Russian swimmer Prigoda became a silver medalist of the World Cup in Budapest

Russian swimmer Kirill Prigoda became a silver medalist at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in the 50m breaststroke. The competition was held in Budapest from December 10 to 15.

He overcame the distance in 25.56 seconds and won his third silver medal at the tournament. The winner of the race was China's Qin Haiyan. His result was 25.42 seconds, writesSport-Express.

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Our athletes in Hungary are still without medals, but seven world records have fallen at once

Earlier, on December 14, Russian swimmers became world champions in the short water mixed combined relay at a distance of 4x100 m in Budapest. They clocked 3 minutes 30.47 seconds and beat the U.S. team by 0.08 seconds.

Russia's Ilya Borodin also won gold at the World Championships. He became the world champion in the 400-meter short-course swimming event. In the final heat, the athlete showed a result of 3 minutes 56.83 seconds.