Silver medal at the European Diving Championships Ekaterina Belyaeva explained why during the “ Kremlin Cup” she decided to perform the entire program on a 10-meter tower.
According to the rules of the competition, which takes place in Moscow in an open swimming pool, athletes could also perform on laps of 5 and 7,5 meters. Belyaeva performed her entire program on the 10-meter tower and became the second.
– It’s hard, of course. Still, open water and all sorts of unexpected things can happen, but initially I decided that I would do everything in the top ten, I was preparing for that, Belyaeva told .
Russian national team head coach Svetlana Moiseeva explained why many chose not to perform the entire program on the 10m platform.
– There was little time to prepare for the competition. Jumping straight into open water with your complex program is risky. The guys are ahead of the Spartakiad of the strongest. Katya was the only one who went bankrupt, but we saw that the two jumps are not the ones she does in her main program,” Moiseeva pointed out in a conversation with .
Source : MatchTV
