Alexey Zharkov set a world record in his age category over the…
Alexey Zharkov set a world record in his age category over the 25-meter breaststroke distance.
Consensus
- Alexey Zharkov set a world record in winter swimming in the 25-meter breaststroke for the 30–39 age category.
- The World Cup in winter swimming is taking place in Patagonia, Argentina, near the Perito Moreno Glacier.
- Russian athletes competed under the national flag and anthem.
- The competition includes open-water swimming in cold water, with distances ranging from 25 to several hundred meters.
- Zharkov also won gold in the 200-meter breaststroke and was a winner in the 50-meter breaststroke with Petr Yasinский.
- Russian athletes won gold medals on all events they participated in during the first two days.
- Winter swimming is conducted in water temperatures up to +10 degrees Celsius and is separate from traditional swimming.
Points of divergence
- The exact time of Zharkov's record swim was not disclosed by the Russian Winter Swimming Federation. — fontanka
- Zharkov expressed dissatisfaction with his time and stated he expected a faster result. — vm
- Zharkov and Vladislav Sapozhnikov won gold in the 200-meter butterfly, but this contradicts fontanka which states they won in the 200-meter breaststroke. — vm
- Vasilisa Milaeva won the 25-meter butterfly, but this is not mentioned in fontanka. — vm
- Matvey Ovseychuk won the 100-meter freestyle, but this is not mentioned in fontanka. — vm
- Russian athletes set a junior world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the European Championships in Munich, which is unrelated to the winter swimming event in Argentina. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Russian swimmer rewrote world record in icy waters of Argentina — Фонтанка
- Russian swimmer Zharikov set world record at World Cup in Argentina — Вечерняя Москва