Defender of the Moscow “Spartak” and the Russian team, silver medalist of the 2022 Olympics Alexander Nikishin told “” about the affair with the multiple world champion Varvara Subbotine and their summer vacation.
The athletes who have been dating for a long time only publicly announced their relationship earlier this year. In the spring, photos from a joint vacation appeared on the social networks of Nikishin and Subbotina.
– After the publication of photos from Sri Lanka, many discuss your star couple with Varvara Subbotina. What do you think of this kind of attention?
“I don’t know how stellar it is,” Nikishin told . – So far, only Varya is champion. And me…
– You are one of the heroes of the Olympic Games.
– What is a hero? Only second place. And she has the first places, and much more than me. I am not in competition with her, because she has something to answer.
– Varvara said she came out of the pool to watch games with you. Are you succeeding?
– I didn’t have the same time, I only watched reruns, a few videos. I was never able to watch the show live.
How unusual is this sport for you?
“Unusual, of course. My mother told me about him, and now, of course, I started to know more about him.
Did you learn to dive for a while in Sri Lanka?
– She doesn’t teach, we just do it on a challenge. It’s interesting to me, but it doesn’t matter to her, and there’s so much water in life. Now I hold 1 minute 15 seconds. At first, I couldn’t even last 40 seconds. There are no options here.
Did you talk about the world championship in Budapest? Frustrated not to have been there?
– Of course, upset. Any athlete here would be upset, even I was worried about her. Sore topic for her.
Subbotina, 21, is a quadruple world champion, triple European champion in synchronized swimming. She performs solo, duet and group exercises.
20-year-old Nikishin with the Russian team reached the final of the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, where he lost to the Finns (1:2).
Source : MatchTV
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