Synchronized swimmer Doroshko: “The new program is the hardest in my life, from the first race I went black from hypoxia”

World synchronized swimming champion Maya Doroshko said that their new free program with Svetlana Kolesnichenko is the most difficult of his career.

The Doroshko/Kolesnichenko duo presented two new programs at the international competitions of the Federation Cup, which are taking place in Kazan.

— What did you watch to better develop the image of the Charlie Chaplin program?

— On the creative side, like Charlie Chaplin himself, we only had “land”. We watched the video, but nothing special. It’s true, at school I had a dance number to Charlie Chaplin at a concert,” Doroshko told .

— Do you like the program?

– Yes. We made the best of what we could do in such difficulty. It is clear that if this program had been carried out according to the old rules, it would have been nothing short of explosive.

— Sveta Kolesnichenko said that solo she simply had no time to breathe. What about duo performances in this regard?

— In a technical duo, everything is more or less. Freestyle is just terrible. In the first race I simply choked, went black from hypoxia and forgot the last link, but with the number of races we mastered this load. Now we added apnea work to swimming training, Tatiana Evgenievna (Danchenko) showed maximum creativity and now after the main training we also do pumping, which helps us a lot .

— In the free duet “Light and Darkness”, how were the roles distributed?

– Light – Light, even if it wanted to be Darkness. I like Darkness better than Light. Tatyana Evgenievna says that this character is also more suitable, although I too, it seems to me, am rather a Light character.

— It’s just that the “Light and Light” program has not yet been staged!

– Yes! Well, plus, I have a darker complexion, so I’m dark.

— The music was written for you. So, is it easier or more difficult to install the program than under an understandable image?

— It seems to me that it’s easier with well-known music. This is the most difficult program of my life. Technically, with all these bells and whistles, the program is really very difficult.

— In your second year as a duo, do you feel more confident?

— Calm down, because I have already worked well with Sveta and I see progress compared to last year, when I was very worried about the technical program. I review my best display options almost all the time, it calms me down.