Ukrainian swimmers have secured three more licenses for the World Championship.

From April 26 to 29, the Ukrainian Swimming Championship took place in Brovary, resulting in the acquisition of three licenses to participate in the Swimming World Championship in Singapore in 2025. This was reported by the information portal 'Glavkom' citing 'Suspilne Sport'.Participants were able to meet the standards that allow qualifying at least one athlete to participate in the World Championship in three disciplines: 50 meters breaststroke in both women's and men's categories, as well as 50 meters butterfly in the women's category.Stepan Babenko received a license with an 'A' standard in the 50 meters breaststroke, completing the distance in 27.26 seconds.Iryna Miliutina met the 'B' standard in the 50 meters breaststroke in 31.69 seconds. Kateryna Semenova also met the 'B' standard in the 50 meters butterfly in 26.97 seconds.Ukraine will have a full team of two athletes in the 50 meters breaststroke. In addition to Babenko, another swimmer, Volodymyr Lisovets, achieved the 'A' standard in April 2024, swimming the distance in 27.18 seconds.In the disciplines of Miliutina and Semenova, currently, Ukrainian female athletes have the right to declare one athlete who has met the 'B' standard. Until now, only Nika Sharafutdinova has achieved the qualifying standards in swimming backstroke among women.Ukraine will be represented by athletes in 22 disciplines of the Swimming World Championship: 17 men’s and 5 women’s. Eight of them have the 'A' standard.For Ukrainian swimmers to be able to represent the country in one discipline of the World Championship, each of them must have the 'A' standard met. In the absence of swimmers with the 'A' standard, at least one athlete with the 'B' standard may be declared.Below are the disciplines in which Ukraine will be represented:Men:- 50 meters freestyle: Vladyslav Bukhoy ('A'), Illya Lynnyk, Andriy Hovorov, Nikita Sheremet ('B')- 100 meters freestyle: Illya Lynnyk, Vladyslav Bukhoy, Bohdan Shelipov ('B')- 200 meters freestyle: Illya Lynnyk, Vadym Naumenko, Yehor Romaniuk ('B')- 400 meters freestyle: Mykhailo Romanchuk ('B')- 800 meters freestyle: Mykhailo Romanchuk ('A')- 1500 meters freestyle: Mykhailo Romanchuk ('A')- 50 meters backstroke: Oleksandr Zheltakov ('B')- 100 meters backstroke: Oleksandr Zheltakov ('A')- 200 meters backstroke: Oleksandr Zheltakov ('A'), Anton Denysenko, Oleksiy Hrabarov ('B')- 50 meters breaststroke: Volodymyr Lisovets, Stepan Babenko ('A'), Maksym Ovtchinnikov, Maksym Tkatchuk ('B')- 100 meters breaststroke: Volodymyr Lisovets, Maksym Tkatchuk, Maksym Ovtchinnikov, Oleksandr Karpenko ('B')- 200 meters breaststroke: Maksym Ovtchinnikov, Maksym Tkatchuk, Volodymyr Lisovets, Davyd Kuzymenko ('B')- 50 meters butterfly: Vladyslav Bukhoy ('A'), Arseniy Kovalov, Andriy Hovorov, Lyubomyr Lemeshko ('B')- 100 meters butterfly: Arseniy Kovalov, Denys Kesil, Anton Kochu, Lyubomyr Lemeshko ('B')- 200 meters butterfly: Denys Kesil ('A'), Anton Kochu, Heorhiy Lukashov, Mykola Kotenko ('B')- 200 meters individual medley: Vadym Naumenko, Denys Kesil, Anton Denysenko ('B')- 400 meters individual medley: Oleksiy Hrabarov, Heorhiy Lukashov, Vadym Naumenko, Mykhailo Romanchuk, Anton Denysenko ('B')Women:- 50 meters backstroke: Nika Sharafutdinova ('B')- 100 meters backstroke: Nika Sharafutdinova ('B')- 200 meters backstroke: Nika Sharafutdinova ('B')- 50 meters breaststroke: Iryna Miliutina ('B')- 50 meters butterfly: Kateryna Semenova ('B')The Swimming World Championship will take place in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.