The final session of the second day of the World Cup, organized by the Azerbaijan Swimming Federation (ASF) with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, at the Baku Aquatics Palace was marked by historic moments.
According to information provided by the ASF to Operativ Media, final competitions were held in 10 categories on the next day of the tournament.
The day's highlight came from Yegor Kornev. The Russian swimmer equaled world record holder Kyle Chalmers' mark with a time of 44.84 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle.
Kornev also broke the World Cup record in the 50-meter backstroke, clocking 22.23 seconds.
Azerbaijan's Fatima Alkaramova competed in the finals, finishing seventh in the 400-meter individual medley.
Results of the second day's final session:
Men
50m backstroke – 1. Yegor Kornev, 2. Pavel Samusenko, 3. Pieter Coetze
200m individual medley – 1. Luke Barr, 2. Alberto Razzetti, 3. Finlay Knox
50m breaststroke – 1. Haiyang Qin, 2. Michael Houlie, 3. Kirill Prigoda
100m freestyle – 1. Yegor Kornev, 2. Cameron McEvoy, 3. Vasilii Kukushkin
200m butterfly – 1. Juner Chen, 2. So Ogata, 3. Alberto Razzetti
Women
400m individual medley – 1. Yiting Yu, 2. Abbie Wood, 3. Mohan Chang
200m freestyle – 1. Siobhan Haughey, 2. Anna Peplowski, 3. Yaqi Fan
100m backstroke – 1. Marit Steenbergen, 2. Taylor Ruck, 3. Anna Peplowski
50m butterfly – 1. Roos Vanotterdijk, 2. Sara Junevik, 3. Arina Surkova
100m breaststroke – 1. Mona McSharry, 2. Evgeniia Chikunova, 3. Amy Kenny
It should be noted that the World Cup is being held at the Baku Aquatics Palace on October 1-3, with the participation of 216 athletes from 44 countries.
