Double Olympic medalist in swimming Kliment Kolesnikov told that competition in the 100 meter backstroke has grown and he is happy to compete with Miron Lifintsev.
Lifintsev beat Kolesnikov at this distance at the Russian Championship, which takes place in Kazan. In addition, 17-year-old Lifintsev broke the junior world record, which belonged to Kolesnikov.
—What did you say to Myron immediately after arrival?
– Nothing. Beautiful! It is good that it is so. In the last four years when we swam before and after the Olympics with Zheka (Ryzhov), almost no one improved, but now everyone has improved. Dimasik (Savenko) too.
– When will there be a rematch?
— Until I finish swimming, we will compete. Now it’s April, I don’t remember a super record being set at that time, we’ll see it closer to the summer, ”Kolesnikov told .
The Russian swimming championship will end on April 19 in Kazan. Watch live broadcasts of the tournament on the channels of the Match holding company and on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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