Quadruple world champion in synchronized swimming Alexander Maltsev in an interview with , he stated that he would not participate in group competitions this season.
In 2024, at the Paris Games, for the first time in the history of the Olympics, men will be able to compete in group competitions. Previously, this discipline was purely female.
— Will you be part of a group at the BRICS Games and Friendship Games?
— We initially said that I would only be able to join the group this season if the team made the Olympics. At the BRICS Games, I have two solo programs, two mixed duets. The Friendship Games will take place in synchronized swimming only in Olympic disciplines.
— Do you think that with the new rules we can show the world our style this season?
– We will try. Despite the absurdity of the new rules, our programs are at least musical and at least somehow correspond to the image, we try not to move away from art, unlike what everyone saw at the Championships of World. We will try to maintain the highest level. Foreigners are constantly watching us, watching our programs, commenting on everything, giving some of their comments – what is good, what is wrong in the productions and judgments. And when we and the group played, without yet looking for complexity, they wrote and said that the Russians do everything the old way and it’s time to move on to new rules.
– Have you moved?
– Yes. But there is always a feeling that this is another sport,” Maltsev told .
From the 2023 season, new rules apply to synchronized swimming which affect the method of calculating results, establishing programs and judging.
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Source : MatchTV
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