Triple Olympic medalist in swimming Yulia Efimova she herself decided to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and no one stopped her from doing it, the president of the All-Russian Swimming Federation told . Vladimir Salnikov .
Efimova enters the Bahamas Championships the only Russian swimmer to receive neutral status to compete in the Games. Previously, Efimova failed to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in the 200 meter breaststroke, failing to demonstrate the required qualifying time.
On June 23, Efimova will have her last chance to qualify for the Games in breaststroke – at a distance of 100m.
“It’s her decision, her choice, and she’s trying to qualify for the Olympics. We do not intervene in this area and, in principle, according to the rules of neutral status, we cannot intervene. Of course, no one stood in the way of his obtaining neutral status and his selection plans. Moreover, Yulia does not train as part of the national team, she has her own training plan, she has been training offline for quite a long time,” Salnikov told .
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