Triple Olympic medalist Julia Efimova 2012 Games medalist Vladimir Morozov and world cup winner Andrei Minakov will miss the first stage of the Friendship Games, the rest of the leaders will perform during these starts, said Vladimir Salnikov, president of the All-Russian Swimming Federation.
— Besides Efimova, Minakov and Morozov, everyone will perform on the stage of the Friendship Games in Kazan. They are missing because of difficulties with flights … The rest of the leaders will speak – Yevgeny Rylov , Kliment Kolesnikov and Anton Chupkov Salnikov told reporters.
Like it or not, we will compare the results of the winners of the World Championship and these competitions. In swimming, the presence of an opponent raises the emotional bottom, but you can compete with a stopwatch without him. Thanks to Kazan for accepting such a mission to host the Friendship Games,” Salnikov told reporters.
Efimova, Minakov and Morozov live and train in the United States.
Source : MatchTV
