MOSCOW, Jun 29Russian swimmer Anton Chupkov became the winner in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Open Cup of Belarus, which takes place in Brest. The two-time world champion swam the distance in 2 minutes 9.98 seconds. The second place was taken by Belarusian Ilya Shimanovich (2:11.54), the third place was taken by Russian Mikhail Dorinov (2:13.55). In the women's 200m breaststroke, the representative of Belarus Alina Zmushko (2.26.09) became the first, the Russian Irina Shvaeva was second (2.27.51), the third was her compatriot Anna Chernysheva (2.30.61). At a distance of 200 m butterfly, Russians Alexander Andreev (1:59.45) and Dmitry Novichkov (1:59.62) finished second and third respectively. Belarusian Ivan Shamshurin won gold (1:58.97). Representative of Russia Victoria Starostina became the winner in the 200-meter complex (2.15.37), her compatriot Anastasia Sorokina (2.15.77) became the silver medalist, Belarusian Oksana Bolshakova (2.22.58) won the bronze medal. Russian Maria Kameneva (24.45), Arina Surkova took second place (24.78), Belarusian Anastasia Koryakovskaya — third (25.58). At the same distance in men, the Russians Ilya Shevchenko (22.49) and Andrey Zhilkin (22.55) won gold and silver, the third was the representative of Belarus Grigory Pekarsky (22.81). The Russian men's team became the first in the relay race 4 by 200 meters freestyle (7.19.68). The second was the team from Minsk (7:39.30), the third — the team from the Nizhny Novgorod region (7:41.64). The women's 4x100m freestyle relay ended with the victory of the Russian team (3.45.03), the team of Minsk took the silver (3.51.82), the bronze went to the team of the Brest region (3.55.76). The Open Cup of Belarus takes place in Brest from June 29 to July 2 . In March, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. They miss the FINA World Championships in Budapest these days.
