Evgenia Chikunova won the 200 meter breaststroke at the Russian Short Course Swimming Championships in St. Petersburg.
The 19-year-old finished with a time of 2 minutes 15.36 seconds and set the world’s best time of the season. Second place was taken by Belarusian Alina Zmushko (2:19.67), with the top three closed by three-time Olympic medalist Yulia Efimova (2:23.03). Vitalina Simonova finished fourth (2:23.63).
Efimova, 31, returned to competition at the end of October. This is his first Russian championship in two years. Earlier, at competitions in St. Petersburg, she showed the third time twice – in 50 m and 100 m breaststroke.
The Russian Championship will end on November 25. Watch live broadcasts of the final series these minutes on the Match channel! TV. Arena”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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