Swimming world record holder Evgeny Chikunov will no longer be officially announced at Russian competitions as a double winner of the 2024 Olympic Games, the vice-president of the Russian Swimming Federation told Yevgeny Korotyshkin .
For the first time, a Russian swimmer was announced in this way at the Baltic Sea Cup, which was held in Kaliningrad in August. Chikunova in the final of the Russian Cup swam the 100 and 200 m breaststroke faster than the winners of the Paris Olympics at these distances, Tatyana Smith and Kate Douglass.
“This practice will no longer exist.” We know that she had the best result at that time. We appreciate that, but it would be a mistake to announce it that way,” Korotyshkin told .
There are also no plans to announce Evgeny Rylov as the 2024 Olympic silver medalist.
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Source : MatchTV
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