Russian swimmers set on Thursday a new world record in the 4 x 50 meter medley relay at the European short-course championships in Istanbul.
The quartet of Russians - Stanislav Donts, Stanislav Lakhtyukov, Yevgeny Korotyshkin and Yevgeny Lagunov - finished their qualifier with a result of 1 minute 32.08 seconds.
The previous world record of 1 minute 32.91 seconds was set last year by an Italian team.
The main opponents for the Russians in the final of the medley relay are Italy, Germany, Slovenia and Spain.
MOSCOW, December 10 (RIA Novosti)
