First Vice-President of the Russian Synchronized Swimming Federation Olga Brusnikina said that one of the important consequences of the rule change will be the role of marks for stunts.
The Technical Congress of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) has approved changes to the rules of this sport. They concern the content of the programs, the evaluations and the judging system.
– Of course, now the inclusion of a separate grade for acrobatics will add more excitement to the competition. So far it can be said that this has not been taken into account much when determining the grade, now this factor will be able to influence in the most serious way in group exercises. These transformations have been going on for a very long time. It was planned,” Brusnikina told .
Second point: it seems to me that the penalties for synchronicity errors are low. They should be increased in the future. Again, these are just my preliminary thoughts, just concerns about what the imbalance might be. But in fact, the next two years, until the next rule changes, it seems to me, FINA uses to work out all the nuances.
The main thing now is to quickly train all the magistrates, the specialists, because the system is changing radically. This moment cannot be missed. We cannot fall behind on this border. I worry when there will be a big international seminar, as has always been the custom, where the final nuances are discussed and all questions of clarification are asked. And also when certified schools for referees and controllers will start. At this time, we do not have this information.
— No questions were asked before the vote. Isn’t it surprising?
– I think this is also related to the congress format – in the online format not everyone has time to technically understand how to ask this question. But, in principle, a colossal amount of work was done to inform the public about the change in the rules, seminars were held in different groups. There were a lot of questions then, but, as the vote showed, everyone supports, and we’ll find out along the way.
Source : MatchTV
