Double Olympic swimming champion Yevgeny Rylov and double Olympic medalist Kliment Kolesnikov will perform at the new tournament, which will be hosted by Kemerovo.
The competitions in Kemerovo will take place on August 4-5. This tournament appeared for the first time on the calendar this season. Rylov’s participation was confirmed to by his personal trainer Andrey Shishin, Kolesnikov’s participation was confirmed by his coach Dmitry Lazarev.
The President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation, Vladimir Salnikov, in turn indicated that he hopes for the participation of many leaders of the national team in these competitions.
— The competitions are approved in the calendar. We came up with an interesting relay race format. In particular, the relay race, where young athletes will compete in teams with titled captains. It’s a new experience, new impressions, I think many leaders will perform at these competitions,” Salnikov told .
Source : MatchTV
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