Medalist at the short course world championships Evgenia Chikunova she said she fell very ill before the Salnikov Cup, so it is unlikely that she will be able to update the world record at these competitions.
On Saturday, Chikunova won the 100m breaststroke at the Salnikov Cup, which is being held in St. Petersburg. On Sunday, she will perform in the 200m breaststroke, over this distance she updated the European record at the recent Russian Championships.
“I did my best today. I’m swimming for the fifth day – I recently got sick, I had a temperature of 39. For me, that’s still the maximum for today. Of course, not the seconds that I would like to show in my hometown, many came to watch, waiting for world-class seconds. Already at the “fifty kopecks” it was clear that everything would be worse,” Chikunova said on the air “Match! Arena”.
Will you be ready tomorrow for 200m?
– I think not. It’s unrealistic. The man took the temperature, was treated, then broke a world record. But I will try to swim as much as possible. With such support, I’ll be ready to jump over my head.
Kirill Prigoda won the men’s 100m breaststroke.
– Actually, I won’t say it didn’t work out for me, I swam the best I could, I wish the fight was harder – at the Friendship Games, we got each other confronted. To be honest, I don’t think of the match rivalry with the World Championships, to compare these competitions – they are completely different. There is more nervousness at the World Championships, and that probably translates into a higher result, Prigoda said on air, “Match! Arena”.
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