World 200m breaststroke champion Anton Chupkov<\/strong> and 2019 triple world medallist Vladislav Grinev<\/strong> are among the swimmers set to compete at the Russian Championships running from 25-30 October in Kazan, Russia<\/strong>.The event at the Aquatics Palace – which staged the diving programme at the 2015 World Championships – will serve as a qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n
More than 700 swimmers will compete at the championships with Andrei Minakov<\/strong> who won silver in the 100 fly among three medals at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju – and 50 fly silver medallist Oleg Kostin<\/strong> joining world-record holder Chupkov and Grinev.<\/p>\n
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Andrei Minakov – Photo Courtesy: FINA \/ Budapest 2019<\/p><\/div>\n
Eugenia Chikunova<\/strong> – the European junior champion who won the 200br at the Russian Swimming Cup earlier this month in 2:22.95 – and world 50 back bronze medallist Daria Vaskina\u00a0<\/strong>are also set to feature.<\/p>\n
However, Vlad Morozov<\/strong> and Kirill Prigoda<\/strong> – who beat Chupkov over 200m breaststroke at the Russian Swimming Cup<\/a> – will be absent, competing at the International Swimming League for Tokyo Frog Kings and London Roar respectively.<\/p>\n
So too Maria Kameneva<\/strong> – triple 2018 European medallist – who was integral to Roar’s crushing victory in the opening match of the ISL, contributing 47.5pts.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n
Double Rio 2016 silver medallist\u00a0Yulia Efimova<\/strong> – who is based in the United States – will also miss the meet because of travel restrictions and quarantine requirements imposed during the pandemic.<\/div>\n
Link to results<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
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