The idea of creating a united aquatic federation in Russia is not new; we can say that now everything is being aligned with the structure of the International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics), said the two-time Olympic swimming champion. Denis Pankratov .
The president of the All-Russian Swimming Federation (ARSF), Vladimir Salnikov, announced to on Tuesday his intention to create a united federation. The new united federation will include the FSM, the Russian Diving Federation, the Russian Water Polo Federation and the Russian Synchronized Swimming Federation.
— The idea is not new. The Water Sports Association was created several years ago and brings together water sports. At the international level, all “nautical” federations are united into a single water sports federation. The only thing is that swimming dominates there all the time, and other types – synchronized swimming, diving, water polo and open water swimming – are presented as technical committees. Again, the idea is not new. It’s just that previously in our country the financing was organized between four federations, but now, as I understand it, if the Minister of Sports supported the idea, it means that there is a new vision on how to finance this area.
— Can we say that in this way an analogue of World Aquatics is simply created in Russia?
– Yes. Let’s bring it into compliance. On the one hand, we live in our own little world, on the other, we adapt everything to what is happening on the international stage,” Pankratov told .
More sports news in our telegram channel .
Source : MatchTV
I’m John White and I’m an experienced journalist working in the news industry. My specialty is covering sports news, which I’ve been doing for over 6 years now. During this time, I have worked as an author with Athletistic, a popular online news website focusing on sports topics.
