Double Olympic swimming champion Yevgeny Rylov said he fell ill after the Russian championship in Kazan and could not fully recover for the Salnikov Cup.
On Friday, Rylov won the Salnikov Cup 200m backstroke with a score of 1 minute 49.71 seconds. The Salnikov Cup takes place in short water in Saint Petersburg.
– In Kazan I was under load, now the result is relatively not very good either. I got sick for a whole week after Kazan – as soon as I had time, I recovered like that. Something was good, but the average speed is a bit low. I will gradually recover, I hope I will spend the next six months without illness,” Rylov told .
At a distance of 400 m, the Ilya Borodin complex won, who won with a strong advantage.
– It’s hard, but you have to know how to swim alone. If you’re doing it on your own, it’s probably going to be a lot easier with rivals. I would like to swim and that time was closer to the world record. Let’s see with the coach, let’s analyze why. At 200m I was a little short of the Russian record, I think you have to try here (break the record), Borodin told .
Anna Chernysheva won the women’s 400m medley. “I’m used to not being the first after 200m and, as my coach says, I’m catching up. But I know what I’m doing. My parents are also worried, the coach is worried, but that’s my usual tactic. Of course I want the result to be higher, I want to improve, improve and reach a different level,” she said.
Source : MatchTV
