Qualification for the 2024 Olympics in Paris remains possible for Russian swimmers, says the president of the All-Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov .
In swimming, athletes are selected according to the standards achieved in national competitions. The selection for the relay is done at the World Championships, which will take place in 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan.
– According to our selection system, the road to the Paris Olympic Games is not yet closed to us. In addition, there is a world championship on the calendar, which will take place in Fukuoka – there is a selection in the relay races, – Salnikov told .
What about open water? Is the mechanism the same? Generally the World Cup and the European Cup, the last of the year of the Olympic Games?
– Usually it is. So, as I said, that door is not closed for us yet.
Source : MatchTV
