“I don’t expect there to be a response from World Aquatics regarding our disagreement with the criteria” – Druzhinin

President of the Russian Diving Federation Stanislav Druzhinin told that he was not waiting for a response from the International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics) regarding the disagreement of the Russian side with the criteria for admission to international starts.

Earlier, the President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation (RSF), Vladimir Salnikov, in an interview with , said that the All-Russian Swimming Federation, as a federation affiliated with World Aqutics, sent a consolidated position on its disagreement with admission. criteria at World Aquatics. The international federation has not yet sent its response.

– There is no result, I do not hope that there will be such a result. They have already taken a stand and have done so by copying the IOC criteria and adding their own. They made it difficult for our athletes to participate in international competitions,” Druzhinin told .

World Aquatics allows Russians to compete in neutral status in accordance with the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee. The criteria also include a ban on speaking to the media at major tournaments.