President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov told that the official protocol received from the competition in Atlanta will serve as the basis for recording the Russian record of Evgeny Somov.
Somov lives and studies in the United States. At the Atlanta Classic competition, he updated the Russian record in the 100-meter breaststroke, posting a result in the preliminary heat of 58.72 seconds. The previous Russian record belonged to Anton Chupkov – 58.83. He installed it in 2020.
— In this case, the basis for recording a record will be the protocol of the competition in the USA. Then the record can be recorded,” Salnikov told .
Somov is the European junior champion.
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