Olympic diving champion Ilya Zakharov registered as a candidate for deputy to the Saratov Regional Duma, the athlete said on his Telegram channel.
– Candidate registered for deputies of the Saratov Regional Duma of the seventh convocation in the single-mandate constituency of Engels No. 21! Friends, don’t be shy. We write letters anywhere. Together we will try to solve problems and develop our region,” Zakharov wrote.
Earlier, Zakharov, 31, said he would run for the New People’s Party regional Duma in September’s elections.
Zakharov at the 2012 Olympics in London won gold in individual diving from a three-meter springboard and silver in synchronized diving from the same projectile in duet with Evgeny Kuznetsov. He also won the World and European Championships. In February this year, Zakharov announced his retirement.
Source : MatchTV
