The Turkmenistan swimming team, consisting of four athletes, will take part in the World Aquatics Championships, which is being held in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, worldaquatics.com reports.

The national team includes David Akopyan (50 m butterfly, 200 m individual medley), Musa Zhalaev (50, 100 m freestyle), Anastasia Morginshtern (50, 100 m freestyle) and Aynura Primova (50, 100 m backstroke). The swimming competitions will be held from July 27 to August 3.

The World Championships are the second most important tournament in world swimming after the Olympic Games. An indoor 50-meter pool that meets Olympic standards was built in Singapore specifically for the competition.

The tournament will feature over 2500 athletes from 210 countries and territories, including world swimming stars: multiple Olympic champions Leon Marchand of France, Summer McIntosh of Canada, Katie Ledecky of the United States, Thomas Ceccon of Italy, and Kaylee McKeown of Australia. The prize fund for the championship is 6 million USD.

Turkmen swimmers' performance schedule:

• David Akopyan (18): July 27 – 50m butterfly, July 30 – 200m individual medley
• Aynura Primova (18): July 28 – 100m backstroke, July 30 – 50m backstroke
• Musa Zhalaev (22): July 30 – 100m freestyle, August 1 – 50m freestyle
• Anastasia Morginshtern (19): July 31 – 100m freestyle, August 2 – 50m freestyle