Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsin commented on the election of a Russian woman Maria Polyakova to the Athletes’ Commission of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), and also noted that discrimination against Russia only harms the work on the development of the sport.
Earlier, European one-meter diving champion Maria Polyakova was elected to the FINA Athletes’ Commission. Polyakova joined the commission as a diving representative. The Jamaican Aliya Atkinson, quadruple world champion in short course swimming, takes the head of the commission. British diving champion Jack Lo was elected as his deputy.
– Increasingly, we see balanced decisions of the international sports community in relation to Russian representatives and athletes. Maria Polyakova is a European diving champion, an active athlete, which will allow her to competently defend the interests and priorities of the athletes of the International Swimming Federation.
The choice of Maria Polyakova to the FINA Athletes’ Commission is further confirmation that Russia is an important part of the international sports family and that discriminatory attitudes only hinder joint productive work to develop sport and promote its values, said Matytsin, quoted by the press service. of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation.
Source : MatchTV
