Sudarev won the 200m individual medley at international competitions and reached the Olympic standard

Russian Alexey Sudarev fulfilled the Olympic standard in the 200-meter medley during the international Swim Wars competition in Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Sudarev won the final race with a time of 1 minute 57.74 seconds. Another representative from Russia, Ilya Borodin, finished second (1:58.28), while Croatian Juraj Barkot (2:06.58) finished third. The Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) for this discipline is 1:57.94 and the Olympic Qualifying Time (OCT) is 1:58.53.

In the women’s 200 meter medley, Russian Yana Shakirova won (2.13.92). Representative of the Netherlands Silke Holkenborg (2:20.76) finished second, the third time was won by Serbian Andrea Davidovich (2:22.62).

Russia’s Evgenia Chikunova won the 50-meter breaststroke (31.40), Slovenia’s Tara Vovk (32.05) was second and Croatia’s Ana Blazevic (33.63) was third. Among the men, the Russian Kirill Prigoda (27.59) excelled in this type of program, his compatriot Danil Semyaninov (27.65) finished second, the Serbian Uros Zivanovic (28.34) took third place.

Athletes who complete the OQT automatically receive an Olympic quota in that discipline, provided that their National Olympic Committee (NOC) has not yet selected the maximum number of quotas in that discipline.

A maximum of two athletes per NOC can participate in a discipline, but only if they have both completed the TQO.

At the end of the qualification period, provided that the maximum number of 852 quotas has not been reached in the other three qualification categories, the remaining quotas will be distributed to athletes who have completed the OCT.

The competition in Banja Luka will take place on April 27 and 28. For many leaders of the Russian team, this is the first international competition abroad since 2022.

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