The final session of the second day of the tournament, organized by the Azerbaijan Swimming Federation (ASF) with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MYS) at the Water Sports Palace, was marked by historical moments.
Modern.az reports that final competitions were held in 10 categories.
The main event of the day was signed by Yegor Kornev. The Russian representative equaled the result of world record holder Kyle Chalmers with a time of 44.84 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle race.
Kornev also renewed the World Cup record with a time of 22.23 seconds in the 50-meter backstroke race.
Among the Azerbaijani representatives, Fatima Alkaramova competed in the decisive stage. She tested her strength in the 400-meter individual medley race and finished 7th.
Results of the second day's final session:
Men
50 meters backstroke – 1. Yegor Kornev 2. Pavel Samusenko 3. Pieter Coetze
200 meters individual medley – 1. Luke Barr 2. Alberto Razzetti 3. Finley Knox
50 meters breaststroke – 1. Haiyang Qin 2. Michael Houlie 3. Kirill Prigoda
100 meters freestyle – 1. Yegor Kornev 2. Cameron McEvoy 3. Vasily Kukushkin
200 meters butterfly – 1. Juner Chen 2. So Ogata 3. Alberto Razzetti
Women
400 meters individual medley – 1. Yiting Yu 2. Abbie Wood 3. Mohan Zhang
200 meters freestyle – 1. Siobhan Haughey 2. Anna Peplowski 3. Yaqi Fan
100 meters backstroke – 1. Marrit Steenbergen 2. Taylor Ruck 3. Anna Peplowski
50 meters butterfly – 1. Roos Vanotterdijk 2. Sara Junevik 3. Arina Surkova
100 meters breaststroke – 1. Mona McSharry 2. Evgeniia Chikunova 3. Amy Kenny
The World Cup is being held from October 1-3 at the Baku Water Sports Palace with the participation of 216 athletes from 44 countries. Tickets can be purchased on the iTicket.az platform and at city box offices.
Azerbaijan is represented by 15 swimmers in the prestigious competition. The national team includes Amin Orujlu, Abdurrahman Rustamov, Anastasia Boborykina, Anastasia Gnusina, Fatima Alkaramova, Farhad Shirmammadli, Mehri Abdurahmanli, Maryam Javadova, Oktay Huseynov, Ramil Valizade, Ramal Sadigli, Said Hamidov, Suleyman Ismayilzade, Vlastilina Khasyanova, and Yegor Maynitsky. Head coach – Luka Gabrilo, coaches – Ruslan Hatamkhanov, Rashad Aliyev, Teymur Guliyev.
