Grigory Pekarsky took bronze at the III stage of the swimming world Cup

Belarusian Grigory Pekarsky became the bronze medalist of the final stage of the World Cup in short water swimming.

Яна Романчик

Published Oct 17, 2026

Grigory Pekarsky took bronze at the III stage of the swimming world Cup

Belarusian Grigory Pekarsky became the bronze medalist of the final stage of the World Cup in short water swimming in 2026 in the capital of Kazakhstan Astana, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports with reference to the Telegram channel TEAM BY.

The swimmer covered the distance of 50 m butterfly with a result of 22.16 seconds.

The gold medal went to Russian Yegor Kornev (21.82). Silver took Tong Tsen Wei from Singapore (22.03).

Earlier this year, G. Pekarsky was also the winner of the European Championship bronze at the same distance.

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