Double Olympic diving champion Dmitry Sautin in a conversation with , he expressed hope that the Russian team could perform at the Paris Olympics in 2024.
In February, the IOC Executive Board recommended that international federations prevent Russians and Belarusians from participating in international competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. Many federations have followed these recommendations and suspended athletes from both countries. At the following meeting in December, the IOC Executive Committee confirmed the sanctions against the Russians and Belarusians.
– How do you find the current state of Russian diving?
– While we jump in Russia. The Friendship Games ended that week. Bravo, they did a great job, 8 countries came. There were no Chinese. We write letters to them, but they haven’t replied yet. North Korea is also silent. In Soviet times, there were competitions between the USSR and the United States, but now it would be possible to do Russia-China.
– Stanislav Pozdnyakov was re-elected president of the ROC. He said that we would participate in the Paris Olympics. Do you have such optimism?
– We hope, because the national team is just a pity. The guys have been working, training and jumping for a whole year. They can’t wait to go to the World Championship in 2023, where there will be a selection for the Olympics, and to the European Championship.
– I spoke with Evgeny Trefilov (handball coach – about “”). He says that during the period of non-participation in international competitions, handball has sunk a lot. We have the feeling that diving has also deteriorated in recent years…
– Yes, there was a bronze medal in Tokyo (in synchronized jumps). They relied on a three-meter springboard, but, as you remember, Schleicher made a big mistake – he jumped to zero points. Now we are in a normal state, but there would be more international tournaments and training. Yes, now the Latin Americans have come to us, but I would like to compete with Asia, Sautin told .
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