“The initiator of the tournament is Kemerovo, they are planning a short format” – Salnikov that stayers are limited in Champions Cup performance

President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov told that the Champions Cup competitions in Kemerovo are held on the initiative of the region and the organizers have planned a short format of the tournament.

Earlier, the winner of the European Championship Anna Egorova wrote in her social networks that the Kemerovo tournament does not offer stay disciplines, which means that swimmers of this specialization are deprived of the opportunity to win good prizes .

– The initiator of the contest is the region, they initially planned such a short format. Moreover, these competitions will take place for the first time in history.

The starts in which the federation is directly involved are the Russian Cup stages, the Russian championships, have a decent prize fund, and the rest have the opportunity to win good prizes at these competitions,” Salnikov said. at .