Swimmer Lifintsev about his absence at the Olympics: “I’m not so upset, I’m still young”

Russian swimmer Miron Lifintsev told that he was not that upset about missing the Games in Paris, since he is still a junior and gaining experience competing in Russia.

Lifintsev, 17, won the 100m backstroke at the Russian Championships in Kazan with a junior world record. Previously, the record belonged to Olympic medalist Kliment Kolesnikov – 52.53 seconds.

— If it were an Olympic selection, you would be qualified first for the Paris Games, but here it’s nothing. Isn’t that offensive?

– I’m still little. I still need to swim in Russia. Klim, for example, has a different story, he is now getting results and, probably, he is even more offended. I’m going to have a lot of competitions now. In particular, the BRICS Games, the Cup final, the Friendship Games,” Lifintsev said in an interview with .

Earlier, the president of the All-Russian Swimming Federation, Vladimir Salnikov, told that for Russian swimmers the history of the Paris Olympics was a “page turned” due to the admission criteria.

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.