By Maria Dobysheva<\/i><\/p>\n
The annual Russian Swimming National Junior Championships have begun in Volgograd. Boys aged 15-16 years and girls aged 13-14 from 50 regions came to compete in the outdoor pool to fight for national titles and qualify for some international meets in this summer. <\/p>\n
200 free boys<\/strong> 200 fly girls<\/strong> 400 IM girls<\/strong> 100 breast boys<\/strong> 50 free boys<\/strong> 100 back girls<\/strong> Boys 4×100 free relay<\/strong> In the 4×100 mixed relay, Team Volgograd managed to break another meet record with 4:02.65 swum in both prelims and finals. They won the national title ahead of Saint-Petersburg (4:04.49) and Moscow (4:05.15).<\/p>\n Other results:<\/p>\n 100 boys fly finals<\/strong> 400 free boys<\/strong> 100 back boys<\/strong> 4×100 free girls<\/strong> By Maria Dobysheva The annual Russian Swimming National Junior Championships have begun in Volgograd. Boys aged 15-16 years and girls aged 13-14 from 50 regions came to compete in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":58623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[51459,37158,51466,51463,51464,51471,51469,51467,51468,51460,51470,51473,51465,51474,51461,40712,51458,51472,26559,1303,51462],"class_list":["post-134493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-alexandra-denisenko","tag-danila-izotov","tag-danila-kitov","tag-darya-korepanova","tag-darya-loboda","tag-darya-ustinova","tag-denis-korshikov","tag-evgeny-somov","tag-gleb-karasev","tag-ivan-gireev","tag-ivan-girev","tag-katarina-mulutovic","tag-lyubov-burakova","tag-maryanna-bobrova","tag-mikhail-khoruzhy","tag-nikita-tretyakov","tag-russian-swimming-national-junior-championships","tag-valeria-egorova","tag-vladimir-morozov","tag-volgograd","tag-yana-kurtseva"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nNikita Tretyakov, repesenting the Udmurdtya Region, finished first with a 1:52.36, outtouching his rivals Mikhail Khoruzhy (1:52.78) and Ivan Gireev (1:53.03). <\/p>\n
\nYana Kurtseva, who set the new meet record in 200 fly prelims (2:18.36) – the old one was set in 2008 – slowed down a bit in finals yet won gold with 2:20.03. Darya Korepanova finished with a silver (2:21.63) and Zotova Ekaterina got bronze (2:23.17).<\/p>\n
\nAnother meet record was broken in the 400 IM where Alexandra Denisenko amazed with 4:50.17. Worth mentioning that the previous record (4.52.71) was set in 2001. Denisenko won in a tough battle with Darya Loboda, who finished second with a 4:51.66. Lyubov Burakova (5.03.78) got bronze.<\/p>\n
\nDanila Kitov won gold in 100 the breaststroke with a new meet record of 1:02.54. Evgeny Somov (1:02.62) and Kharybin Kirill (1:04.61) completed the podium.<\/p>\n
\nTraditionally, the 50 free attracts the most attention at any meet. In semifinals, Gleb Karasev, representing Tatarstan, seeded first with a 23.54. Denis Korshikov with a 23.72 managed to take the second seed for the finals and Ivan Girev was next to finish under 24 seconds and qualified third with a 23.80.<\/p>\n
\nIn recent years, National champion and World Junior record holder Darya Ustinova set a high bar in the 100 backstroke for all the girls under 15. Valeria Egorova, only 13 years old, posted a fast time for her age group and won gold with 1:02.70. Maryanna Bobrova finished second with 1:04.29 and Katarina Mulutovic was third with a 1:04.29.<\/p>\n
\nVolgograd, home city of multiple Olympic Champion Alexander Popov, is famous for its sprint talents: Vladimir Morozov and Danila Izotov represent Volgograd at National Championships. Young swimmers hold this tradition as Team Volgograd also broke the meet record with a 3:28.28 to outrun team Moscow’s 3.28.78 and Tatarstan Republic’s 3.31.30.<\/p>\n
\n1. Kuimov Egor 54.70
\n2. Ustinov Evgeny 55.75
\n3. Kazantsev Alexander 55.95<\/p>\n
\n1. Potapov Yaroslav 3.58.54
\n2. Zhikharev Pyotr 3.59.19
\n3. Khorundzhy Mikhail 4.00.12<\/p>\n
\n1. Kolesnikov Kliment 57.13
\n2. Tatarenko Pavel 57.54
\n3. Maurer Maxim 57.54<\/p>\n
\n1. Moscow 3.57.37
\n2. Volgograd region 4.00.05
\n3. Krasnoyarsky Kray 4.01.72<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"