The first vice-president of the All-Russian Swimming Federation, Viktor Avdienko, in an interview with , said that Russian athletes could count on at least 13 medals of various denominations if they were to participate in the Olympic Games right now.
Russian swimmers have been suspended from competitions held under the auspices of World Aquatics due to the situation in Ukraine. The Olympic Games will be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11.
— Have I understood correctly that our swimming is off to a bad start, and if Russia is still allowed to participate in the Paris Olympics…
— We are preparing very seriously. We are ready to go out there and win. Expect solid results. Rylov has now completely recovered his swimming technique. Girev is in very good condition. They wrote something stupid about Van, that he had received neutral status for international competitions and now he himself will go to the Olympics. He said: “I just tried it, that’s all. I’m not going anywhere, I just created a status.
Americans did not expect our boys born between 2004 and 2007 to suddenly achieve such high results. They were simply stunned: these are absolutely new people! Even when Denis Pankratov reports, he says: “Where do they come from? I just don’t know them! And all these guys followed our very serious programs. We have been teaching them since they were ten years old.
— If the Olympic Games started tomorrow in Paris, how many medals would we have of different qualities?
“From 13 to 16 medals,” Avdienko told .
On November 20, the Russian Short Course Swimming Championship will begin in St. Petersburg. Watch live broadcasts of the evening session on Match Holding channels.
Source : MatchTV
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