The Belarusian athlete dominated the 200m breaststroke, posting the fastest time in the preliminaries and cruising to victory in the semifinals. In the final, Maksim Malyshka touched in first to take gold with a time of 2:16.88. Ukraine’s Kostiantyn Fediuchuk claimed silver, 2.5 seconds behind the winner, while Simon Studnicka of the Czech Republic rounded out the podium with bronze.