National swimmer secures Olympic berth

/By Azernews/

By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijani swimmer Maksim Shemberev has qualified for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games after wining gold and silver medals at the “Swim Meeting” international tournament in Berlin held on March 6-8.

Shemberev won gold in the 1500m event and silver in the 400m event.

Both results hit the FINA “B” standards.

"It`s the first license prevailing 'B qualifying standard since Azerbaijan gained independence,” Azerbaijan Swimming Federation reports.

Another Azerbaijani swimmer- Anton Zheltyakov has gained bronze medal for 200 meters breaststroke swimming (2 minutes 18.86 seconds) and fell behind for 2 seconds to win license prevailing 'B' qualifying standard.

Meanwhile Zheltyakov along with another Azerbaijani swimmer Boris Kirillov will take part at Open Championships of Belarus.