Athletistic/ Others. Four-time world synchronized swimming champion Varvara Subbotina thinks men shouldn’t be in her sport.

“To me, synchronized swimming is just a women’s sport. And that’s the point. I’ve always said that and I will continue to say that. It’s much more aesthetic to see how women’s legs come out of the water, and not those of men.” less because of that, it’s worth leaving our sport exclusively for women,” said Subbotina.

Varvara won gold medals at the 2017 World Aquatic Championships in Budapest in the disciplines of group, free routine and group, technical routine, and also won two gold medals at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju in the disciplines of group, free routine and combination, free routine.

Subbotina is also a triple European champion: 2018, Glasgow (duet, technical program; duet, free program), 2021, Budapest (solo, free program).