Moment Russian Swimmer Awarded Gold – But He Is The Only Contestant | The Telegraph

A Russian swimmer won gold in an event in which he was the only contestant as Russia’s answer to the Olympics failed to live up to the Kremlin’s lofty expectations. The BRICS Games in Kazan, central Russia, were supposed to whip up a summer of patriotic sporting fervour after Russian athletes were banned from competing in the Olympics and its national football team was excluded from the European Championships.