Efimova withdrew from the 200 meter medley at the Russian Championships in Kazan

Triple Olympic medalist in swimming Yulia Efimova announced to that she would not compete in the 200 meter medley at the Russian Championships in Kazan.

For Efimova, this is the first Russian long course championship after the Olympic selection for Tokyo; the athlete became third in the 50m breaststroke. Efimova fell ill before the start of the Russian Championship.

— How do you prepare for the 200 meter breaststroke?

— In fact, I don’t know the 200m breaststroke yet, we’ll see how it goes in the 100m. I may not even swim, my health is not very good.

— And the 200 m complex?

“I have already withdrawn from it,” Efimova told .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.