President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation (RSF) Vladimir Salnikov expressed satisfaction with the intensification of competition at the Russian Short Course Swimming Championship, which ended in St. Petersburg.
“I believe this is one of the most exciting championships; all the attention was focused on our athletes, the leaders of the national team, who had not competed on the international stage for a long time and were all waiting to see how they would prove themselves. Happy for them. We saw attacks on world records. We saw that the strong stay strong. The championship was a success, stars appeared, which we will see soon in a brighter format. I would like to congratulate everyone on this championship and wish them success. The atmosphere was great, the fans were great, everyone was shouting and supporting, there were always swimming fans in Saint -Petersburg and they were especially happy with the team competitions.
— Egor Kornev won today in the 100 freestyle.
– Yes. Suddenly. The young athlete, thanks to him, burst in unexpectedly and pushed everyone away. Competition is increasing, which means that the results will increase, ”reports the correspondent of , according to Salnikov’s words.
Live broadcasts of the competition were available on Match Holding channels.
Source : MatchTV
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