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Review: Kristian Gkolomeev sets Greek national record in 50 meter free (Includes first-hand account)

The 2020 International Swimming League (ISL) Season 2 competition is being held at Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary.

Gkolomeev is competing for the Los Angeles Current, with four-time Olympic gold medalist Lenny Krayzelburg as the team’s General Manager; moreover, world record holder Ryan Murphy and French swimmer Beryl Gastaldello serve as the team’s co-captains.

In ISL Match 5, Kristian Gkolomeev utilized his international experience, in an effort to earn a victory in a field full of global swimming stars, where the Greek athlete was the sole swimmer to swim under 21 seconds, with a remarkable time of 20.97 seconds.

Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev

Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev
Photo Courtesy of ISL

In addition, Gkolomeev was a part of the men’s Los Angeles Current swimming team, which won the 4 x 100 meter freestyle race with a time of 3:06.24. In this relay, he was joined by teammates Maxime Rooney, Tom Shields, and Dylan Carter.

To learn more about the Los Angeles Current, check out its Twitter page, and follow them on Instagram.

Read More: Digital Journal’s Markos Papadatos chatted with Kristian Gkolomeev back in March of 2020.

Kristian Gkolomeev

Kristian Gkolomeev
Photo Courtesy of ISL

Markos Papadatos
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Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator that has authored over 20,000 original articles over the past 18 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 16-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.

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