Arina Baikova set a new national record of Latvia

On the second competitive day, medals were awarded in the following events: 100m backstroke (men), 200m butterfly (women), 200m freestyle (men), 50m breaststroke (women), 100m breaststroke (men), 100m backstroke (women), 200m individual medley (men), 800m freestyle (women), relay race 4×100m combined (mixed).

Three athletes of the FINA Development Centre performed today: Arina Baikova (Latvia), Davor Petrovski (North Macedonia), Musa Zhalayev (Turkmenistan).

The programme of the second day of competitions opened with a spectacular event of 200m individual medley (men), where Davor Petrovski demonstrated his sportsmanship and showed a result of 2:14.52.

Musa Zhalayev's result in the 200m freestyle is 1:57.81.

Arina Baikova performed in both the morning and evening programmes. In the morning, Arina swam 100m freestyle in 58.31, and in the evening programme the athlete became the fifth in the 800m freestyle. With a result of 9:01.86, Arina set a national record and her personal best.

Arina Baikova: 'I am pleased with my result in the 800m freestyle. I set the national record for Latvia. The event is difficult, especially in the second half. Together with the coach, we will work on my mistakes. There are four competition days ahead, I wish everyone good luck and excellent results. "