100m No Distance for Swimmers of Russia
Russia’s Arkady Vyatchanin set a championship record and celebrated his victory in the men's 100m backstroke final during the European Aquatic Championships in Budapest August 1, 2006. Another Russian, Roman Sludnov, won the gold in the 100m men’s breaststroke.
The favorite of the crowd and reporters, Arkady Vyatchanin, 22, got lucky at last. After setting a 100m national record three years ago (53.92) and winning medals at European and world championships, he came to a standstill.
Illness was the first difficulty, leading to the nasal septum operation. Once recovered, Arkady had to endure training experiments of his father and personal coach Arkady Vyatchanin Sn. The last of them was staged two weeks ahead of July championships of Russia. Arkady quickly swam 50mx80 in a row and failed to pass Russia’s qualification for the Europe’s 100m.
Despite the failure, Vyatchanin was picked out for Budapest competitions, where he twice improved his national record (53.92), first time in the semifinals (53.91) and then in the final (53.50).
Former record breaker, world and Europe’s champ, Roman Sludnov, 25, was stagnant for some years. But he overcame the crisis and clocked 1:00.61 in Budapest to win the 100m men’s breaststroke final yesterday.
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