European Games winning swimmer Roman Shevlyakov after winning the Russian championship, he said that according to the plan he would have a vacation only in September next year.
At the Russian Short Course Swimming Championship, Shevlyakov won the 100m butterfly. Shevlyakov finished last season at the end of August at the International University Sports Festival.
— You finished the season later than many others. Did you have time to rest?
– No, I didn’t rest. That was the plan. The coach told me to be patient and work for a very long time. Until next September we won’t have a big vacation of three or four days, so we haven’t had much rest now.
— You said you were ready to take revenge on Andrei Minakov. How are your emotions now?
— I’m happy to have managed to do it, the stands and the support of the spectators helped me a lot. Special thanks to everyone for this.
— Did you see your opponent at the end of the race?
“I saw that I was not losing to him and continued to work,” reports the correspondent of , according to Shevlyakov’s words.
The Russian Short Course Swimming 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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