Belarusians won seven awards of the European Paraswimming Championship in Turkey

Belarusian athletes won seven medals of the European Swimming Championship among athletes with disabilities in Turkey, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti news agency reports with reference to the Ministry of Sport.

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On the final day of the competition, Belarusian Evgeny Kovalenok closed the top 3 best swimmers at a distance of 400 m freestyle in the S13 class (athletes with visual impairments). Another participant from Belarus, Egor Shchelkanov, took bronze on a hundred-meter back in class S9 (athletes with musculoskeletal damage).

In just five days of the competition, Belarusians won six bronze and one silver medal of the European Championship.