European Diving Championship Medalist Ruslan Ternovoy and World Championship Medalist Julia Timoshina confirmed the participation of “” in the third stage of the international competitions “Friendship Games”.
The competitions will take place in Kazan from December 12 to 17.
Ternovoy and Timoshinina said they plan to perform at this point. Russian national team head coach Svetlana Moiseeva explained in what format these competitions will be held, for which other team leaders will be announced.
— We will try to combine our youngest athletes aged 10-13 with the most mature and prominent ones, so that they compete together and learn something. Maybe the elders will pass on some experience, talk to them. They have not yet worked together in a competitive environment, – the Friendship Games press service quotes Moiseeva.
– We chose for these competitions the children of the top 6 of the Russian championship and the strongest athletes of the top 4 according to the results of the Spartakiad. It will be an educational learning experience. We will see almost all the top athletes here,” she added.
During the second stage of the Friendship Games (November 10-13), competitions were held in the junior format.
– We looked at our youth, and in Kazan there were all the best young athletes. Now is not the time to show super good results. The year is just beginning. There was a bit of forced preparation for these competitions, and it’s clear that the guys didn’t fully cope. If in the preliminary competitions there were good results, then in the finals not everyone did. But they were able to prove that they are the best in their age group, and we understand who is our leader among the juniors,” stressed Moiseeva.
Source : MatchTV
