Oleg Lyashko (swimmer) explained

Oleg Lyashko (uz|Олег Ляшко; born October 13, 1982) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.^[1] Lyashko qualified for the men's 100 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by posting a FINA B-standard of 56.08 from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty.^[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 17-year-old Michal Rubáček of the Czech Republic. He raced to second place by a 1.03-second margin behind winner Rubacek in a personal best of 55.90. Lyashko failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-sixth overall in the preliminaries.^{[3] [4]}

External links

• NBC 2008 Olympics profile

Notes and References

1. Oleg Lyashko. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061108/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ly/oleg-lyashko-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 4 May 2013.
2. Web site: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
3. Web site: Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. 14 March 2013.
4. News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 100 Butterfly, Day 6 Prelims: Crocker Blasts Back into Form as Fastest Qualifier; Serdinov and Phelps Right on his Tail . . 19 August 2004 . 11 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227153522/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7899.asp . 27 December 2013 .