Neutral Athletes at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Neutral Athletes B at the
2025 World Aquatics Championships
Neutral Athletes B at the; 2025 World Aquatics Championships
World Aquatics code	NAB (Russia)
National federation	World Aquatics
in Singapore; 11 July 2025 – 3 August 2025
Competitors	59 in 4 sports
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 6 Silver 8 Bronze 4 Total 18
World Aquatics Championships appearances
	1973; 1975; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1991; 1994; 1998; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023; 2024; 2025;

Neutral Athletes A at the
2025 World Aquatics Championships
Neutral Athletes A at the; 2025 World Aquatics Championships
World Aquatics code	NAA (Belarus)
National federation	World Aquatics
in Singapore; 11 July 2025 – 3 August 2025
Competitors	16 in 2 sports
Medals; Ranked 22nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
World Aquatics Championships appearances
	1973; 1975; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1991; 1994; 1998; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023; 2024; 2025;

Neutral Athletes competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, from 11 July to 3 August 2025.

Background

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian athletes were barred from representing their respective countries at the Championships. Athletes from these countries could instead apply to compete as neutral athletes. If the athletes met the qualification criteria to compete as neutral athletes, which includes that they have not shown any support for the war, then they would be approved to compete.^[1]^[2]^[3] Russian athletes are competing for the "Neutral Athletes B" team.^[4]

Neutral Athletes are allowed to speak to the media, but they are not allowed to talk about any of the reasons why they are not competing for their respective countries.^[5]

Athletes by discipline

The following is the number of competitors who will participate at the Championships per discipline.^{[citation needed]}

Sport	Neutral Athletes A		Neutral Athletes B		Total
	Belarus		Russia
	Men	Women	Men	Women
Artistic swimming	0	11	1	12	24
Diving	0	0	6	7	13
Open water swimming	0	0	3	4	7
Swimming	2	3	18	12	35
Total	2	14	28	34*	78*

Kseniia Misharina competed in both open water swimming and swimming.

Medalists

Neutral Athletes A

Medal	Name	From	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Vasilina Khandoshka	Belarus	Artistic swimming	Women's solo technical routine	19 July
Bronze	Vasilina Khandoshka		Artistic swimming	Women's solo free routine	22 July
Bronze	Alina Zmushka		Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	1 August

Neutral Athletes B

Medal	Name	From	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Aleksandr Maltsev	Russia	Artistic swimming	Men's solo technical routine	19 July
Gold	Aleksandr Maltsev		Artistic swimming	Men's solo free routine	21 July
Gold	Aleksandr Maltsev Mayya Gurbanberdieva		Artistic swimming	Mixed duet technical routine	23 July
Gold	Daria Klepikova Miron Lifintsev Kirill Prigoda Daria Trofimova Aleksandra Kuznetsova* Danil Semianinov*		Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay	30 July
Gold	Kliment Kolesnikov		Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke	3 August
Gold	Egor Kornev Miron Lifintsev Andrey Minakov Kirill Prigoda Ivan Giryov* Kliment Kolesnikov* Ivan Kozhakin*		Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	3 August
Silver	Anna Andrianova Anastasiia Bakhtyreva Daria Geloshvili Ekaterina Kossova Elizaveta Minaeva Evelina Simonova Elizaveta Smirnova Agniia Tulupova		Artistic swimming	Team technical routine	22 July
Silver	Anna Andrianova Anastasiia Bakhtyreva Daria Geloshvili Ekaterina Kossova Elizaveta Minaeva Evelina Simonova Elizaveta Smirnova Agniia Tulupova		Artistic swimming	Team acrobatic routine	25 July
Silver	Aleksandr Maltsev Olesia Platonova		Artistic swimming	Mixed duet free routine	25 July
Silver	Nikita Shleikher Ruslan Ternovoi		Diving	Men's synchronized 10 m platform	29 July
Silver	Kirill Prigoda		Swimming	Men's 50 m breaststroke	30 July
Silver	Evgeniia Chikunova		Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	1 August
Silver	Ivan Giryov Daria Klepikova Egor Kornev Daria Trofimova Alina Gaifutdinova* Vladislav Grinev* Milana Stepanova*		Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	2 August
Silver	Pavel Samusenko		Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke	3 August
Bronze	Mayya Doroshko Tatiana Gayday		Artistic swimming	Women's duet technical routine	21 July
Bronze	Mayya Doroshko Tatiana Gayday		Artistic swimming	Women's duet free routine	24 July
Bronze	Aleksandr Bondar Anna Konanykhina		Diving	Mixed synchronized 10 m platform	27 July
Bronze	Ilya Borodin		Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	3 August

