26 July 2021)
"Rylov Takes Down 100 Back European Record En Route To Gold"
''

''. Retrieved 17 May 2022. He became Russia's first indoor Olympic swimming champion in 25 years. He competed without the flag, original outfits, anthem, and name of his country, instead donning items selected by the

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for all Russians at the Games, who were required to compete as athletes for the

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per a ban from 17 December 2020 to 16 December 2022 enacted by the

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in response to widespread doping by Russians.Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020)
"Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics"
''

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''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.Wamsley, Laurel; Kennedy, Merrit (17 December 2020)
"Russia Gets Its Doping Ban Reduced But Will Miss Next 2 Olympics"
''

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''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.Grohmann, Karolos (19 February 2021)
"Olympics: Russia to compete under ROC acronym in Tokyo as part of doping sanctions"
''

''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

(14 April 2021)
"No flag allowed, but Russian colors plastered on uniforms for Tokyo Olympics"
'' CBC.ca''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.OlympicTalk (22 April 2021)
"Tchaikovsky music replaces Russia anthem at Olympics in Tokyo, Beijing"
''

''. Retrieved 6 November 2022. Rylov also won a silver medal in 4×200 metre freestyle relay together with his finals relay teammates, splitting a 1:45.26 for the third leg of the relay.Lepesant, Anne (28 July 2021)
"Tokyo Relay Splits: GBR Dominates Men's 4×200 Free With 3 Of The 6 Fastest Legs"
''

''. Retrieved 25 March 2022. In addition to events he medaled in, he helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the 4×100 metre medley relay in 3:29.22 and a seventh-place finish in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay in 3:42.45, swimming the backstroke leg of each relay in the final.

;

(1 August 2021).

2021 International Swimming League

Rylov was the

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of the 9th match in the regular season of ISL season 3 in 2021.

2021 European Short Course Championships

In November, at the

2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships (25 m) were held in Kazan, Russia from 2 to 7 November 2021 at the Palace of Water Sports The Palace of Water Sports (; tt-Cyrl, Су спорт төрләре сара) is an indoor aquatics ...

, Rylov won a bronze medal in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay on day one, splitting a 20.99 for the third leg of the relay to contribute to the finals relay time of 1:23.35.

(2 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 4x50m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022. On the second day, he placed 20th in the preliminary heats of the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 21.61 seconds.

(3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022. The following day, he placed fourth in the preliminary heats of the 100 metre backstroke, not advancing to the semifinals as he was not one of the two fastest swimmers representing Russia with his time of 50.55 seconds.

(4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Backstroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022. Day five, he ranked fourth in the semifinals of the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:51.73 before withdrawing from competing in the final of the event on the final day of competition.

(6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 200m Backstroke Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

(7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 200m Backstroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

2022: Banned from competition and times counting

On 18 March 2022, Rylov participated in the fascist Moscow rally in support of the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, wearing a " Z" sticker.Keith, Braden (19 March 2022)
"Russian Olympic Swimmer Rylov Appears At Large Pro-War Rally In Moscow"
''

''. Retrieved 27 March 2022. His swimwear sponsor at the time of the rally,

Speedo Speedo International Limited is a distributor of swimwear and swim-related accessories based in Nottingham, England, known for its swim briefs. The company has roots in Australia but is no longer based there. Founded in Sydney in 1914 by Al ...

, terminated their endorsement deal with Rylov in response to his participation in the rally.Rieder, David (21 March 2022)
"Evgeny Rylov Appears at Rally Supporting Russian Invasion of Ukraine; Speedo Pulls Sponsorship"
''

''. Retrieved 27 March 2022.Sutherland, James (21 March 2022)
"Speedo Ends Sponsorship Deal With Russian Gold Medalist Evgeny Rylov"
''

''. Retrieved 27 March 2022.Latham-Coyle, Harry (23 March 2022)
"Speedo ditch Russian Olympic swimmer after appearance at pro-Putin rally and donate fee to refugees"
''

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''. Retrieved 28 March 2022.Ronald, Issy (23 March 2022)
"Olympic Champion Evgeny Rylov loses Speedo deal after attending Putin rally"
''

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''. Retrieved 27 March 2022.Perry, Dwight (25 March 2022)
"Sideline Chatter: Guess having to wear off-brand Speedos will teach him"
''

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''. Retrieved 27 March 2022. He was also subsequently suspended from the Energy Standard International Swimming Club of the

along with all other support staff and athletes from Russia.Keith, Braden (22 March 2022)
"ISL's Energy Standard Suspends All Russian Athletes & Support Staff"
''

''. Retrieved 27 March 2022. Later in the same week, he withdrew from competing at the

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and

announced his participation in the rally was under investigation in regards to potentially violating FINA rules.Sutherland, James (23 March 2022)
"Olympic Gold Medalist Evgeny Rylov Pulls Out Of 2022 World Championships"
''

''. Retrieved 27 March 2022."PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting"
''

''. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022."Olympic Gold Medalist Evgeny Rylov Loses Sponsorship, Among Russian Athletes Under Investigation After Attending Vladimir Putin Rally"
''

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''. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022. On 20 April 2022, he received a nine-month suspension by FINA "from all competitions and activities organized or sanctioned by FINA, including any International Competition on the FINA World Aquatic Calendar"."PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"
''

''. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022. Prior to this individualized ban for his participation in the fascist rally, Rylov was subjected to a blanket ban on 3 March 2022 by the European governing body for aquatic sports,

, which banned all Russian and Belarusians athletes and officials from taking part and competing at LEN competitions until further notice."LEN agrees not to invite Russian and Belarusian teams and supports Ukrainian athletes"
''

''. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022. While he competed at non-FINA and non-LEN events during the year, such as the Russian Championships, his times did not count for world rankings nor world records.Keith, Braden (23 April 2022)
"Russia Confirms that Suspended Rylov Will Be Allowed at Russian Championships"
''

''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

International championships

Long course metres (50 m pool)

: Rylov swam only in the prelims heats.

Short course metres (25 m pool)

: Rylov swam only in the prelims heats.

Career best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Continental and national records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

References

External links

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Nanjing 2014 Profile

Eurosport Bio
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Background

Career

2014 Summer Youth Olympics

2015 World Championships

2016 Summer Olympics

2017

2017 World Championships

2018

2018 European Championships

2018 World Short Course Championships

2019

2019 World Championships

2019 International Swimming League

2021: Olympic champion in 100 metre and 200 metre backstroke

2020 European Championships

2020 Summer Olympics

2021 International Swimming League

2021 European Short Course Championships

2022: Banned from competition and times counting

International championships

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Career best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Continental and national records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

See also

References

External links