Stanislav Kuzmin (; born June 24, 1986) is a Kazakh swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. He represented his nation

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at the

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, and has won a career total of eight medals (four golds, two silver, and two bronze) in a major international competition, spanning two editions of the

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, and the

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, as a member of the medley relay team. Kuzmin also spent his college sports career in the United States as a member of the

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swimming and diving team under head coach Brian Reynolds, while pursuing his sports management studies at

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. Kuzmin competed for the Kazakh swimming squad in the men's 50 m freestyle at the

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. Leading up to the Games, he stormed home the field with a winning time of 23.09 to eclipse the FINA B-cut by just a fingertip of a second (0.04) at the Kazakhstan Open Championships in

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. Swimming in heat seven, Kuzmin dipped under the 23-second barrier to take the fifth spot in a scorching lifetime best of 22.91, but missed the semifinals with a forty-eighth overall placement from a roster of ninety-seven entrants. At the

, Kuzmin produced a magnificent freestyle anchor of 49.71 to deliver the Kazakh foursome of Stanislav Osinsky, 2004 Olympic fifth-place finalist

Vladislav Polyakov Vladislav Vitalyevich Polyakov (also ''Vlad Polyakov'', ; born 30 November 1983 in Petropavlovsk) is a Kazakhstani swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He swam for his native Kazakhstan at three Olympic Games (2004, 2008, and 2012), a ...

, and newcomer Fedor Shkilyov a bronze-medal time in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, posting a textile best of 3:40.55.

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