Multiple medalists

Athlete	From	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Aleksandr Maltsev	Russia	Artistic swimming	3	1	0	4
Kirill Prigoda		Swimming	2	1	0	3
Kliment Kolesnikov		Swimming	2	0	0	2
Miron Lifintsev		Swimming	2	0	0	2
Ivan Giryov		Swimming	1	1	0	2
Daria Klepikova		Swimming	1	1	0	2
Egor Kornev		Swimming	1	1	0	2
Daria Trofimova		Swimming	1	1	0	2
Anna Andrianova		Artistic swimming	0	2	0	2
Anastasiia Bakhtyreva		Artistic swimming	0	2	0	2
Daria Geloshvili		Artistic swimming	0	2	0	2
Ekaterina Kossova		Artistic swimming	0	2	0	2
Elizaveta Minaeva		Artistic swimming	0	2	0	2
Evelina Simonova		Artistic swimming	0	2	0	2
Elizaveta Smirnova		Artistic swimming	0	2	0	2
Agniia Tulupova		Artistic swimming	0	2	0	2
Vasilina Khandoshka	Belarus	Artistic swimming	0	1	1	2
Mayya Doroshko	Russia	Artistic swimming	0	0	2	2
Tatiana Gayday	Russia	Artistic swimming	0	0	2	2

Artistic swimming

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank
Aleksandr Maltsev	Russia	Solo technical routine	251.7133
Aleksandr Maltsev	Russia	Solo free routine	229.5613

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vasilina Khandoshka	Belarus	Solo technical	254.8200	2 Q	260.5416
Vasilina Khandoshka		Solo free routine	238.2762	2 Q	239.5437
Daria Fedaruk Vasilina Khandoshka		Duet technical routine	262.8175	12 Q	277.4267	7
Daria Fedaruk Vasilina Khandoshka		Duet free routine	203.2920	20	Did not advance
Tatiana Gayday	Russia	Solo technical	246.0517	7 Q	228.5625	12
Mayya Doroshko Tatiana Gayday		Duet technical routine	297.0033	3 Q	300.2183
Mayya Doroshko Tatiana Gayday		Duet free routine	269.4688	2 Q	277.1117

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anastasiya Bernat (F) Anastasiya Dabravolskaya Volha Dzemidovich Marharyta Kiryliuk Varvara Kulba (T, A) Kseniya Kuliashova Aliaksandra Mironchyk Valeryia Shymanskaya Yana Tratseuskaya	Belarus	Team technical routine	255.7183	7 Q	259.7317	10
		Team free routine	271.5473	7 Q	274.9779	8
		Team acrobatic routine	181.7937	12 Q	187.3608	11
Mayya Gurbanberdieva Aleksandr Maltsev	Russia	Duet technical routine	—		233.2100
Aleksandr Maltsev Olesia Platonova		Duet free routine	—		323.4438
Anna Andrianova Anastasiia Bakhtyreva Daria Geloshvili Ekaterina Kossova Elizaveta Minaeva Evelina Simonova Elizaveta Smirnova Agniia Tulupova		Team technical routine	295.4633	2 Q	300.6183
		Team acrobatic routine	201.8712	7 Q	224.7291

Diving

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gennadii Fokin	Russia	1 m springboard	359.75	8 Q	—		381.00	8
Egor Lapin		1 m springboard	313.40	29	—		Did not advance
Ilia Molchanov		3 m springboard	394.80	11 Q	397.05	11 Q	440.25	9
Nikita Shleikher		3 m springboard	445.15	4 Q	427.70	7 Q	452.75	7
Gennadii Fokin Ilia Molchanov		3 m synchronized springboard	358.80	12	—		Did not advance
Nikita Shleikher		10 m platform	448.70	6 Q	464.60	6 Q	441.80	11
Ruslan Ternovoi		10 m platform	434.65	9 Q	458.55	7 Q	459.05	7
Nikita Shleikher Ruslan Ternovoi		10 m synchronized platform	407.91	2 Q	—		428.70

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Viktoriia Frolova	Russia	1 m springboard	214.00	33	—		Did not advance
Kristina Ilinykh		1 m springboard	244.70	10 Q	—		261.85	6
Kristina Ilinykh		3 m springboard	291.00	9 Q	308.30	5 Q	310.30	7
Elizaveta Kuzina		3 m springboard	249.20	28	Did not advance
Kristina Ilinykh Elizaveta Kuzina		3 m synchronized springboard	208.80	16	—		Did not advance
Ekaterina Beliaeva		10 m platform	308.70	5 Q	293.00	10	335.10	7
Yulia Timoshinina		10 m platform	273.25	16 Q	246.95	16	Did not advance
Aleksandra Kedrina Anna Konanykhina		10 m synchronized platform	280.62	6 Q	—		269.46	7

