There were 77 participants from 6 countries, and 52 athletes participated in all five distances. The winners are Ms. Ilze Aigare (representative of the swimming club “Kipsala”) and silver medal winner in Olympic Games in Atlanta, Mr. Vladimir Predkin (representative of the swimming club “Neva Stars”). The six best swimmers represented five countries.
It was the first time when the swimming club “Aquasfera Masters Olsztyn” from Poland participated in this swimming competition in Riga. This swimming club is organising the third stage of our international championship this year.
The swimming club “Champions” was represented by Ms. Elizabete Neimiseva, Ms. Aiga Skabe, Ms. Natalja Triandafilidi, Ms. Natalja Sirenko, Mr. Alexey Vasiljev, Mr. Alexey Gusev and Mr. Edgars Ozolins. In addition, two our members (Ms. Natalja Aleksandrova and Mr. Andrei Sibircev) assisted in organisation and judging of the competition.
The high level of organisation of the championship and interest about it has been approved by positive feedback from the participants.
The second stage will take place on April 06 in Lithuania, third – on May 12 in Poland. The prize fund of the championship amounts to 800 EUR.
The results of the competition are available here and the final table of scores (TOP) is available here.
Information has been shared by Mr. Edgars Ozolins.