Olympic bronze goes to Barents Region
The swimmer Arkadii Vyatchanin from Vorkuta in the Komi Republic yesterday won Olympic bronze medal in 100 meter backstroke.
The swimmer was clocked in at the time 53,18 behind the U.S. swimmers Aaron Peirsol and Matt Grevers. He shares the medal with the Australian swimmer Hayden Stoeckel. -I hoped for a medal, but did not dream about swimming this quick, he says to the Russian Sport Express, Rosbaltnord.ru reports.
