World swimming record holder Evgeny Chikunov will be officially announced at Russian competitions as a double winner of the 2024 Olympic Games, the president of the All-Russian Swimming Federation told Vladimir Salnikov .
This was first announced at the Baltic Sea Cup, which will end on August 2 in Kaliningrad.
“In the next four years, at the All-Russian competitions, we will announce Chikunova as a two-time champion of the 2024 Olympic Games, Evgeniy Rylov as a two-time Olympic champion and silver medalist of the Paris Games,” Salnikov said. .
Chikunova in the final of the Russian Cup showed a better result than those with which Tatyana Smith (South Africa) and Kate Douglass (USA) won the 100 and 200 meters breaststroke respectively at the Olympic Games. The Russian woman will receive two million rubles for each result.
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Source : MatchTV
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