World record holders Evgenia Chikunova And Kliment Kolesnikov deservedly among the nominees for the National Sports Prize, the president of the All-Russian Swimming Federation told Vladimir Salnikov .
Kolesnikov and Chikunova, who updated world records in 2023, were nominated in the Athlete of the Year category.
“I can only express my joy about this.” They are rightly included in the list of nominees, we hope to see them at the ceremony on stage when the award is presented. I also hope that at that time there will be other reasons: in November we will host the Russian Short Course Championship. And of course, it is very important that Evgenia Chikunova’s coach Vitta Vladimirovna Novozhilova was nominated for this award. The work of a coach cannot be forgotten; this is a big contribution to the success of an athlete, which unfortunately is not always remembered,” Salnikov told .
The awards ceremony will take place on November 30 at the National Kremlin Palace.
Source : MatchTV
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