Paris 2024 Olympics: Anastasiia Kirpichnikova’s Grand Slam at the French Swimming Championships

Contrat rempli pour la Montpelliéraine Anastasiia Kirpichnikova. MAXPPP – Matthieu Mirville

Anastasiia Kirpichnikova continued her harvest of gold medals and Olympic qualifications on Thursday evening in Chartres.

The Grand Slam. Winner of the 400m freestyle, then the 1500m, Montpellier Anastasiia Kirpichnikova won the 800m of the French Championships on Thursday in Chartres. As on the other distances, she also qualified for the Olympic Games by achieving the Olympic minimums.

With Philippe Lucas

Anastasiia Kirpichnikova, who trains with Philippe Lucas in Martigues, achieves the triple 400, 800, 1500 m for the third consecutive year.

"It’was very hard. I'm done. It’s perfect. I am proud. The objective at the Olympic Games ? We will see…", commented the young woman on France Télévisions.

Pigree champion on the 50 backstroke

In the process, Florent Manaudou also qualified for the 50 m freestyle and Analia Pigree (Canet 66) retained her title in the 50 m backstroke, a non-Olympic distance.