Ilya Shimanovich reaches finals of Short Course World Swimming Championships

Ilya Shimanovich has reached the finals of the Short Course World Swimming Championships, held in Guangzhou, China. In the semifinal, the Belarusian showed a second time in breaststroke, losing only to Russian Kirill Prigoda. In the general list of finalists Shimanovich has the fourth time. The men's four, consisting of Evgeny Tsurkin, Grigory Pekarsky, Viktor Staselovich and Artem Machekin, finished eighth in the final 4×100 metres freestyle relay. Americans became world champions with a record of competition. The planetary forum will continue tomorrow. The live broadcast of the competition will begin on Belarus 5 at 13:55.