“It’s good”. Swimmer Kolesnikov called the $40,000 prize from the Friendship Games a serious encouragement

Olympic medalist in swimming Kliment Kolesnikov said in an interview with that the $40,000 prize money for victory would serve as a serious incentive for participants in the World Friendship Games.

The Friendship Games swimming tournament will take place in September 2024 in Yekaterinburg.

— The format of the competition is not yet very clear. I am talking about both the BRICS Games and the Friendship Games. So it’s difficult to say anything about it, because there is too little information.

– But there is information about the prize money – 40 thousand dollars, plus a real gold medal.

– It’s good. A serious incentive to improve results.

— You can win the same prize money with a mediocre result.

– Well yes. But with a good result, it is more pleasant to get gold.

— Pasha Kulizhnikov said here that a million rubles for a world record is not enough. Is this enough for you?

— It is clear that everyone always evaluates all this in their own way. But what is it, this is where we start from, ”Kolesnikov told .