
March 3-4, 2018 in the westernmost city of Russia, Kaliningrad hosted a grandiose tournament in masters swimming – «Vester Masters 2018». International sports meeting held at the 20th times and was on the very professional level!
170 swimmers from 7 nations came to Kaliningrad and competed in 25-meters swimming pool in the Immanuel Kant Sports Center. 28 masters swimming clubs from Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Poland and Czech Republic were represented in the two-day program of competitions.

The absolute champion among men in the general classification and winner of main prize award was Vladimir Predkin (M45-49) from Saint-Petersburg, Russia (Neva Stars).

Vladimir is the most titled participant in the men’s part of tournament, he is the silver medalist of the Olympic Games in Atlanta-1996, the multiple World and European champion in masters swimming category. During the competition of Vester Masters 2018 in Kaliningrad, Vladimir Predkin won a 100m medley (01:02.03), 50m freestyle (24.33), 100m freestyle (0:55.01), 50m butterfly (26.92).

Best female swimmer in Vester Masters 2018 – Kira Makarova (W70-74) from Saint-Petersburg, Russia (Neva Stars).

Kira Makarova won a 100m butterfly (01:29.49), 50m freestyle (36.15), 100m freestyle (01:18.12), 50m butterfly (38.99). In each individual discipline, the athlete has set a new national record of Russia in the masters swimming category (W70-74).

Kira Makarova and Vladimir Predkin is a swimmers of one masters club «Neva Stars» from Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

All participants and dear guests say great thanks to Alexander Tervinsky - the chief of the Vester Masters Tournament and head of the Masters Swimming club «Pregel» in Kaliningrad. It was awesome!

TOP-10 Men | Vester Masters 2018
1. Vladimir Predkin (M45-49) ⇒ 2723 points
2. Pavel Lebedev (M50-54) ⇒ 2717 pts.
3. Oleg Plutok (M50-54) ⇒ 2667 pts.
4. Alexey Manzhula (M35-39) ⇒ 2605 pts.
5. Timur Podmarev (M60-64) ⇒ 2567 pts.
6. Igor Penchukov (M50-54) ⇒ 2482 pts.
7. Alexander Ivanov (M25-29) ⇒ 2417 pts.
8. Sergey Aleshkevich (M50-54) ⇒ 2404 pts.
9. Roman Sukhoverkhov (M40-44) ⇒ 2359 pts.
10. Sergey Kozlov (M55-59) ⇒ 2354 pts.

TOP-10 Women | Vester Masters 2018
1. Kira Makarova (W70-74) ⇒ 2984 points
2. Elena Babikova (W45-49) ⇒ 2644 pts.
3. Regina Sych (W30-34) ⇒ 2634 pts.
4. Irina Merzlikina (W45-49) ⇒ 2620 pts.
5. Irina Shangina (W60-64) ⇒ 2493 pts.
6. Alexandra Romanenkova (W30-34) ⇒ 2365 pts.
6. Inga Tsarkova (W35-39) ⇒ 2365 pts.
8. Natalia Aleschenko (W60-64) ⇒ 2235 pts.
9. Liubov Bezruchenko (W60-64) ⇒ 2207 pts.
10. Svetlana Plotnitskaya (W50-54) ⇒ 2161 pts.

Nice swimming pool, beautiful people and incredible friendship atmosphere!


This is masters swimming, it’s our world!


See you in Kaliningrad again in the first weekend of March, 2019!


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