Head coach of the Russian synchronized swimming team Tatiana Pokrovskaya told that the athletes’ training schedule had been changed due to the postponement of the Friendship Games.
Earlier, the President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (FTAR) Maxim Agapitov said that the World Friendship Games had been postponed to 2025.
“The Friendship Games are postponed, that’s for sure.” But there is no official statement, we are waiting.
— Has the preparation schedule been adapted in connection with the postponement of this departure?
– Certainly. We are on vacation now. On vacation, athletes will start working, because the Russian Cup is ahead of us, we will prepare for it. We have enough starts, “Pokrovskaya told .
The first-ever “Friendship Games” were scheduled for September 15-29 in Moscow and Yekaterinburg. In June, information appeared from various sources about the postponement of the competition to 2025 at the initiative of the International Friendship Association (IFA).
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