European swimming champion Anastasia Kirpichnikova will miss the Friendship Games and the Strongest Spartakiad due to injury.
Kirpichnikova lives and trains in France, now she has returned to Russia and is recovering. According to Sergey Kulikov, vice-president of the Sverdlovsk Region Swimming Federation, Kirpichnikova’s shoulder injury worsened and she injured her rib during wrestling competitions in France.
“I won’t be playing in the Friendship Games, nor will I be able to take part in the Spartakiad, because I haven’t swum for a long time due to an injury,” Kirpichinikova told .
Source : MatchTV
