World swimming record holder Kliment Kolesnikov told that he was calm about Evgeny Somov’s participation in the Paris Olympics in neutral status.
Kolesnikov refused to participate in the Paris Games, saying that he considered the current admission requirements unacceptable. Somov is the only Russian to participate in a swimming tournament at the Olympics. In May, at a competition in the United States, he broke the Russian record in the 100-meter breaststroke, with a result of 58.72 seconds; the previous result belonged to Anton Chupkov (58.83).
— We have known each other since my first European Youth Championship in Hungary. We accompanied him in junior competitions until 2018. So I know him. Then it so happened that he went to the United States to study and swim. An ordinary guy. I was surprised and happy that after such a lull he swam faster than the Russian record. It’s good! And the fact that he decided to go to the Olympics, I take it calmly, it’s his choice, “Kolesnikov told .
The Paris Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11.
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