BARS SWIM CUP 2026 final: athletes of the season, the royal battle and photos
On 27 September 2026 we held the BARS SWIM CUP final - Stage 4, which closed this season's series of club competitions. The season started on 30 November 2025, and the final was a beautiful ending: first wins, new personal bests, the royal battle and the awards for the athletes of the season 🏆
Over the season we saw so many great races, first wins and new personal bests. But what matters even more to us is watching our athletes grow: becoming more confident, learning to handle nerves and supporting each other 🐾
Watch the video from the finalAthletes of the season
In BARS SWIM CUP, points add up across all four stages. Olivia Leontjeva and Makar Jelõkov scored the most - and became the athletes of the season 🥇
The boys' standings had a real twist: Makar Jelõkov and Aron Tšernuhha finished with exactly the same number of points! Under the rules, a tie goes to the swimmer with more first places.
Aron had 4 first places, Makar had 6. So Makar won the overall standings. Aron, it was incredibly close - a season to be proud of 💙
The royal battle
Just as exciting was the Royal Battle - a series of elimination races. The swimmers went through four exhausting rounds, with fewer rivals left after each one, until only the strongest remained.
- 👑 Queen of the battleOlivia Leontjeva
- 👑 King of the battleMykyta Vynohradov
Olivia scored a double: athlete of the season and queen of the battle. And Mykyta also won the royal battle at Stage 3 - so he successfully defended his crown 💪🏻 The winners received an exclusive BARS SWIM CUP medal.
Awards with the snow leopard
We make our own awards for BARS SWIM CUP, featuring the snow leopard (bars) - our club's symbol: medals on branded ribbons and BARS SWIM CUP 2026 trophies for the athletes of the season. Plus sweet prizes, of course 🍫
Photos from the awards
Every award ceremony of the final - find your champion 📸 Click a photo to open it full size.
📸 Even more photos from the final are in the album on our Facebook page.
Results of the final
Full result sheets by distance and age group: from 25 m for the youngest (born 2018–2019) to 50 m in all four strokes for the older swimmers. Click a sheet to open it full size.
Thank you, team BARS 💙
We truly treasure what we have built together. Events like this remind us once again how lucky we are with our BARS team 💪🏻 There is plenty more ahead, and new competitions are definitely coming. For now we simply want to say - thank you for being with us 💙
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