2012 Olympic medalist Yevgeny Korotyshkin in an interview with he expressed the opinion that in swimming there are no disputes around the performance of young athletes due to the lack of subjective evaluation in the results.
In figure skating, the International Skating Union (ISU) has decided to gradually raise the age limit to 17 years. At the world aquatic championships in Budapest, 15 years old summer macintosh .
– What can you say about 15-year-old athletes who win in swimming? There are heated discussions on this subject in figure skating, but not in swimming.
– I think there is always more discussion in sports that has judgment with scoring. When there is a subjective factor, it raises many discussion questions. We will all be judged by seconds. In addition, in the case of early victories, swimmers who begin to win on a hormonal background at a young age often stay in the sport for a long time. We have enough examples. The same Ruta Meilutite, who came back, for example. She won the Olympics at a young age and continued to progress. Now we see how she competes with younger than her, – said Korotyshkin “”.
Source : MatchTV
