Arina Baikova finishes 7th in the final of 400m freestyle

The Russian Swimming Championship continues in Kazan. On the fourth day of competitions, two FINA Development Center scholarship holders competed: Arina Baikova (Latvia) and Davor Petrovski (North Macedonia).

The first to start was Davor Petrovski, who swam the 50m butterfly in 27.40. Then Arina Baikova successfully performed in the 400m freestyle and qualified for the final. As part of the evening programme, the athlete completed the final heat being seventh, having swum the event in 4:23.37.

In the semifinal 50 meters butterfly, Andrey Minakov from St. Petersburg set a new youth world record, showing a time of 23.05.

The finals were also held today in the following events: 200m breaststroke (men), 50m butterfly (women), 50m backstroke (men), 100m breaststroke (women), 50m freestyle (men), 200m individual medley (women), relay 4×200m freestyle (men).