And of course I should like to mention the splendid results achieved by the Cup’s biggest winners, Arkady Vyatchanin and Therese Alshammar. They are the stars of competitive swimming today and fully earned their uniquely crafted silver shark-figurines.
But in my opinion, the main achievement remains the athletic fire, the pull to victory, the sporting atmosphere and the sheer drive, tangible in the atmosphere to the athletes, honoured guests and spectators.
Once more, I’d like to thank St Petersburg’s Governor, Valentina Matvienko, and the director of the RF Presidential Administration / President of the Russian National Swimming Federation’s Supervisory Board, Sergei Naryshkin, for their genuine and sincere participation and support shown to the Salnikov Cup international competitions.
The Cup looks forward to bringing the world’s strongest swimmers together again in 2010! We wish you good luck, excellent results and new victories in the year ahead!
Sincerely yours, Vladimir Salnikov.
URGENT - 28/12/2009! Dear Tournament Victors,
Please accept our sincerest apologies for the delay incurred in the transfer by the bank of your prize monies to your accounts. The procedure for checking the documentation as supplied by the Organising Committee to the bank, for the opening of individual bank accounts, incurred delays, for which we are deeply sorry.
We have been in direct contact with the bank with a view to speeding up their internal processes as much as possible, and have been assured that the problem should be solved within the next couple of days.
Thank you for your understanding.
Sincerely,
The Organising Committee.
III VLADIMIR SALNIKOV CUP - INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING COMPETITION – CONCLUDES IN ST PETERSBURG
New World, European, and five new Russian records established. The tournament's overall victors are:
Arkady Vyatchanin and Therese Alshammar
The III Vladimir Salnikov Cup, an international swimming competition, took place 19 and 20 December in the St Petersburg Swimming Centre. 200 of Russia's strongest swimmers and 50 international-level stars from 17 countries took part.
5 Russian records were established at the tournament: Veronika Popova in the 200 m butterfly (2.07.61, 1 place); Svetlana Fedulova in the 50 m freestyle (24.14, 4 place); Irina Bespalova established 2 Russian records in the 100 m butterfly (57.51, 3 place) and 50 m butterfly (25.95, 4 place); Sergei Fesikov in the 50 m freestyle (20.83, 2 place).
A new European record was set for the 100 m breaststroke by the Danish swimmer Rikke Moeller Pedersen, with a time of 1.04.21.
After the competition's basic programme, the Russian national team initiated a 4 х 100 m relay race, combining the top Russian and foreign swimmers. A team including the well-known Russian athletes Stanislav Donets, Evgeny Korotyshkin, Sergei Geibel and Danila Izotov won with a 3:19:16 finish, simultaneously establishing a new world record.
Arkady Vyatchanin (2008 Salnikov Cup winner) and the Swede Therese Alshammar were the top tournament winners. They took away tournament cups – silver sharks crafted by the well-known Petersburg sculptor Aleksei Arkhipov.
The tournament was supported by the St Petersburg city government, the Russian National Swimming Federation, and the St Petersburg Swimming Federation, while financial support was provided by sponsors.
