Double Olympic champion in synchronized swimming Vlad Chigireva says she considers a Japanese woman Yukiko Inui the most technical of the soloists who performed at the world championships in Budapest.
Inui won the technical program of these competitions. For the first time in the history of the World Championships, the gold medal in the “technical” solo in synchronized swimming was not won by a Russian woman – Russian teams refused to participate in this world championship. Later, at a meeting of the FINA Bureau, it was decided not to invite Russian athletes to competitions under the auspices of FINA until the end of 2022 due to the situation in Ukraine.
“The Japanese was the most technical, she executed the elements cleanly, the rest made mistakes: steep slopes, jamming on the screws,” Chigireva told . – Of course, if Russian and Chinese athletes competed, she would not be in first place, but I am very happy for her, she deserves it.
– Is the point difference big enough?
– The points gap reflects his technique, why there is such a big gap between second and third place, I don’t understand. Yet it is a technical program, not an arbitrary one. Here everything is more clearly understood by the evaluation criteria.
Source : MatchTV
