Kazan at the end of last week hosted the first stage of the world cube FINA 2018 swimming. Four students of the University took part in the competitions held at one of the objects of the Volga Academy - the Palace of water sports.
In competitions of the best swimmers of the world, two "academicians" managed to get to the finals. Adelaida Pchelintseva in the final swim on the 50 meter breaststroke showed the fifth result with backlog from the winner, the Russians Yuliya Efimova in 01.32 seconds. Nikita Korolev in the final 50 meters butterfly finished eighth.
Korolev in Kazan started two more distances-50 meters freestyle and 100 meters butterfly-but failed to get to the finals. Also, two "academicians" Gleb Karasev and Ernest Maksumov did not pass the qualification barriers at their distances. Karasev was declared 50 meters butterfly, on the back and freestyle, Maksumov-50 meters and 100 meters freestyle and 50 meters butterfly.
To be fair it should be noted that Nikita's participation in these starts wasn't originally planned. The Sprinter arrived at the Cup from vacation:
- In fact, I started training on the first day of the competition. So, serious results can not be counted, said Korolev after the qualifying swim in the 50 meter butterfly.
According to the senior teacher of the Department of water sports, head coach of the Academy swimming team Maksim Dedlovsky, about the same situation was at the first stage of the world Cup and the rest of the students of the Volga region Academy, who participated in the starts. The athletes who are part of the national teams, behind the major continental tournament, held in August. Adelaida Pchelintseva, playing for the national team of Kazakhstan, in August took part in the Asian games.
- I only arrived on September 6 from the Asian games taking place in Indonesia, in Jakarta, - Adelaida told. - There was a seventh in the final. In principle, has shown regrettable outcome.
As for Ernest maksumov and Gleb Karasev, though they did not play for the national teams in the summer, according to Dedlovsky, they approached the Kazan stage of the world Cup under serious training loads.
- Both Gleb and Ernest at the peak of their form at their main distances would be in Kazan in the winners. Perhaps because they are simply not ready, and explained that the AG was floating in Kazan your main a distance of 200, 400 and 800 freestyle, 50 and 100m.