State Duma Deputy Svishchev: “It turns out that we need to report to World Aquatics?

Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Physical Culture and Sports Dmitry Svishchev told that the President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation (RSF) Vladimir Salnikov correctly identified the status of the competition , the participation of Russian swimmers in which raised questions from the independent body for combating negative phenomena in aquatic sports (Aquatics Integrity Unit).

Earlier on Friday, the International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics) told that an investigation had been opened into a possible violation of the rules by Russian swimmers during the competitions held in Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina). in April. Salnikov told that the FSM had not received notification of the investigation from the Aquatic Integrity Unit and had acted in accordance with the rules.

— It turns out that now the International Swimming Federation is going to look at who is wearing what, and we have to report to them? These were not competitions under the auspices of World Aquatics. I support Vladimir Salnikov, he noted it well. This person will be more experienced than many others in the international federation,” Svishchev told .

Russian swimmers took part in the Swim Wars competition in Banja Luka. After that, publications appeared in foreign media about a possible violation of the rules by Russian swimmers declared for the region, but at the same time competing with the symbols of Russia displayed on the equipment.

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