Participation of Tajik athletes in the World Swimming Championships

From July 18 to July 29, 2019, the 12th World Swimming Championships ended in South Korean Gwangju, where the main team led qualified coach Chingizov Alisher participated and represented the Republic of Tajikistan as swimmers, Ishanov Olimjon, Bordacheva Ekaterina, Anastasia Tyurina, Khairulloyev Alidzhon.
As a result, after many preliminary 200m freestyle among men, Chinese swimmer Song Yan won first place and was declared world champion, Japanese Katsuhiro Matsumoto took second place, Briton Duncan Scott and russian swimmer Martin Malyutin won third places.

Women’s winners in the longest heat at 1500 meters were won by Italian Simona Kvadarella, German Sarah Köhler won second place, and Chinese woman Wang Jianjiah won third place.
So, at the World Swimming Championships, swimmers competed in various types of swimming, such as breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, crawl, diving, synchronized swimming, and more.
The desire of outstanding athletes of the Republic of Tajikistan to occupy prominent places was unsuccessful, but they are not discouraged and will constantly represent the Republic of Tajikistan in world-class competitions.

It should be noted that the leadership of the National Swimming Federation of the Republic of Tajikistan pays special attention to the development of sport and other water sports and fully supports athletes.