Kliment Kolesnikov: “Lack of international starts does not affect my results”

Olympic medalist swimmer Kliment Kolesnikov said the lack of international departures does not affect its results.

On Saturday, in the conference room of the Gazprom pavilion, Kolesnikov spoke with young swimmers and their coaches from Saransk about sports and personal development opportunities promoted by the Gazprom program for children.

— The absence of international departures does not affect the results. This is my subjective feeling. I have my own tasks and goals that I strive to achieve. I don’t have a goal of overtaking anyone. If I had such a task, there might be problems. But I have my own goals, so there is no problem with motivation.

As for the lack of international departures, sometimes the setting and atmosphere are lacking. It’s cool, it’s always a new experience, always enjoyable. How to go on vacation to another country. You come back with new experiences, new emotions. Sometimes it’s boring to come to the Moscow championship in the pool where we have been swimming for 15 years. But you have to do it from a sporting point of view.

For the moment, my goal is broad: to try to push my limits as much as possible in order to achieve world records. I strive to establish them. But what’s more interesting is what I’m capable of in terms of results. Numbers are important to me now. World records are just a bonus,” reports correspondent Kolesnikov.

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