The first day of competition of the Vladimir Salnikov Cup in swimming ended in St. Petersburg.
Double Olympic champion Yevgeny Rylov won the 200m backstroke with a time of 1 minute 49.71 seconds. The second was Alexey Tkachev (+0.45), Dmitry Savenko (+0.48) completed the top three.
2020 Olympics Silver Medalist Kliment Kolesnikov became the best in the 50 m freestyle – 20.93 seconds. The second result was shown by Daniil Markov (+0.38), the third – Andrey Minakov (+0.45).
Alexander Kudashev won the 200 butterfly in 1:51.49. Silver went to Alexander Kharlanov (+0.06), bronze to Egor Pavlov (+1.26).
Ilya Borodin became the winner of the 400m individual medley with a meet record of 3 minutes 57.88 seconds. Maksim Stupin was second (4:06.01), while Eduard Valiakhmetov was third (4:08.07).
Over a distance of 400 m freestyle, Daniil Shatalov took first place (3:41.76). Silver went to Denis Adeev (3:43.67), bronze went to Roman Akimov (3:44.11).
Kirill Prigoda won the 50m breaststroke in 25.74. The second time was shown by Oleg Kostin (+0.15), the third — by Kirill Strelnikov (+0.74).
The contest will end on December 18.
Source : MatchTV
