Tag: Anastasia Kirpichnikova
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2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 6, Summary
WR for Shymanovich and the Dutch, ER for Paltrinieri, Sjostrom grabs 4th gold The 25th-anniversary edition of the European Short-Course Swimming Championships couldn’t have ended in a more festive way: records fell in succession. First Ilya Shymanovich from Belorussia equaled the world record in the 50m breast, then Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri smashed the 800m free…
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2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 4, Summary
More doubles, Sjostrom, Kolesnikov, Toussaint, Kirpichnikova keep golden pace The specialists carried on their winning streak here in Kazan, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom completed the 50-100m double in the women’s free, Anastasia Kirpichnikova achieved it on the ‘high end’ in the 800-1500m (though cried after because of the narrowly missed WR). Fellow Russian Kliment Kolesnikov did…
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2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 2, Summary
Italy sets new WR, Sjostrom, and Kolesnikov crack CRs, Lamberti Jr stuns Two really fast swims kicked off the second day in Kazan as Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov, in the 50m back, and Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, in the 50m free, both cracked the respective Championship Records while clinching their first title here. Russia got a second…
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European Aquatics Championships, Budapest (HUN) – Day 9, Summary
Another WR for Kolesnikov, Peaty rules on, Greek tears and joy Russian rocket Kliment Kolesnikov further bettered his world record in the 50m back, this time it came with the title plus the usual bonus of 10.000 Euros. Two gold medals were handed out in the women’s 100m fly as not even one hundredth of…