Double Olympic medalist in swimming Kliment Kolesnikov at the Salnikov Cup at a distance of 50 m on the back, he showed a better result than in the victory at the World Championships in the short course and admitted that he was delighted to win such an absent rivalry.
On Saturday, Kolesnikov won the distance at the Salnikov Cup in St. Petersburg with a score of 22.44 seconds. American Ryan Murphy won the 50m backstroke at the World Championships (25m) in Melbourne on Friday, swimming the final in 22.64 seconds.
– Now the World Cup is taking place, alas, without us, but you are the champion for us (according to the result).
“In absentia, let’s say. But there, after all, the situation would have been different, the fight would have been different, the competition – maybe it would have happened faster. I’m glad they didn’t break my world record there. Usually my records are broken in the first six months or a year, I hope they don’t break it soon, and if they break it, next year I will try to get out of it . We are going to prepare other distances, so as not to cling to the “fifty dollars”. And so, it’s good that we ‘beat’ them here,” Kolesnikov said on the air “Match! Arena”.
Kolesnikov at the Russian championship in November updated the world record for this distance – 22.11 seconds. The file is awaiting ratification. The International Swimming Federation (FINA) told that approval of the record will take place on a blanket basis. Russian athletes have been suspended from participating in competitions under the auspices of FINA due to the situation in Ukraine.
“It was a difficult two weeks after Kazan, considering all the circumstances related to a small flu epidemic,” Kolesnikov said of his state of health at the last start of the season. – A little lack on the back, but better than expected. Initially preparing to swim faster, but it turns out The state is already like this – the last start of the season, the body already needs rest. I motivated myself to work until the end, because now there are clusters and I had to work. I won at the last competitions and I won the prizes, I had to pack my bags and come to the Salnikov Cup.
Source : MatchTV
