Belarusian swimmers took third place in the medley relay at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Canada

Belarusian swimmers Pavel Sankovich, Ilya Shimanovich, Anton Latkin and Yevgeny Tsurkin took third place in the 4×50 m medley relay (25 m pool) at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Windsor, Canada.

The team swam across the pool in 1 min 32.49 sec, thus setting a new record for Belarus that had previously been 1 min 33.21 sec. The Russian team clocked 1 min 31.52 sec and won a gold medal in the medley relay at the World Short Course Swimming Championships. The team USA came second in 1 min 32.97 sec.

Ilya Shimanovich also performed in the 50-metre breaststroke event held on the fifth day of the Windsor World Championships and took tenth place in 26.43 sec. Yulia Khitraya clocked 24.43 sec in the 50-metre freestyle relay and came 19th. The medal for the medley relay is a second medal for the Belarusian swimming team at the World Championships. Before that Pavel Sankovich had won a bronze medal in the 50-metre backstroke. The World Championships has ended on December, 11.
Photo by Belarusian Swimming Federation