Azerbaijani swimmer wins gold at World Swimming Cup in Doha

Azerbaijani national swimmer Maksym Shemberev grabbed gold medal at the FINA World Swimming Cup Championship in Doha, Qatar.

Maksym Shemberev, member of Azerbaijan's national swimming team, has performed successfully in the Men`s 200 meters butterfly event. He secured the medal after timing 1:58.45 ahead of Hungary`s David Verraszto and China`s Yuhang Wu.

In addition, in the mix race, Maksym took home silver medal with a second place.

This year’s FINA World Swimming Cup 2018 consists of seven rounds. The first round took place in Kazan (September 7-9), second round - in Doha (September 13-15), the third round will be held in Eindhoven (September 28-30), the fourth round is scheduled to take place in Budapest (October 4-6), the fifth round - in Beijing (November 2-4), the sixth round - in Tokyo (November 9-11), and the seventh round - in Singapore (November 15-17).