Triple Olympic medalist in swimming Yulia Efimova told she was sorry to hear the news of her retirement Anastasia Fesikova with whom they had a great sporting history together.
A silver medalist at the 2012 Olympics, Fesikova returned to the sport twice after giving birth to children. On Tuesday, the 33-year-old swimmer told that she had ended her sporting career. A similar statement was made by the athlete’s husband, Olympic bronze medalist in London, Sergei Fesikov.
“I’m not announcing my retirement yet, I’m just announcing my return, but I don’t even have two children. Of course, it’s a shame, but in general I’m amazed how she swam for so many years, came back, won a medal at the World Championships… We have a great history together in sports . I think we will cross paths again,” Efimova told .
Efimova returned to competition at the end of October and is now organizing the first Russian championship in two years. On Tuesday, during the short course tournament, the 31-year-old finished third in the 50m breaststroke with a score of 29.95 seconds. The victory was won by the 2021 European champion Evgenia Chikunova (29.54), the second place was taken by Belarusian Alina Zmushko (29.66).
The Russian Championship takes place from November 20 to 25 in Saint Petersburg. Watch live broadcasts of the final series at these minutes on the channel, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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