Ruslan Ternovoy / Alexander Bondar played at the Russian Championships at a high level, but it makes no sense to compare the scores with the World Championships, says the first vice-president of the Russian Diving Federation Dmitry Sautin .
Ternovoy/Bondar won the synchro on the platform with a total of 475.47 points. This sum of points is greater than the victory of the Chinese at the World Championships in Budapest.
“The guys jumped very well. Great. Why not give high marks if people show good attempts? It’s a shame they found themselves without international competition. But I wouldn’t compare in absentia by points. This is the Russian championship. The World Cup is a different refereeing, a different environment, a different attitude. Everything is completely different, Sautin told .
– Tell us about Ternov.
– The guy is very talented, clean lines, shows cool jumps. We need to add stability. He received a lot from God, but a good job was done. Gratitude to Tatyana Lukash, who found him, raised him. He moved to Moscow, and (Raisa) Galperina already has a ready athlete.
I would like to see Ternovoy at the Tokyo Games, but it didn’t work out. We are talking about athletes – he still has everything ahead of him, but what exactly is unknown.
At 22, I won the Olympics. Then I don’t know how my health kept me going for another four years – I’m talking about the tower now. Then, after Sydney, it stopped abruptly with the tower. The tower is a whole different story. It is not necessary to guess what it will be like in a few years.
Source : MatchTV
