Chupkov to carry Russian banner at closing of European Games

Swimmer Anton Chupkov will carry the Russian banner at the closing of the European Games in Baku on June 28. The athlete has won three gold medals in the Games, won at the Nanjing Summer Junior Olympic Games in 2014, and has won several junior championships in Russia and Europe, TASS reports.

 

Chupkov won the 200m breaststroke in Russia two months ago. He won the Russian world watersports championship in Kazan.

 

Igor Kazikov, the head of the Russian sports delegation to the European Games, said that Chupkov was chosen by the board of the delegation.