Head coach of the Russian diving team Svetlana Moiseeva said the Salute of Victory competitions were held for athletes in a new format to improve the emotional background in the absence of international competitions.
The best national team athletes competed in Smolensk.
– The start was not planned in advance, so the competition took place according to a special program – the athletes showed their series of jumps of the greatest difficulty in each class separately. The classes were drawn by lot. There were also team competitions.
From the third class, Alexander Bondar, Ilya Molchanov and Evgeny Kuznetsov showed good jumps, on the tower – Ruslan Ternovoy, Sandro Rogava. Yulia Timoshinina showed good preparation and confidence in her jumps, as did Kristina Ilyinykh and Vitaly Koroleva.
I wanted to raise the morale of the athletes with these competitions in a new format, because it is difficult without competitions, and then move on to preparing for the Russian Championship, which will be held in Penza, ”Moiseeva told .
The Russian Championship is scheduled for June 11-16.
Source : MatchTV
