Olympic medalist in diving Yevgeny Kuznetsov said he was not surprised by the suspension of the World Cup and also told how the filming of the “naked” meme of the Russian championship went.
Earlier, the Russian Diving Federation released a series of “memes” for the Penza tournament, where Kuznetsov repeated naked the famous cover of the album Nevermind by the American rock band Nirvana.
On the first day of the Russian Championships, Kuznetsov and Nikita Shleikher won gold in synchronized diving on the 3-meter springboard.
“It never happens to do everything we would like,” Kuznetsov told . – It turned out about eighty percent, I guess. Worthy. The fact that we were excommunicated from international departures was a bit handicapped, but new competitions were invented. Ahead of the Friendship Games and the Spartakiad of the strongest.
– There are many departures until September. No time to rest.
– We will have two stages of the Friendship Games after September. It’s like a kind of World Series. I think it will definitely be interesting.
“Painfully experienced excommunication?”
– They always sharpen their teeth on us so much that there were no particular surprises. They’ve been trying to kill us all their lives, but they won’t.
– Did you even want to go to the World Cup in this situation?
– I wanted to go there as a fan and unfurl the flag, see how others behave. And we’ve had enough of all this at home.
– Were there any surprises in the programs, according to the results in synchronization at the world championships?
– We’ve seen so many different couples in our lives: someone was incredibly cool, someone was average. I haven’t seen anything new.
– Everyone is now wondering how the shooting of the meme went.
– The shoot took place in swimming trunks, and there it was already a question of photoshop (laughs).
– Whose idea was it?
– Sergey (Sarkisyan), who works with the media for us. Our federation has started to work hard on publicizing diving. It’s good for adult athletes and children who know our sport and who come to it.
Have you listened to Nirvana’s album Nevermind?
– I heard, but I’m not a fan, so to speak.
The Russian Diving Championship in Penza will end on July 16. You can follow the live broadcasts of the competitions on .
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Source : MatchTV
