Swimmer Kolesnikov: “My lucky socks are ten years old”

Double Olympic medalist in swimming Kliment Kolesnikov told that the lucky socks are still with him and this new year they turned ten years old.

Kolesnikov has already repeatedly admitted that these socks are his talisman.

— Have you spent all your high-level swims with a pink cap?

— I swam on the “Jolly Dolphin” in red and yellow. But also in the brightest, yes. At the World Championships in Budapest, I swam in white and black simply because it was forbidden to swim with the caps issued in Russia.

The story of Pink Riding Hood began thanks to the grandmother, but this whole story is only partly true. It was really hard for her to keep up with me when I was swimming in pink. This is how this legend remained, but in reality I just like this color of cap.

The legend of lucky socks is absolutely true. They are 10 years old this year. They were given for the New Year, from 2013 to 2014,” Kolesnikov told .