Govorov Excited To Be Working With Cielo’s Former Coach Silva (Video)

2016 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2

• Monday, May 16th – Sunday, May 22nd
• Prelims: 10:00 AM (London Time) / 5:00 AM (Eastern Time)
• Finals: 6:00 PM (London Time) / 1:00 PM (Eastern Time)
• London Aquatics Center, London, UK
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results
• Live Stream

After already having clocked the world’s best ever 50m butterfly (textile), Ukraine swimmer Andriy Govorov spoke to the media about what shape he’s in and where he’s headed less than 90 days out from Rio. The youngster also comments on how things are working out so far with Arilson Silva, former coach of Cesar Cielo, who now has Govorov under his tutelage.

As originally reported by Loretta Race:

MEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

• Andriy Govorov (UKR) – 22.92
• Laszlo Cseh (HUN) – 23.31
• Ben Proud (GBR) – 23.34

Ukraine’s Andriy Govorov was head and shoulders over the rest of the field for the entire 50, looking strong, smooth and efficient for the duration of the sprint race. Although slightly off his 22.73 personal best from last night, a mark which also checked in as the world’s fastest textile ever, Govorov still manage to slide under the 23-second threshold in 22.92 for gold.

Silver tonight was a close battle between Hungarian veteran Laszlo Cseh and Great Britain’s sprint promise Ben Proud. Cseh wound up out-touching Proud by just .03 of a second, snatching silver in 23.31 to the 21-year old Brit’s 23.34. The 2014 silver medalist as well, Proud already sits as 3rd fastest in the world ranking with the 23.26 he scored in January of this year, so tonight marks his season’s 2nd fastest.

As for Cseh, his outing tonight marks the 3rd best time of his long career and also makes a dent in the world’s top 5, further highlighting the fact that 30-year old double world champion is defying the odds and getting better with age. For the legendary Hungarian, tonight’s podium placement represented his 20th long course European medal.