Anton Chupkov Talks Training for 2nd 100 of 200 Breast in Post-Race Interview

  6 Coleman Hodges | May 20th, 2021

2021 European Championships

10 May 2021 – 23 May 2021

2021 LEN EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Reported by James Sutherland.

MEN’S 200 BREAST FINAL

  • European Record: 2:06.12, Anton Chupkov (RUS), 2019
  • European Championship Record: 2:06.80, Anton Chupkov (RUS), 2018
  • FINA ‘A’ Cut: 2:10.35
  1. Anton Chupkov (RUS), 2:06.99
  2. Arno Kamminga (NED), 2:07.35
  3. Erik Persson (SWE), 2:07.66

Anton Chupkov roared through the field as he often does en route to successfully defended his title in the men’s 200 breast, turning sixth at the 100 (1:02.31) before closing in 1:04.68 (32.43/32.25) for a final time of 2:06.99.

The world record holder at 2:06.12, Chupkov has now broken the 2:07 mark five times (with two additional swims of 2:07.00). This swim ranks as the 14th-fastest of all-time. The Russian jumps up one spot, fourth to third, in the world rankings.

Arno Kamminga, who ranks #2 on that list thanks to a Dutch Record of 2:06.85 in December, moved up from fifth at the 150 to claim silver in 2:07.35, closing in a blazing 32.23.

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Swimmer
3 years ago

I like how he nods his head and approves her translations

Fluidg
3 years ago

Q: What’s the key to your back half speed?
A: I do everything my coach tells me to do.

Brilliant. Thank you for sharing that information with the world.

Hswimmer
Reply to  Fluidg
3 years ago

He’s not going to share the recipe 😉

Admin
Reply to  Fluidg
3 years ago

It is and it isn’t.

Coaches usually know better than athletes how training is going. Whether they share it or not is different, but…as an example, how many “quick watches” do we see on IG? Unless someone points it out, the athletes think they went a 45-xx and the coach knows they really went a 46-xx.

DCSwim
3 years ago

I love his racing style, it’s always fun to watch. When he was only 0.61 behind Mattsson on the final turn I was like “oh yeah, it’s a race for second now”

samulih
Reply to  DCSwim
3 years ago

it is also nice to see different strategies succeed in races.