Our compatriot became the first in the finals to 1500 meters freestyle - he overcame the distance 14 minutes 14.59 seconds.

Romanchuk by 8.34 seconds ahead of the silver medalist Italian Gregorio Palintieri. In turn, the "bronze" went to the Norwegian Henrik Christiansen.

In general, according to the information of the competition site, 700 swimmers from 45 countries of the world participate in the current European championship in Copenhagen.

As previously reported in URA-Inform, Ukrainian boxer Arnold Hegai defeated Russian Valery Tretyakov a few seconds before the end of the 10th round. As noted, the battle took place in the evening of boxing in Moscow.