MOSCOW, 22 Jul. Evgenia Chikunova won first place in the 200m breaststroke at the international competitions «Games of Friendship», which are held in Kazan. Chikunova covered the distance in 2 minutes 20.41 seconds, exactly two seconds surpassing the victorious result of the American Lilly King at the 2022 World Championships, where Russian athletes were not allowed. Maria Temnikova took second place at the Friendship Games (2:23.16), Vitalina Simonova took third place (2:25.64). Ilya Borodin won the men's 200m complex, covering the distance in 1 minute 58.30 seconds. The second place was taken by Alexei Sudarev (1:58.99), the third — Maxim Stupin (1:59.75). Borodin is the silver medalist of the World Short Course Championships, the European Champion, and the gold and silver medalists of the European Short Course Championships. The athlete won all the medals at a distance of 400 meters in a complex. At a distance of 1500 meters in a crawl for men, Mikhail Petrachenko became the winner of the Friendship Games. He covered the distance in 16 minutes 39.10 seconds. The second was Anton Korobov (17.02.40), the third place was taken by Kirill Kovrov (17.17.40). participation in competitions due to the situation in Ukraine.