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank
Elizaveta Kuzina Ilia Molchanov	Russia	3 m synchronized springboard	273.84	5
Aleksandr Bondar Anna Konanykhina		10 m synchronized platform	311.88
Elizaveta Kuzina Ilia Molchanov Ruslan Ternovoi Yulia Timoshinina		Team event	400.35	5

Open water swimming

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Denis Adeev	Russia	5 km	—				57:37.2	5
Denis Adeev		10 km	—				2:00:35.8	6
Savelii Luzin		3 km knockout sprints	17:11.1	14	Did not advance
Savelii Luzin		5 km	—				1:01:04.9	29
Vladislav Utrobin		3 km knockout sprints	17:11.5	10 Q	11:34.3	15	Did not advance
Vladislav Utrobin		10 km	—				2:09:27.7	35

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Margarita Ershova	Russia	3 km knockout sprints	18:15.10	9 Q	12:10.9	6 Q	6:26.9	8
Margarita Ershova		10 km	—				Did not finish
Polina Koziakina		5 km	—				1:05:24.0	24
Kseniia Misharina		3 km knockout sprints	18:33.3	1 Q	12:11.1	7 Q	6:30.3	10
Ekaterina Sorokina		5 km	—				1:04:09.7	14
Ekaterina Sorokina		10 km	—				2:09:39.8	11

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank
Margarita Ershova Kseniia Misharina Savelii Luzin Denis Adeev	Russia	Team relay	1:10:24.0	6

Swimming

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Grigori Pekarski	Belarus	50 m butterfly	23.42	24	Did not advance
Grigori Pekarski		100 m butterfly	52.90	35	Did not advance
Ilya Shymanovich		50 m breaststroke	26.89	8 Q	26.94	10	Did not advance
Ilya Shymanovich		100 m breaststroke	59.59	11 Q	59.44	12	Did not advance
Mikhail Antipov	Russia	100 m butterfly	52.26	30	Did not advance
Ilya Borodin		200 m individual medley	1:58.01	6 Q	1:57.67	11	Did not advance
Ilya Borodin		400 m individual medley	4:10.63	3 Q	—		4:09.16
Egor Iurchenko		50 m butterfly	23.44	25	Did not advance
Kliment Kolesnikov		50 m freestyle	21.95	18	Did not advance
		50 m backstroke	24.08	1 Q	24.16	1 Q	23.68
		100 m backstroke	52.57	2 Q	52.26	2 Q	52.38	6
Egor Kornev		50 m freestyle	21.52	2 Q	21.51	4 Q	21.53	5
Egor Kornev		100 m freestyle	47.51	3 Q	47.29	3 Q	47.51	5
Oleg Kostin		50 m butterfly	23.34	19	Did not advance
Ivan Kozhakin		50 m breaststroke	26.77	5 Q	26.66	3 Q	26.73	4
Miron Lifintsev		100 m backstroke	52.77	6 Q	52.57	8 Q	52.51	7
Andrey Minakov		100 m freestyle	48.48	19	Did not advance
Andrey Minakov		100 m butterfly	50.93	3 Q	50.87	7 Q	50.90	6
Kirill Prigoda		50 m breaststroke	26.76	4 Q	26.92	7 Q	26.62
		100 m breaststroke	58.53	1 Q	59.36	8 Q	Disqualified
		200 m breaststroke	2:10.46	7 Q	2:08.91	7 Q	2:07.99	4
Pavel Samusenko		50 m backstroke	24.66	7 Q	24.31	2 Q	24.17	=
Dmitrii Savenko		200 m backstroke	2:00.20	29	Did not advance
Danil Semianinov		100 m breaststroke	59.92	14 Q	59.39	9 Q	59.55	8
Maxim Stupin		400 m individual medley	4:11.53	5 Q	—		4:12.46	5
Aleksandr Zhigalov		200 m breaststroke	2:08.32	1 Q	2:08.55	6 Q	Disqualified
Kliment Kolesnikov Vladislav Grinev Ivan Giryov Vasilii Kukushkin		4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.87	9	—		Did not advance
Miron Lifintsev Kirill Prigoda Andrey Minakov Egor Kornev Kliment Kolesnikov* Ivan Kozhakin* Ivan Girev*		4 × 100 m medley relay	3:30.05	2 Q			3:26.93

