Polina Egorova wins gold in 200m backstroke

Polina Egorova prolonged Russia's dominance at the Aquatic Centre today by winning gold in the 200m backstroke at the European Games.

The 15-year-old set a Games record 2:11.23 to beat German Maxine Wolters by just 0.15s in a thrilling conclusion to the race.

Ukraine's Maryna Kolesnykova won bronze in a time of 2:11.91 - 0.68s behind her Russian counterpart.

Further back, Rebecca Sherwin of Great Britain finished seventh with a time of 2:17.00.

It was Russia's 14th medal in swimming thus far.