Pokrovskaya on the non-admission of synchronized swimmers: “We must not turn our backs and be offended. The Games in Paris are not the last, there will be others”

Head coach of the Russian national team Tatiana Pokrovskaya On , she said that Russian synchronized swimmers must maintain a high level of performance anyway, despite being excluded from international competitions.

On Monday, the International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics) approved the criteria that will allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in neutral status. Among the conditions is the lack of national symbols and active support for the NWO. Individual neutral athletes will only be permitted to compete in events where the time or outcome is determined by an athlete’s performance. Thus, the Russians will not be able to participate in the selection for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in synchronized swimming and water polo.

How shocking was this decision for you? Should I continue to deal with these people?

Let’s not jump to conclusions. I know that Russian synchronized swimming has a lot of supporters. Everyone remembers our victory at the six Olympic Games. People admired our programs and learned from them. You can’t scratch everything, turn your back, take offense. This means that somewhere in the leadership it was decided to suspend Russian synchronized swimming from the Olympics.

Very disappointing! We were just taken out and cut. They played well and are now watching from the sidelines. But we will participate in BRICS competitions, Friendship Games and Russian championships. They will be shown. We cannot downgrade. Should work brilliantly. Just work, show that we dream of being leaders in the Olympic Games, etc. The matches in Paris are not the last, there will be others.

There was a faint hope for a duo, but no! Cut all types. So we have decided so. Nothing, life goes on. We will prove it with our results.

– Who in the international community has expressed their support for you?

“It is still early, it has only just begun. Many disagree, but not all. Many coaches and athletes regret that we are not present at the Olympic Games and the World Cup. The same Chinese, and in America there are such people, in a number of European countries where our specialists worked. Some are happy that we released a step. And it’s also there.

China called our country the strongest in synchronized swimming. It’s also very nice. I think we are strong, the athletes are strong. Unpleasant, but I think everything will be fine.

The BRICS competitions and the Friendship Games will give us the opportunity to show ourselves to the whole world, so we can’t relax,” Pokrovskaya said on the program “There is a theme” on MatchTV.