The Russian Swimming Championships end today in Kazan. The final competition day began with a new world junior record in the 100 m freestyle. It was set by Andrey Minakov from St. Petersburg who finished the distance at 47.57.

Today, on the penultimate day of the Russian Swimming Championships in Kazan, Ilya Borodin from the Bryansk Oblast set a new national record and world junior record in the men's 400m medley (4:11.50). He beat his previous years record (4:12.95).

Oleg Kostin from the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast won his second medal at the Russian Swimming Championships today. He came first the men's 50m butterfly race with the result of 22.82. Earlier, the swimmer got bronze in the 100m event.

The fifth day evening programme of the Russian Swimming Championships in Kazan kciked off with the women's 1500m freestyle race. Aleksandra Khailova from St. Petersburg appeared to be the fastest with the result of 16:35.38.

Today, Russia’s new record for young swimmers was set in Kazan’s Aquatics Palace. It was set by Anna Chernysheva from the Moscow Oblast, who finished the 200 m medley race at 2:14.15.

Valeriya Salamatina from the Sverdlovsk Oblast became the Russian champion after finishing the 400 m freestyle race at 4:10.58.

All the medal winners of today’s 100 m breastroke race at the Russian Swimming Championships in Kazan come from St. Petersburg.

Today, another set of medals was contested at the Russian Swimming Championships held at the Aquatics Palace in Kazan. Anton Chupkov from Moscow won gold in the 200 m breaststroke by finishing the race at 2:07.32.

Today, FINA Executive Director Cornel Marculescu, President of the Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov, Minister of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan Vladimir Leonov, Director General of the Directorate for Sports and Social Projects Maksim Denisov and others discussed the issues of Kazan’s collaboration with FINA during an online meeting.