Pekarski Snags New Belarusian 100 Fly Record At Vladimir Salnikov Cup

2021 VLADIMIR SALNIKOV CUP

• Monday, December 27th & Tuesday, December 28th
• St. Petersburg, Russia
• SCM (25m)
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• Day 1 Recap
• Results

Day two of the 2021 Vladimir Salnikov Cup saw Anton Chupkov dive in once again, following up on his 200m breaststroke victory from the first finals session here in St. Petersburg.

This time around 24-year-old World Record holder took on the shorter 100m breast sprint, landing on the podium but with the bronze in 57.33.

Taking the gold was Oleg Kostin, the 29-year-old veteran who already reaped two gold medals on day one. Kostin posted a victorious effort of 57.08 while Danil Semyaninov snagged silver in 57.32.

For Kostin, his performance here was enough for gold, but well off his lifetime best of 56.16 from this same meet 4 years ago.

Visiting Belarusian swimmer Grigori (Hryhory) Pekarski came out on top of the men’s 100m fly, producing a winning result of 49.86. That not only beat out the likes of Peter Zhiharev and Alexander Sadovnikov who touched in 50.56 and 50.67, respectively, but it also nailed a new national record.

Entering this meet, the Belarusian standard in this men’s 100m fly stood at the 49.99 Yauhen Tsurkin put on the books way back at the 2014 FINA Short Course World Championships.

Here in St. Petersburg, however, Pekarski split 22.98/26.88 to slice .13 off of that previous record and notch his name in as the fastest Belarusian of all-time in this event.

Additional Winners:

• Andrei Minakov topped the men’s 50m free in a time of 21.44, while Germany’s Artem Selin was next in line just .05 back in 21.49.
• The women’s 100m free saw Daria S. Ustinova claim the top spot on 53.59, while Nika Godun got it done for gold in the women’s 50m breast in 29.77, the only sub-30 second time of the field. Godun is the reigning European Short Course Championships bronze medalist in this event.