Daria Ustinova: “The Olympics have ceased to be a goal for me. Today it is there, but tomorrow it is not.

Winner of the Russian Cup final in Yekaterinburg over a distance of 200 meters on the back Daria Ustinova spoke about his attitude towards the lack of international departures.

Ustinova won on Thursday with a time of 2 minutes 12.50 seconds.

— What can you say about your victory?

— Recently I have recovered my health and in this context the results have dropped significantly. I simply did not expect to be able to win by swimming in 2:12.50. Knowing that I was winning with a fairly fast time. I am happy that I can still win, given my condition.

— Are you going to continue playing?

– Certainly. I will not finish. I really like to swim and especially to win. Such starts satisfy me. My health is not critical. But it happens that at some point there is stress, and everything leads nowhere. And so I try to restore the previous indicators.

— You are now passionate about developing your swimming school in Yekaterinburg. Can such projects in Russia be profitable?

— They can, if there are competent people nearby who will take care of all the work themselves. It is difficult to combine this with a career, because you have to competently delegate authority. Sometimes it doesn’t work out and things get stuck. Because I fully devote all my energy to training and performances. I have already failed, because the school must have an administrator who manages all the processes. I would not call myself a successful businesswoman. But I try, because you also have to take a break from swimming. Otherwise, you will go crazy swimming in the pool for so many years. That is why I have different projects. For example, I produce my own branded swimsuits. They are still under development and I swim in them at every training session so that nothing falls anywhere. This is a test drive.

— You have a gold pendant with the Olympic rings around your neck. What does that mean to you?

— I have two Olympic Games behind me. I would very much like to go to the third, but in the current situation it is impossible. The Olympic Games mean a lot to me. It is the dream of every athlete. And the pendant that my parents gave me is a warm memory of what happened in my life. And the motivation too…

— Arrive in Los Angeles 2028?

– I wouldn’t say that. I swim because I like it. The Olympics have ceased to be a goal for me. We live in such realities that today it is the case, but tomorrow it is no longer the case.

— What will happen next in the new Olympic cycle?

— I don’t know, it’s hard to say. But personally, I want to achieve my best time. And only then, make some plans. The World Championship is not a goal for me. “I just want to show my time,” Ustinova told .

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