Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - Sergey Ashihmin (; o se tagata taʻalo muamua o Kyrgyz na fanau i Rusia, o ia na faʻapitoa i taʻaloga taʻavale. E faalua ona avea o ia ma siamupini o le Olimipeka (1996 ma le 2000), ma o ia foʻi sa avea muamua ma faʻamaumauga a Kyrgyzstan i le 50 ma le 100 mita freestyle. A o taalo mo le au matutua a Rusia, na maua foi e Ashihmin se pine siliva, faatasi ai ma Denis Pimankov, Dmitry Chernyshov, ma le siamupini o le Olimipeka faalua o Alexander Popov, i le 4 × 100 m freestyle relay i le 1999 European Aquatics Championships
i Istanbul, i Take.