President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov in an interview with , he said that abroad they are already discussing the results of competitions at the Friendship Games.
In particular, at the first stage of the tournament in Kazan, European champion Evgenia Chikunova showed the best result of the season in the world at a distance of 200 m breaststroke.
– The competitions turned out to be bright and colorful, they were held at a good level. A good team works in Kazan, which has extensive experience in organizing high-level competitions. Many countries had fears about coming here, but those who have come now have no such fears. According to reports, participants from around 10 to 15 countries wanted to participate in these competitions, but were worried about the reaction to their return. This obviously worried them.
But the echoes have followed one another, and the competitions have not gone unnoticed by our overseas colleagues, the results are published, everyone compares them to the results of the World Championship in the “what if…” format. Although it is clear that from the point of view of the intensity of emotions and passions, the World Cup helps to improve the result.
Most of the leaders managed to confirm their level here. I’m sure that Evgeny Rylov will also please us in other competitions this year,” Salnikov told .
Source : MatchTV
