Two world records were equaled at the Swimming World Cup in Baku

On the second day of the final session of the Short Course Swimming World Cup in Baku, two world records were equaled.

As Report was informed by the Azerbaijan Swimming Federation (ASF), on the second day of the competition organized by ASF with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, finals were held in 10 categories.

The highlight of the day was the performance of Egor Kornev. The Russian athlete reached the finish in the 100-meter freestyle in 44.84 seconds, thereby equaling the result of world record holder Kyle Chalmers.

In addition, Kornev equaled the World Cup record in the 50-meter backstroke, posting a time of 22.23 seconds.

Azerbaijani swimmer Fatima Alkaramova finished 7th in the 400-meter individual medley.

Results of the second day's final session:

Men

50-meter backstroke – 1. Egor Kornev, 2. Pavel Samusenko, 3. Peter Kutsi

200-meter individual medley – 1. Luke Barr, 2. Alberto Rassetti, 3. Finlay Knox

50-meter breaststroke – 1. Haiyang Qin, 2. Michael Houlie, 3. Kirill Prigoda

100-meter freestyle – 1. Egor Kornev, 2. Cameron McEvoy, 3. Vasily Kukushkin

200-meter butterfly – 1. Juner Chen, 2. So Ogata, 3. Alberto Rassetti

Women

400-meter individual medley – 1. Yiting Yu, 2. Abbie Wood, 3. Mohan Zhang

200-meter freestyle – 1. Siobhan Haughey, 2. Anna Peplowski, 3. Yaqi Fan

100-meter backstroke – 1. Marit Steenbergen, 2. Taylor Ruck, 3. Anna Peplowski

50-meter butterfly – 1. Roos Van Otterdijk, 2. Sara Junevik, 3. Arina Surkova

100-meter breaststroke – 1. Mona McSharry, 2. Evgenia Chikunova, 3. Aimee Kenny

It should be noted that the World Cup is being held from October 1–3 at the Baku Aquatics Palace, with 216 athletes from 44 countries participating.

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