Athletistic / Olympic Games. The head coach of the Russian synchronized swimming team, Tatiana Pokrovskaya, said that the rule changes do not benefit her sport. According to her, the proof is the synchronized swimming tournament at the 2024 Games in Paris.

“The level of the Olympic synchronized swimming tournament disappointed me a little, considering the rules under which our sport now exists. Judging by the performance of the Chinese, we could fight with them for the gold medals. All the other teams are weak. .

The supports were not executed elegantly, and I would even say dirty. I am a little surprised by the way the teams compete at the Olympics, but it is difficult for us to judge from the outside. Compared to the Tokyo Olympics, the rules have changed so much that it is difficult to judge the sporting level. The changes are significant and not for the better.

“The countries do not feel it yet, but when a long-time leader steps down, it is not a good thing: we lose a lot. In the fight against us, the Chinese and other countries would improve their technical level,” Pokrovskaya said in an interview with TASS.

  • See it for yourself. Russia has announced a boycott of the Paris Olympics.

In the absence of Russian synchronized swimmers, the Chinese won the duet event at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Second place went to the American team and third place went to the Spanish team.

It is worth noting that Russian synchronized swimmers have not lost at the Olympics, neither in duet nor in group exercises, since the 2000 Games in Sydney. In the previous six Olympics, Russian women won all 12 gold medals, but were not admitted to the 2024 Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The sanctions are not related to sports and are politicized in the context of the events in Ukraine.



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