Russian Kornev won the “Triple crown” at the swimming world Cup
Kornev won the 50m butterfly in the third stage of the World Cup in short water swimming with a score of 21.82 seconds. He previously won the stages in Baku and Tashkent
Russian swimmer Egor Kornev won the 50m butterfly at the third stage of the World Cup in short water swimming in Astana.
Root showed the result in 21.82 seconds.
This is the third victory of the 22-year-old Russian in the 50 m butterfly at the World Cup stages this season. Earlier, Kornev won competitions in Baku and Tashkent, setting a world record (21.28 seconds).
With this achievement, he won the “Triple Crown” – the award given for winning the same distance in all three stages of the World Cup series. World Aquatics will pay an additional $10,000 for Triple Crown.
Kornev is the world champion of 2025 in the combined 4x100 m relay, a three-time European champion and the winner of the world championship in short water.
Also, the “Triple Crown” at a distance of 200 m breaststroke took the Russian Evgenia Chikunova.
