European Diving Champion Nikita Chleikher was surprised that a Chinese rival did not qualify for the final of the International University Sports Festival.
Schleicher won the gold medal of this tournament in the springboard meter. Chinese Binhan Wang was 16th and did not qualify for the final.
– I lost after the first jump, I had to catch up, it turned out to be done only with the last jump.
– Why did you perform on the meter springboard? This is not your profile view.
– This is a non-Olympic projectile, I do not think it is necessary to jump strongly. Well, here… Why not? There was such a desire. I recovered a jump (with a coefficient of 3.6) for a week at training camp, I decided to try my luck, here you can do it.
– The Chinese athlete did not qualify for the final. Did that surprise you?
– I was very surprised. I thought that in the final I would fight them, but it turned out only with Alexander (Cherepakhin).
“Do you know the Chinese athletes who came here?”
– There are not any. I know the basics.
Do you live in the festival village? What’s the vibe there? Is there movement?
“I don’t really like all of this. Either I’m off to town or I’m sitting in a room. As soon as I jump, there will already be an opportunity to dive into it. I didn’t go to the opener either, Schleicher told .
Source : MatchTV
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