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anastasiya Kuliashova	Belarus	50 m butterfly	26.79	23	Did not advance
Anastasiya Kuliashova		100 m butterfly	58.52	19	Did not advance
Anastasiya Shkurdai		100 m backstroke	1:00.11	13 Q	1:00.46	15	Did not advance
Anastasiya Shkurdai		200 m backstroke	2:08.96	6 Q	2:07.85	2 Q	2:08.09	5
Alina Zmushka		50 m breaststroke	30.82	19	Did not advance
		100 m breaststroke	1:06.96	16 Q	1:06.09	5 Q	1:06.38	7
		200 m breaststroke	2:24.24	3 Q	2:23.33	5 Q	2:23.52	=
Evgeniia Chikunova	Russia	50 m breaststroke	31.34	26	Did not advance
		100 m breaststroke	1:06.19	4 Q	1:05.97	4 Q	1:06.04	5
		200 m breaststroke	2:22.30	1 Q	2:20.65	1 Q	2:19.96
Sofia Diakova		400 m freestyle	4:08.65	10	—		Did not advance
Sofia Diakova		800 m freestyle	8:33.16	14	—		Did not advance
Alina Gaifutdinova		50 m backstroke	27.57	2 Q	27.57	8 Q	27.44	6
Alina Gaifutdinova		100 m backstroke	1:00.56	16 Q	59.93	13	Did not advance
Daria Klepikova		100 m freestyle	53.55	4 Q	53.14	3 Q	52.98	5
Daria Klepikova		100 m butterfly	57.29	8 Q	56.42	4 Q	56.53	5
Aleksandra Kuznetsova		50 m freestyle	25.55	31	Did not advance
Kseniia Misharina		800 m freestyle	8:35.94	16	—		Did not advance
Kseniia Misharina		1500 m freestyle	16:12.35	12	—		Did not advance
Mariia Osetrova		50 m butterfly	26.37	23	Did not advance
Milana Stepanova		200 m backstroke	2:10.60	17 Q	2:09.57	11	Did not advance
Arina Surkova		50 m freestyle	24.64	10 Q	24.64	13	Did not advance
Arina Surkova		50 m butterfly	25.56	4 Q	25.54	5 Q	25.59	5
Daria Trofimova		100 m freestyle	54.14	13 Q	54.21	13	Did not advance
Daria Zarubenkova		200 m backstroke	2:10.35	16 Q	2:10.92	16	Did not advance
Daria Trofimova Aleksandra Kuznetsova Alina Gaifutdinova Daria Klepikova Daria Surushkina*		4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.95	6 Q	—		3:34.69	6
Alina Gaifutdinova Evgeniia Chikunova Daria Klepikova Daria Trofimova Arina Surkova* Milana Stepanova*		4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.36	8 Q			3:55.17	4

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Egor Kornev Ivan Giryov Daria Trofimova Daria Klepikova Vladislav Grinev* Alina Gaifutdinova* Milana Stepanova*	Russia	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:24.46	4 Q	3:19.68
Miron Lifintsev Kirill Prigoda Daria Klepikova Daria Trofimova Danil Semianinov* Aleksandra Kuznetsova*	Russia	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.14	7 Q	3:37.97

References

^ Halas, Derek (14 July 2025). "Kliment Kolesnikov Leads Russian "Neutral Athletes B" Roster For 2025 World Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
^ Sutherland, James (20 November 2024). "World Aquatics Approves New Guidelines For Athlete Participation During Periods of Conflict". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
^ "Approved neutral athletes can enter swimming relays, synchronized diving, artistic swimming". NBC Sports. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
^ Halas, Derek (14 July 2025). "Kliment Kolesnikov Leads Russian "Neutral Athletes B" Roster For 2025 World Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
^ Keith, Braden (18 July 2025). "Russian, Belarusian Athletes Will Be Allowed to Speak to Media at World Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 July 2025.

[1] Halas, Derek (14 July 2025). "Kliment Kolesnikov Leads Russian "Neutral Athletes B" Roster For 2025 World Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 July 2025.

[2] Sutherland, James (20 November 2024). "World Aquatics Approves New Guidelines For Athlete Participation During Periods of Conflict". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 July 2025.

[3] "Approved neutral athletes can enter swimming relays, synchronized diving, artistic swimming". NBC Sports. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.

[4] Halas, Derek (14 July 2025). "Kliment Kolesnikov Leads Russian "Neutral Athletes B" Roster For 2025 World Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 July 2025.

[5] Keith, Braden (18 July 2025). "Russian, Belarusian Athletes Will Be Allowed to Speak to Media at World Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 July 2025.

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