Evgenia Chikunova won the 200m breaststroke at the Russian Cup final in Yekaterinburg.
In the deciding round, Chikunova clocked 2 minutes 18.98 seconds. This is the world’s best result of the season at this distance. The 19-year-old Russian has held the world record in the 200 meters since April 2023 (2:17.55).
Second place in the swimming went to Victoria Tarannikova (2:28.46), with the top three completed by Anastasia Shilenkova (2:28.97).
Egor Kornev won gold in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 47.82 seconds. Andrei Minakov finished second (48.07), third Vasily Kukushkin (48.79).
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Source : MatchTV
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