<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - UKoptur waqhudelana emidlalweni emithathu yokubhukuda kuma-Olympic asehlobo ka-2000 eSydney. Wenza isikhathi esijwayelekile se-FINA A esingu-15: 27.86 400 m freestyle kusuka kuma-European Championships  <response>: eHelsinki, eFinland. Ngosuku lokuqala lweMidlalo, uKoptur wabeka indawo yama-22 emjahweni wamamitha angama-400 wamahhala. Ebhukuda emdlalweni wesine, wagcina endaweni yokugcina cishe ngemizuzwana eyishumi ngemuva komnqobi uMassimiliano Rosolino wase-Italy ngo-3:55.26. Ezinsukwini ezine kamuva, uKoptur wajoyina uPavel Lagoun, u-Igor Koleda, noValeryan Khuroshvili emncintiswaneni we-4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Ukubhukuda umlenze wesithathu, uKoptur uqophe ukuhlukaniswa kwe-1: 51.14, kepha abaseBelarusian bahluleka endaweni yesithupha kanye neyesishiyagalolunye jikelele ngesikhathi sokugcina esingu-7: 24.83. Emncintiswaneni wakhe wokugcina, i-1500 m freestyle, uKoptur waphonsela inselelo abanye ababhukudi abayisikhombisa ebusheni obuthathu, kufaka phakathi izintandokazi eziphezulu uRicardo Monasterio waseVenezuela noSpyridon Gianniotis waseGreece. Wathinta uGianniotis ngamakhulu ayisikhombisa wesekhondi 0.07 ukuze athole indawo yesibili ngesikhathi esingu-15:29.62. UKoptur wehlulekile ukufinyelela kuma-8 aphezulu, njengoba wabeka indawo yama-20 jikelele ngosuku lokugcina lokulungiselela. 