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Voronezh swimmer Klepikova finished fourth at the World Cup stage in Astana

In the final swim, she showed a time of 56.7 seconds

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Voronezh swimmer Klepikova finished fourth at the World Cup stage in Astana

At the final stage of the World Cup in short water swimming in Astana, Daria Klepikova from Voronezh stopped a step from the pedestal at a distance of 100 meters with butterfly.

In the final swim, she showed a time of 56.7 seconds and took fourth place, losing Belarusian Anastasia Kuleshova only 0.02 seconds. 25 meters before the finish, the Voronezh athlete went third. Gold and silver went to Ros Vanoterdike (Belgium) and Yu Iting (China).

Earlier in this tournament, Klepikova won bronze on the 50-meter butterfly. In addition, she started at 50 meters freestyle, but with the result of 24.67 seconds was only 11th and did not make it to the final.

Among men, a pupil of the Voronezh school Roman Zhidkov at the same distance took 13th place (21.91 seconds).

Source: Московский комсомолец ↗

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