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Polar swimmer Samusenko won the championship of Russia by a margin of almost 2 seconds

Murmansk swimmer Pavel Samusenko won the distance of 100 meters on the back at the championship of Russia in swimming on short water in St. Petersburg

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Polar swimmer Samusenko won the championship of Russia by a margin of almost 2 seconds

Murmansk swimmer Pavel Samusenko won the distance of 100 meters on the back at the Russian Short Water Swimming Championship in St. Petersburg. This was reported by the press service of the Federation of water sports of Russia.

Samusenko sailed the distance in 48.61 seconds. The second was Evgeny Shilovsky with a time of 50.46 seconds, the third was Kliment Kolesnikov with 50.58 seconds.

Samusenko and Shilovsky fulfilled the qualification standard for the World Cup in Beijing. It will be held from 1 to 6 December. This championship of Russia is the only competition, according to the results of which they are selected for the national team for the world tournament.

Earlier, “MK in Murmansk” said that the polar swimmer Samusenko took two more medals at the World Cup.

Source: Московский комсомолец ↗

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