Double Olympic medalist in swimming Kliment Kolesnikov said he didn’t feel it necessary to compare prize money with other more popular sports.
Kolesnikov broke the world record for the 50m backstroke on Wednesday at the Russian Short Course Swimming Championships.
“We can’t compare to other sports because their popularity differs,” Kolesnikov told .
– That is to say that we will not hear the reproaches of the swimmer against the players?
– Well, why? We will never have the income they have. Football is more popular, there are sponsors, etc. That’s another topic, I’m not getting into it. It’s good that we now have cash prizes, which they try to provide for medals and records.
Source : MatchTV
