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Obviously. Nobody is doubting that (in fact this current Russian team's sponsor, on their tracksuits, is 'UralChem'...). I was just correcting the suggestion that Russian is 'not known as a swimming nation'. Behind the powerhouses of Australia and USA, they are one of THE swimming nations...

Notwithstanding the point we understand you are alluding to - this is simply not true. USSR / Russia are 6th on the all-time Olympic swimming medal table. They've always been pretty strong. With (obviously) no Australia or USA in these current (European...) Games, a few Russian winners is not...