Belarusians Ageychik and Filipchik became winners of the European Championship in swimming among the deaf

Belarusian swimmers won three medals at the start of the European Championship among athletes with hearing impairments. Belta reports.

Competitions are held in Freiburg, Germany. On Monday, October 26, six final races were held, our athletes became prize-winners following the results of three of them. Alexandra Ageychik won silver at a distance of 50 meters butterfly and took fourth place in the hundred-meter freestyle, where Anastasia Filipchik finished third.

In addition, the Belarusian quartet consisting of Daria Janushkevich, Oksana Petrushenko, Eduard Parkhomchik and Danil Borisevich took bronze in the mixed combined 4x100 m relay. Victories in these finals were won by representatives of Russia.

Also, Parkhomchik showed the eighth result on half a breaststroke, Denis Kuchun was seventh at a distance of 400 meters complex, and Zlata Elk closed the top 10 on a hundred rabbits. The European Deaf Swimming Championship will last until October 31, and seven sets of awards will be awarded in Germany tomorrow, October 27.