President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov told that the Russian championship did not lose the intensity of the fight due to its lack of qualification for the Olympic Games in Paris.
The Russian Championship ended on April 19 in Kazan.
— In a normal situation, it would be an Olympic selection. Without selection for the Games, was the intensity of the competition sufficient?
— The competition was good, the intensity of the fight was sufficient. The results were superior to those of the world champions in Doha. The level is completely correct. Our 100m backstroke final ended better than at the World Championships. There are traditionally difficult distances that are not of an adequate standard. But young blood appears. Yesterday, for example, Ksenia Misharina broke the Russian youth record; his ambitions are very high. Miron Lifintsev broke Kolesnikov’s junior world record, but as he himself said, it was more important for him to beat Kliment. Kolesnikov himself is in excellent shape. Furthermore, I would of course like to highlight Chikunova and the fact that Andrei Minakov achieved a good level of results.
Today, many have the motivation to prove themselves as best as possible, despite difficult conditions and the envy of all their enemies,” Salnikov told .
Live broadcasts of the tournament took place on the channels of the Match holding company and on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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