MOSCOW, February 1 Russians Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Alexander Maltsev are recognized as the best synchronized swimmers of the year according to the European Swimming League (LEN), according to the organization's website. According to the results of the poll, Kolesnichenko won 35.6 percent of the vote. She was ahead of compatriot Svetlana Romashina (33.9 percent) and Ukrainian Marta Fedina (28.8 percent). Maltsev received 66.7 percent of the vote. The second was the Spaniard Pau Ribes (22.8 percent), the third — the Italian Nicolo Ogliari (10.5 percent). The Russian Evgeny Rylov (22.6 percent) became the second in the nomination «Best swimmer». Briton Adam Peaty (35.5%) received the award. Yulia Timoshinina (10.9 percent) took third place in the nomination «Best diver», and the German Tina Punzel (62.6 percent) won. In men's diving, Briton Tom Daly (76.7 percent) was recognized as the best, Russian Evgeny Kuznetsov (9.4 percent) took third place. Swede Sarah Sjöström (swimming), German Florian Wellbrock and the Netherlands Sharon van Rouvendal ( both open water swimming), Serbian Filip Filipovich and Spaniard Beatriz Ortiz (both water polo).
